This report presents fishery statistics and synthesises existing stock assessment information for the key target species of the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF). The report is a requirement at Tier 2 of the SPF Harvest Strategy 2008 (last revised April 2013). Total catche...
This fishery assessment report updates the 2011 report and assesses the current status of the blacklip (Haliotis rubra) and greenlip (Haliotis laevigata) abalone resources in the Southern Zone (SZ) of the South Australian Abalone Fishery. This assessment was informed by both the ...
Harlequin fish, Othos dentex, are endemic to Australia and occur from Victoria to Western Australia, with South Australia (SA) central to its natural geographic range (Rimmer et al., 2004...
This report provides an assessment of the status of the Giant Crab resource in 2013, utilising data to the end of the 2011/12 fishing season (NZ: 1 November 2011 to 31 May 2012...
This report provides information on the 2011-12 Australian sea lion breeding season at Seal Bay and the Seal Slide, Kangaroo Island. At Seal Bay the breeding season commenced on 2 October 2011, with the final pup born on 20 June 2012 (duration ~8 months). The median pupping date ...
This report reviews literature on the impacts of drought on freshwater ecosystems in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), focusing on native fish species and their responses. A conceptual framework was developed using a seasonal string model to understand how drought and climate chang...
Following record low inflows into the Murray-Darling Basin in 2006, the Native Fish Strategy under the Murray-Darling Basin Commission (now the Murray-Darling Basin Authority or MDBA) commissioned an expert panel to investigate the impact of drought on freshwater fish populations...
This fishery assessment report updates the 2010/11 report, providing an assessment of the current status of the South Australian Blue Crab Fishery (BCF) up to July 2012 for Spencer Gulf and October 2012 for Gulf St Vincent. In 2011/12, 97.5% of the Total Allowable Commercial Catc...
This report presents findings from the 2012 fish condition monitoring at the Chowilla Icon Site, a significant floodplain system along the lower Murray River. The study builds on eight years of data collection and highlights strong native fish diversity, with 16 species recorded,...
Each winter tens of thousands of giant Australian cuttlefish (Sepia apama) aggregate on a discrete area of rocky reef in northern Spencer Gulf, South Australia, to spawn (Figure 1.1A). This is the only known dense aggregation of spawning cuttlefish in the world, and as such, the ...