Ecological responses to Commonwealth environmental water delivered to the Lower Murray River (LMR) Selected Area were assessed during year four (2017-18) of the five-year Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO) Long-Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) project. During 2017-...
During 2017-18, ~894 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 Basin. Commonwealth environmental water delivery l...
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). The target species are Jack Mackerel (Trachurus declivis), Blue Mackerel (Scomber australasicus),...
Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi - YTK) farming was identified by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) as the greatest opportunity for new aquaculture development in Australia in the next few decades through substantial increases in farmed area and produc...
The aim of this project was to investigate the viability of Greenlip Abalone (Haliotis laevigata) ranching in Thorny Passage, near Port Lincoln, South Australia. Abalone ranching involves stocking and growing juvenile Greenlip Abalone on benthic artificial reefs. This technique h...
Shipping is a major vector for marine pest introductions, and hence port areas are likely sites for marine pest incursions. A national monitoring strategy was devised as part of Australia’s National System for the Prevention and Management of Marine Pest Incursions (the National ...
Video transects were undertaken along a number of survey lines in Yankalilla Bay in 2009 and in Encounter Bay in 2011-14, primarily to assess seagrass condition in these regions. In addition, epiphyte loads were scored from the video footage as a potential indicator of nutrient s...
Research presented in this report was commissioned by PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture using funds obtained from licence fees paid by participants in the Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery. SARDI Aquatic Sciences provided substantial in-kind support for the project. We thank Peter...
The status of South Australia’s Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (SZRLF) stock is determined using a weight-of-evidence analysis under the National Fishery Status Reporting Framework (NFSRF...
This report assesses the current status of the Blue 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 Blue Crab F...