The eastern GAB is home to diverse and endemic benthic communities of significant ecological importance. The surveys compared species composition and biomass of habitats located inside and outside the GAB Australian Marine Park (AMP), which was originally designated in 1998 and e...
The 2025 Snapper stock assessment shows evidence of recovery since the 2022 assessment for both the Spencer Gulf and West Coast, and Gulf St Vincent stocks. However, despite recent improvements, both stocks remain at low levels compared to their peaks in the 2000s....
This project was directed at: (i) understanding the drivers of the inter-annual variation in recruitment...
This report provides an assessment of stock status for Greenlip Abalone (Haliotis laevigata...
This report assesses the nature and extent of fishery and ecosystem impacts of Long-nosed Fur Seals (Arctocephalus forsteri, LNFS) in the Lower Lakes and Coorong, South Australia. The project was initiated in response to the increase in LNFS entering the system over the past 15 y...
This report presents the findings of 16 years of monitoring (2008/092023/24) for smallmouth hardyhead (Atherinosoma microstoma), black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri) and greenback flounder (Rhombosolea tapirina) in the Murray Estuary, North Lagoon and South Lagoon of the Coorong...
Invasive marine species (IMS) affect fishing and aquaculture, amenity and infrastructure, undermining recreational, community and indigenous values of marine systems, and placing communities that depend on those systems at risk....
This report updates the 2023/24 stock assessment for the Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (SZRLF) (Linnane et al. 2025) and forms part of SARDI Aquatic Sciences' ongoing assessment program....
The Asian date mussel, Arcuatula (formerly Musculista) senhousia, and the European clam Varicorbula (=Corbula) gibba are invasive bivalves that can occur at very high abundance, altering benthic structure. Competition for space and food with these invaders negatively impacts nati...
Western Australian Salmon is a coastal pelagic finfish species that supports important commecial and recreational fisheries across southern Australia....