Thanks are extended to the people who assisted with field work for this project. On Kangaroo Island, assistance was provided by Charlotte Atkin, Alison Buck, Bruce Buck, Deb Davis, Dave Dowie, Carly Hammat, Natasha Hardy, Hamish Kennedy, Ashley Kestle, Alicia McArdle, Brian Paget...
In this project, (1) economic data for Tasmania were collected, and (2) a lobster fishery projection model was produced which permitted the testing of a wide range of strategies including in terms of economic performance. (3) Using this bioeconomic model, the expected economic yi...
This is the third report to provide estimates of harvestable biomass of mud cockles (Katelysia spp.) across the South Australian commercial fishery. Along with previous estimates of size at maturity, this provides the most robust information to help recommend a total allowable co...
This report provides an assessment of the status of the Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) resource in 2014, utilising data to the end of the 2012/13 fishing season (Northern Zone (NZ): 1 November 2012 to 31 May 2013...
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) are an ideal species for cultivation and are an important aquaculture species in Victoria, Australia (ABARES 2011). Rainbow trout are primarily cultured in flow-through systems with incoming water sourced from a river or lake. The cultu...
In 2007, the Australian Commonwealth Government introduced the Commonwealth Fisheries Harvest Strategy: Policy and Guidelines, which drove considerable advancement of harvest strategy development in Australian Commonwealth fisheries (Rayns 2007). Harvest strategies are also becom...
This fishery assessment report updates the 2011/12 report, providing an assessment of the current status of the Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent fishing zones of the South Australian Blue Crab Fishery (BCF) up to the end of June 2013....
This report provides an example of the development of an on-site survey designed to monitor a socio-economically important and iconic recreational fishing species in a geographically isolated and spatially complex management region. This has occurred through a multi-stakeholder r...
The Riverine Recovery Project (RRP) resides within the River Murray Operations and Major Projects Branch of the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), where the Branch’s focus is on the delivery of major projects (including RRP) and river management and o...
During 2011, numerous interactions with dolphins were reported off South Australia in shark gillnets operating under the Gillnet Hook and Trap Fishery (GHAT) sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF). The majority of bycaught dolphins were identified ...