From 2014-15 to 2018-19, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO) Long- Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) Project was implemented to monitor and evaluate ecological outcomes of environmental water delivery in the Lower Murray River (LMR), along with six other Selected...
This report assesses the current status of the Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) resource and provides the latest estimates of the biological performance indicators (PIs), information in context of the reference points (RPs) and stock status classification described in the dra...
Traditionally, management of marine activities has occurred on a sector-by-sector basis, with limited consideration of the interactions between different activities and users, or their cumulative impacts. There is increasing global recognition of the need for Integrated Managemen...
From 2014-15 to 2018-19, ~3,440 GL of Commonwealth environmental water was delivered through a series of watering events to the Lower Murray River (LMR), coordinated to achieve a range of environmental outcomes across the southern connected Murray-Darling Basin. This report prese...
This report is the third in the annual reporting series for the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF). Data considered in this report extend for 35 years from 01 January 1984 to 31 December 2018. It provides a description of the dynamics of the multi-species, multi-gear...
This report provides listing assessment information for the Threatened Species Scientific Committee, to assist in their evaluation of the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) against Criterion 1 A2(b) of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999)(EPBC...
The Chowilla Floodplain is the largest remaining area of undeveloped floodplain habitat in the lower Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). Nonetheless, it has suffered ecological degradation due to reduced magnitude, duration and frequency of flooding as a result of river regulation and wa...
Estimates of spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) are the primary biological performance indicator in the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) and Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF). The DEPM is also being used to assess the status of ot...
This monitoring study provided information on the status and trends in the condition of important aquatic ecological assets (i.e. fish) in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges (AMLR) Natural Resource Management (NRM) area. The data informs reporting on state and regional NRM targe...
An independent review of the environmental monitoring program for aquaculture in South Australia recommended the development of regional and zone scale environmental monitoring, as well as site-scale auditing of industry practices. Consequently, SARDI undertook a 4-year environme...