The Condition Monitoring Plan for the Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth (LLCMM) icon site (Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd 2009) identified that a monitoring program was required to evaluate The Living Murray (TLM) Target V3: maintain or improve aquatic and littoral vegetation in ...
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. The region supports a diverse fish assemblage of ecological, cultu...
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...
Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) involves strategic co-culture of organisms so that wastes from one species are used to grow another, providing environmental and economic benefits. Seaweeds can be used in IMTA systems to remove and utilise dissolved inorganic nutrients...
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 ab...
This report is the second in the annual reporting series for the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF). The report provides a description of the dynamics of the multi-species, multi-gear fleet, a comprehensive assessment of South Australia’s Southern Garfish stocks, and...
This report provides an assessment of stock status for Greenlip Abalone (Haliotis laevigata) and Blacklip Abalone (H. rubra...
The primary goal of this research was to identify attributes of the seasonal biology of Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra...
This report provides an estimate of the spawning biomass of Sardine, Sardinops sagax, in waters off South Australia during 2018. Surveys were conducted during 3-14 February and 15-25 March, 2018. The total survey area was 120,028 km2. A total of 4,232 live Sardine eggs were colle...
Western Zone Greenlip Abalone (Haliotis laevigata) and Blacklip Abalone (H. rubra) Fisheries in 2017
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 2017. The assessment is required under the Management Plan for the S...