Coffin Bay estuary is bounded by shelf waters of the eastern Great Australian Bight (GAB), a region subject to coastal upwelling in the austral summer (upwelling season ∼November – April). The estuary consists of a series of shallow, interconnected bays. The largest, Port Douglas...
This report provides an assessment of the status of the South Australian Giant Crab Fishery (GCF) using data to the end of the 2016 fishing season (1 October 2016 – 31 May 2017). It analyses fishery-dependent data at a State-wide scale, collected from two management zones, the No...
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 Chowilla floodplain is the largest remaining area of undeveloped floodplain in the lower River Murray. Due to the construction of Lock 6, the Chowilla Anabranch system exhibits permanent lotic (flowing water) habitats, which are ecologically important, yet rare in the highly ...
This report provides an estimate of the spawning biomass of Sardine, Sardinops sagax, in waters off South Australia in 2017. Surveys were conducted during 23 February to 8 March and 22 March to 4 April 2017. The total survey area was 119,739 km2. A total of 4,658 live Sardine egg...
This report is the first in the new series for the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery (MSF) that provides a description of the dynamics of the multi-species, multi-gear fleet, a comprehensive assessment of South Australia’s King George Whiting stocks, and assigns stock sta...
This is the eleventh stock (fishery) assessment report by SARDI Aquatic Sciences on the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF). The SASF was established in 1991 to provide feed for the ranching of Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in southern Spencer Gulf. The Total Allow...
In 2016 (i.e. 1 October 2016 to 31 May 2017), the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) in South Australia’s Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (SZRLF) was 1,245.7 t. The total commercial catch from logbook data was 1,237.7 t. This is the seventh consecutive season that >99% of...
This report determines the current status of Western King Prawn stock in Gulf St Vincent (GSV) through analysis of data collected by several long-term monitoring programs. In 2016/17, the total commercial catch of Western King Prawn in the Gulf St Vincent Prawn Fishery (GSVPF) wa...
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 seals (LNFS), and one of the largest br...