The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth (LLCMM) region is a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, and an ‘icon site’ under The Living Murray (TLM) initiative. During the Millennium Drought (2001–2010) in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB), the Coorong eco...
The Chowilla Anabranch and Floodplain system is the largest remaining area of undeveloped floodplain habitat in the lower River Murray. Chowilla consists of a range of aquatic habitats that are now rare in the region, including permanently flowing creeks, and these habitats suppo...
The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth (LLCMM) region is a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. It is also an ‘icon site’ under The Living Murray (TLM) initiative. During the Millennium Drought (2001–2010) in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB), the Coor...
This report is the second in a new series for South Australia’s Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF). It provides a description of the dynamics of the multi-species and multi-gear fleet, a stock assessment for Yelloweye Mullet, the catch statistics for Carp (an invasive species) and a...
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...