This report provides an assessment of the status of the South Australian Giant Crab Fishery (GCF) using data to the end of the 2018 fishing season (1 October 2018 – 31 May 2019). It analyses fishery-dependent data at a State-wide scale, collected from two management zones, the No...
This report assesses the status of the southern stock of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax). It informs management of the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF), which is Australia’s largest fishery by weight. The SASF was established in 1991. It is a purse-seine fishery with ...
The report describes a new software platform – named ‘Gulfview’ – that was developed to allow stakeholders to efficiently access spatially-explicit information about the environmental characteristics, ecological assets, human activities, management arrangements and socio-economic...
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, and these habitats support a diverse native fish community. Th...
The Granite Island causeway at Victor Harbor is an iconic tourist attraction. In 2019, the causeway suffered a failure of several supporting pylons, and was partially closed for 6 months until temporary supports were put in place. The current structure needs extensive upgrading t...
Following a review of potential rapid and portable testing options, researchers from SARDI Aquatic Sciences selected and investigated the sensitivity and specificity of the Biomeme Franklin platform for rapid detection of ostreid herpes virus 1 (OsHV-1) in Pacific Oyster (Crassos...
The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth comprise the terminal system of Australia’s Murray-Darling River and plays a significant role in providing ecosystem services. It is a Ramsar wetland and one of the six ‘icon sites’ identified across the MurrayDarling Basin as part of Th...
Shipping is a major vector for marine pest introductions, and port areas are at high risk of new marine pest introductions. Knowledge of pest occurrence around ports is required for management, including to ensure compliance with ballast water regulations. Surveys for introduced ...
Thank you to Adrienne Rumbelow, Kirsty Wedge and Rebecca Turner (Department for Environment and Water, Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth Icon Site) for facilitating funding and managing this project, and for ongoing support of aquatic ecosystem research in the Coorong and Low...
This report provides an assessment of stock status for Greenlip (Haliotis laevigata) and Blacklip (H. rubra) Abalone (hereafter referred to as ‘greenlip’ and ‘blacklip’, respectively) in the Central Zone (CZ) of the South Australian Abalone Fishery (SAAF) in 2018....