This study represents the fourth comprehensive assessment of recreational fishing in South Australia (SA). Estimates of participation, catch and effort were determined for key species using a probability-based survey design. Estimates were expanded to the population level at eith...
This report provides an assessment of South Australia’s Southern Garfish stocks for 2022/23. The aims of this report were to: (i) provide brief synopses of the biology of Southern Garfish (Hyporhamphus melanochir) and management of the fishery...
This stock assessment determined the status of South Australia’s Northern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (NZRLF) and provides the latest estimates of the biological performance indicators (PIs) in context of the reference points (RPs) and stock status classification described in the M...
This stock assessment determined the status of South Australia’s Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery (SZRLF) and provides the latest estimates of the biological performance indicators (PIs) in context of the reference points (RPs) and stock status classification described in the M...
This report documents common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) interactions with the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) in 2023. It details patterns of observer coverage, compares observed and fisher-reported rates of interactions and indices of fishing behaviour, and assesses the...
This report summarises the nominal catch, fishing activity and client dynamics data for the South Australian Charter Boat Fishery (SACBF) between 2007/08 and 2022/23. The number of active licences in the fishery ranged from 45 and 79 between 2007/08 and 2022/23. Over the same per...
This report provides an assessment of the South Australian West Coast Prawn Fishery (WCPF) stock status for the 2023 fishing season (March–December). The report provides a synopsis of information available for the WCPF and assesses the status of the Western King Prawn (WKP) resou...
This addendum provides an update to the larval tracking studies of Doubell and James (2023). New larval tracking results are presented to establish the possible effect of Stokes drift on entrainment by desalination intakes in the region. In addition, an update to the original la...
Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) and silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) are two iconic large-bodied fishes of the lower River Murray and focal species for the delivery of environmental water. As such, understanding of population demographics and processes, including the interaction...
The Southeast Flows Restoration Project (SEFRP) was implemented to divert additional water from the Upper South East (USE) into the Coorong South Lagoon with the aims of assisting salinity management in the South Lagoon and allowing managed inundation of wetlands (e.g. Taratap an...