From 2001 to 2009, the southern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) experienced severe drought conditions and a concomitant dieback of floodplain eucalypts (river red gums, Eucalyptus camaldulensis and black box, Eucalyptus largiflorens). To improve floodplain eucalypt health during low f...
The delivery of environmental flows in Australia and particularly the Murray-Darling Basin has typically focussed upon temporal variability in flow volume and floodplain inundation and often overlooked within channel processes such as spatio-temporal variability in stream hydraul...
Schoenoplectus validus is a large, native, perennial, rhizomatous sedge that grows to 2–3 m high in water up to 1.5 m deep and is a common emergent species around the edges of lakes Alexandrina and Albert. Unlike other large emergent species present in the Lower Lakes, such as Ph...
The Condition Monitoring Plan for the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Icon Site (Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd. 2009) identified that a monitoring program was required that focused on measuring key environmental parameters that were considered to be indicators of river and flo...
The primary outcome of this project was the voluntary adoption of by-catch reduction technology in the Gulf St Vincent (GSV) Prawn Fishery, commencing March 2012. This was achieved through a collaborative research approach among key stakeholders that enabled rapid development and...
This report investigates the relationships between freshwater inflows and production of the key species in the South Australian Lakes and Coorong Fishery (hereafter referred to as Lakes and Coorong Fishery) using time series analysis. Specifically, the aim was to use univariate a...
This fishery assessment updates the 2010/11 report and assesses the current status of the Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (NZRLF). In 2011 (i.e. the 2011/12 season), the Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) in the NZRLF was 310 tonnes. The total reported catch from logbook ...
SZ_Rock_Lobster_11_12_Assessment_Report.Southern Zone Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) Fishery 2011/12
This fishery assessment updates the 2010/11 report and assesses the current status of the Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (SZRLF). In 2011 (i.e. the 2011/12 season), the Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) in the SZRLF was 1,250 tonnes. The total reported commercial catch ...
The invasive alga Caulerpa taxifolia is established in the Port River-Barker Inlet system, and was surveyed annually by SARDI from 2003 to 2010. Community surveys were carried out in the Port River and Barker Inlet in 2013 by Reef Watch to determine if the distribution of C. taxi...
Water level recession and habitat degradation (e.g. elevated salinity, loss of submerged macrophytes) in the Lower Lakes over the period 2007–2010 placed several species of threatened native fish under risk of extirpation. Thus, the South Australian Drought Action Plan (DAP) for...