Reference Books & Reports

South Australian Fisheries Resources: Current Status and Recent Trends 2006 (HTML)
A status report bringing together all the available economic, biological and management information for South Australia's key fish stocks for the 2004–05 financial year.  This report is also available as the following series of PDF files:

Foreword and Executive Summary (.PDF)
Determining Stock Status (.PDF)
Overview of South Australian Fisheries (.PDF)
Shelf and Offshore Waters: Stock Status (.PDF) (southern rock lobster, abalone, giant crab and sardine)
Inshore Waters: Stock Status (.PDF) (western king prawn, marine scalefish, blue crab)
Inland Waters: Stock Status (.PDF)
Other Fisheries: Stock Status (.PDF)
References and Further Reading, Glossary and Acronyms (.PDF)


The Fish Habitat Handbook (.PDF) 6.1MB
A useful source of information on fish habitats in South Australian including the impact of human activities on the habitats.

2000-01 National Recreational and Indigenous Fishing Survey: South Australian Regional Information (.PDF) 481KB
A summary of South Australian regional data (including catch, effort and species composition and participation) collected as part of the first part of the National Recreational and Indigenous Fishing survey.

Review of Recreational Fishing in South Australia: a management strategy for the sustainable development of recreational fishing in South Australia (.PDF) 669KB
Prepared by the Recreational Fishing Industry Review Committee and published in 2001, this report provides the broad framework for maintaining and building upon the already significant values and benefits of recreational fishing in South Australia.