Seal populations are a key biodiversity feature of Kangaroo Island. It is the only location where breeding populations of all three of Australia’s (mainland) resident seal species co-occur, including the largest population of long-nosed fur seal (LNFS), and one of the largest bre...
This report summarises the fishery statistics for South Australia’s multi-species, multi-gear Lake and Coorong Fishery (LCF). It provides a summary of the fishery data for key finfish species thatare harvested by the three gillnet sectors of the fishery (Estuarine large mesh gill...
The objectives of this project were to conduct a field investigation to evaluate the effectiveness of new and existing carp exclusion screens (CES) and inform the ongoing management of CES at various Department for Environment and Water (DEW) managed Riverine Recovery Project (RR...
Funds for this research were provided by Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) Fisheries and Aquaculture, obtained through licence fees. The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) Aquatic Sciences provided substantial in-kind support. Thanks ...
A two-day ‘Yellowtail Kingfish Health Training Workshop’, an initiative of the ‘Kingfish for Profit’ project, Rural R&D for Profit Programme, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Australian Government, was held at the South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre, South Aust...
The seed bank provides an important mechanism for the survival of species during unfavorable conditions and a pool of propagules for establishment of plant communities during favorable conditions in wetland ecosystems. Unregulated arid and semi-arid Australian wetlands are subjec...
Estimates of spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) are the primary biological performance indicator in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) and are used to set Recommended Biological Catches (RBCs) for target species. Prior to this study,...
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 Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) as part...
Currently, the most significant gap in our knowledge in assessing the status of community-shared fisheries is determining the relative contribution by the recreational sector. To explore this issue, a two-day national workshop was held from 10-12 July 2018 at the South Australian...
This report provides an assessment of the status of the South Australian Giant Crab Fishery (GCF) using data to the end of the 2017 fishing season (1 October 2017 – 31 May 2018). It analyses fishery-dependent data at a State-wide scale, collected from two management zones, the No...