Shipping is a major vector for marine pest introductions, and ports are therefore at relatively high risk of new marine pest introductions. Knowledge of pest occurrence around ports is also required for management, including to ensure compliance with ballast water regulations. Fe...
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 Initiative (TLM). The region supports a diverse fish assemblage of ecological,...
The Coorong is a unique and important wetland that provides significant cultural, environmental and economic values at local, national and international scales. Freshwater inflow reduction, along with other anthropogenic impacts, have led to a long-term ecological decline in the ...
A recent review of South Australia’s Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) has indicated that the fishery is facing a number of issues that relate to complex and inefficient management arrangements that are ineffective at controlling fishing effort. These issues are serious enough to ha...
This report assesses the current 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 des...
This report assesses the status of Haliotis laevigata and H. rubra stocks (hereafter referred to as greenlip and blacklip, respectively) in the Central Zone (CZ) of the South Australian Abalone Fishery (SAAF) in 2019. The assessment includes application of the draft harvest strat...
This report assesses the status of Haliotis laevigata and H. rubra stocks (hereafter referred to as greenlip and blacklip, respectively) in the Western Zone (WZ) of the South Australian Abalone Fishery (SAAF) in the 2019/20 financial year. The assessment includes application of t...
The Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association operates in shelf and offshore waters of the Great Australian Bight (GAB). In recognition of the exposed nature of this environment, there has been concern from commercial fisheries and the community regarding its suitabil...
The status of South Australia’s Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (NZRLF) stock is determined using a weight-of-evidence analysis under the National Fishery Status Reporting Framework. In 2019 (i.e. 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020), the total allowable commercial catch (TACC)...
This report summarises the nominal catch, fishing activity and client dynamics data for the South Australian Charter Boat Fishery (SACBF) between 2007/08 and 2018/19. There were 98 licences in the SACBF in 2017/18. This declined by 5% to 93 licences in 2018/19. There were 58 and ...