The Lower Lakes and Coorong, at the terminus of the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB), are considered a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention and an Icon Site under The Living Murray (TLM) Initiative. The region supports a diverse fish assemblage of ecological,...
This report assesses the status of Haliotis rubra and H. laevigata stocks (hereafter referred to as blacklip and greenlip, respectively) in the Western Zone (WZ) of the South Australian Abalone Fishery (SAAF) in the 2020/21 financial year. The assessment includes application of t...
This report assesses the status of the southern stock of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax). It informs management of the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF), which is Australia’s largest fishery by weight. The SASF was established in 1991. It is a purse-seine fishery with ...
The Pike Anabranch system bypasses Lock and Weir no. 5 on the lower River Murray. The South Australia Riverland Floodplains Integrated Infrastructure Program (SARFIIP), completed in 2020, involved a series of on-ground works to ultimately promote a hydrological regime at the Pike...
This report provides an assessment of stock status for Greenlip (Haliotis laevigata) and Blacklip (H. rubra) Abalone (hereafter referred to as ‘greenlip’ and ‘blacklip’, respectively) in the Central Zone (CZ) of the South Australian Abalone Fishery in 2020....
This report determines the current status of the Western King Prawn (Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus) stock in Gulf St Vincent (GSV) through analysis of data collected by several long-term monitoring programs. In 2020/21, the total commercial catch of Western King Prawn in the ...
This report assesses the status of South Australia’s Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (SZRLF) stock and provides the latest estimates of the biological performance indicators (PIs), information in context of the reference points (RPs) and stock status classification described i...
This report assesses the status of South Australia’s Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (NZRLF) stock and provides the latest estimates of the biological performance indicators (PIs), information in context of the reference points (RPs) and stock status classification described i...
The Pike and Katarapko systems are two of three major anabranch and floodplain complexes (the other being Chowilla) in the South Australian Riverland. These anabranch systems comprise a mosaic of aquatic habitats, including permanent lotic (flowing) creeks and subsequently, suppo...