This project tested the efficacy of two new sea lion excluder devices (SLEDs) in preventing entry of seals into southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) pots designed by fishers from the South Australian Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (NZRLF). Since 1 November 2013, the use of...
The restoration of biological connectivity and facilitation of fish passage in the Katarapko and Pike anabranch systems are key objectives under the South Australia Riverland Floodplains Integrated Infrastructure Program (SARFIIP) and Riverine Recovery Program (RRP). These progra...
The Harvest Strategy for the Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) specifies that estimates of spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method (DEPM) are the primary biological performance indicator for target species. Estimates of spawning biomass are used to set Recommend...
This report presents fishery data and synthesises stock status information for key species in each sub-area (i.e. East and West) of the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF). This report is required at Tiers 1 and 2 of the SPF Harvest Strategy 2008 (last revised April 2017). T...
This is the eighth report on threatened, endangered and protected species (TEPS) interactions with South Australia’s commercial fisheries. It is a legal requirement under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) that all interactions between co...
This project assesses the ecological responses to Commonwealth environmental water delivered to the Lower Murray River (LMR) Selected Area during year three (2016/17) of the five-year Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO) Long_x0002_Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) pr...
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...
This stock assessment report assesses the current status of the Blue Crab (Portunus armatus) resource and provides the latest information in context of the biological performance indicators (PIs) and reference points (RPs). Access to take Blue Crabs in Gulf St Vincent (GSV) and S...
This project was undertaken by a team of fisheries biologists, statisticians, modellers and oceanographers from the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Aquatic Sciences. Findings have been used to refine the application of the Daily Egg Production Method ...
This report provides a summary of fishery statistics for South Australia’s multi-species Lakes and Coorong Fishery from 1984/85 to 2016/17. Data are presented for key finfish species taken within the estuarine large mesh gill net (ELMGN), estuarine small mesh gill net (ESMGN) and...