This is the seventh 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 c...
The 2015-229 “Oysters Australia IPA - workshop - identifying knowledge gaps for development of the native oyster aquaculture industry in South Australia” brought together oyster farmers, hatchery operators and scientists from across Australia to share their knowledge and experien...
This stock assessment determined the current status of South Australia’s Blue Swimmer Crab resource through analysis of data collected by several long-term monitoring programs. The current harvest strategy for the Blue Crab Fishery (BCF) does not define when the stock is consider...
This project has developed the first whole of ecosystem model for Gulf St Vincent (GSV), South Australia. It describes the key components of the ecosystem, and provides the first integrated assessment of the stock status, performance and impact of its key fisheries over a 20-year...
The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth (LLCMM) region is a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. It is also an ‘icon site’ under The Living Murray (TLM) initiative. During the Millennium Drought in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB), the Coorong ecosyste...
This report provides estimates of residency of tagged white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) and a summary of electronic logbook data describing cage-diving activities in the Neptune Islands Group Marine Park between July 2015 and July 2016. A total of 55 white sharks of ~1.8–5.0 ...
The Chowilla Anabranch and Floodplain system is the largest remaining area of undeveloped floodplain habitat in the lower River Murray. Chowilla consists of a wide range of aquatic habitats that are now rare in the region, and these habitats support a diverse native fish communit...
This project assesses the ecological responses to Commonwealth environmental water delivered to the Lower Murray River (LMR) Selected Area during year two (2015/16) of the five-year Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO) Long_x0002_Term Intervention Monitoring (LTIM) proj...
The aims of this study were to: (i) describe broad trends in trawl effort in the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery (SGPF) and establish a reference period for spatial analysis...
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) are a successful invader and a declared pest fish in several countries including Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. Carp are “ecosystem engineers” and when in high abundance, cause detrimental changes to benthic habitats, water ...