The charru mussel (Mytella strigata) is a fouling species that has formed invasive populations in the south-eastern United States, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, India and throughout the Gulf of Thailand. Due to the species’ rapid spread throughout Asia and the potential of intr...
This report is the fourth in the annual reporting series for the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF). Data considered in this report extend for 36 years from 01 January 1984 to 31 December 2019. It provides a description of the dynamics of the multi-species, multi-gea...
The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth region is one of six icon sites under “The Living Murray” (TLM) program and is an indicator site under the “Basin Plan”. The Condition Monitoring Plan for the Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth (LLCMM) icon site (Maunsell Australia Pty...
The Mud Cockle (Katelysia spp.) supports an important commercial and recreational fishery in South Australia (SA), however a decrease in catch rate, from ~180 t in 2005 / 06 to less than 20 t in 2009 / 10, resulted in closure of the Section Bank (Port River, South Australia, Aust...
This stock assessment determined the status of South Australia’s Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (NZRLF) through analysis of data from several long-term monitoring programs. The performance indicators in the current harvest strategy are not linked to a definition of stock stat...
SA Water are proposing to build a small seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant (4 GL yr-1, with the potential for expansion to 8 GL yr-1) at Port Lincoln to supplement the existing reticulated water supply from bores and the Murray River. Given the importance of aquaculture ...
The Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, is an intertidal, omnivorous varunid, native to northern Asia, that has established invasive populations in North America and Europe. In 2020 a population of H. sanguineus was detected in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Surveil...
In regulated rivers, flow and connectivity are often altered, leading to diminished cues for movement and the obstruction of migrations, and subsequently, reduced population abundance and simplified age demographics. Management interventions, such as the use of environmental flow...
This stock assessment determined the status of South Australia’s Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (SZRLF) and provides the latest estimates of the biological performance indicators (PIs) information in context of the reference points (RPs) and stock status classification descri...
This report assesses the status of the Western King Prawn (Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus) stock in South Australia’s West Coast Prawn Fishery (WCPF) in 2020 and provides the latest estimates of the biological performance indicators (PIs), information in context of the referen...