This report provides information from surveys conducted in Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent, within intertidal prawn nursery habitat, during 2009....
This report updates the 2008 status report for the West Coast Prawn Fishery. It contains analyses of catch, effort and prawn survey data for 2009....
Many chemicals included in pharmaceutical and personal care products are pollutants that escape wastewater treatment and are discharged with effluents into receiving water bodies. Some of these chemicals persist in the environment, posing the risk of causing adverse effects to hu...
The commercial snapper fishery in South Australia is managed by a mix of input controls, including limited entry, a minimum size of 38 cm, no take by nets and fish traps, a 400-hook limit for longlines, 3-hook limit on handlines, the on-going marine scalefish licence amalgamation...
A long-term monitoring program for little penguins was established at Troubridge Island, where one of South Australia's largest colonies is located. A previous study in 2003-06 surveyed the population size and breeding success, and a subset of the population was tagged with micro...
Determining the relative importance of recruitment ‘hotspots’ for alien fishes such as common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is integral to the development of effective management strategies for such species in Australian freshwater systems....
The River Torrens in South Australia is a highly modified and regulated riverine system, due to a series of five major weirs located throughout the catchment. These weirs have caused major barriers to fish movement, and have disrupted the reproductive cycles of diadromous fish sp...
This report provides information on the distribution, abundance, harvestable biomass and fisheries biology of mud cockles (Katelysia spp.) in the South Australian fishery. The information will be used to evaluate the suitability of current management arrangements, especially tota...
This project was developed by SARDI, in consultation with PIRSA, Lakes and Coorong Fishery (LCF) licence holders and relevant stakeholders, over several years. Proposals to investigate interactions with non-target species and discarding from the LCF in the Murray River estuary an...