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...
This report provides an assessment of the status of the South Australian Giant Crab Fishery (GCF) using data to the end of the 2019 fishing season that extends from 1 October 2019 to 31 May 2020. It analyses fishery-dependent data at a State-wide scale, collected from two managem...
Estimates of spawning biomass (SB) obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) are the primary biological performance indicator for target species in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF). Estimates of spawning biomass are used to set Recommended Biological Ca...
From 2019-20 to 2021-22, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO) Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Project will monitor and evaluate ecological outcomes of environmental water delivery in the Lower Murray, along with six other Selected Areas in the Murray–Darli...
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) are a relatively recent arrival to the Glenelg River system (circa 2001) and the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is currently developing a strategy to slow their spread through the system and manage sites where carp are presen...
This report is the first in a new series for South Australia’s Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF). It provides a description of the dynamics of the multi-species, multi-gear fleet, a comprehensive stock assessment for Mulloway, and assigns stock status to a further five finfish spec...
This report uses fishery-dependent and fishery-independent data to assess the status of target species in the East and West sub-areas of the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) in 2019/20. This status summary report updates the stock assessment report of Ward and Grammer (20...
Interactions between the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) and Short-beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) during purse-seining have been assessed annually since 2004-05. This report documents the interactions in 2019-20, details patterns of observer coverage in the fi...
This status summary report uses fishery-dependent and fishery-independent data to assess the status of target species in the East and West sub-areas of the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) in 2018/19. It updates the fishery assessment report of Ward and Grammer (2019)....
To secure future regional water supplies on Eyre Peninsula, SA Water proposes to build a desalination plant at Sleaford Bay located approximately 20 km south-west of Port Lincoln. The proposed location is exposed to energetic oceanic conditions that are expected to rapidly disper...