This report evaluates the status of the Blue Crab (Portunus armatus) resource in the South Australian commercial Blue Crab Fishery (BCF) providing updated estimates of the biological performance indicator (PI), contextualising them against reference points (RPs), and presenting s...
This scoping study aimed to investigate the potential ecological benefit of and irrigator attitudes toward fish-protection screens in the South Australian River Murray. Specific objectives included undertaking: 1) In-field trials to quantify entrainment of fish, including specie...
This report evaluates the status of the Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus) resource in the South Australian commercial Blue Crab Fishery (BCF) providing updated estimates of the biological performance indicator (PI), assessing them against reference points (RPs), and presenting...
The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth region is one of six icon sites under “The Living Murray” (TLM) program and is an indicator site under the “Basin Plan”. The Condition Monitoring Plan for the Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth (LLCMM) Icon Site (Maunsell Australia Pty...
The Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth region is one of six icon sites under “The Living Murray” (TLM) program and is an indicator site under the “Basin Plan”. The Condition Monitoring Plan for the Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth (LLCMM) Icon Site (Maunsell Australia Pty...
This report documents interactions between Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and the South Australian Sardine Fishery (SASF) during 2025. A total of 1063 net-sets were deployed, with 51% occurring in the two months of April and May. As in previous years, the majority of net-set...
This report describes a comprehensive project that investigated post-release survival and movement of Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) in South Australia (SA). The project applied a multi-faceted approach to address a series of objectives related to post-release survival that includ...
The eastern GAB is home to diverse and endemic benthic communities of significant ecological importance. The surveys compared species composition and biomass of habitats located inside and outside the GAB Australian Marine Park (AMP), which was originally designated in 1998 and e...
The 2025 Snapper stock assessment shows evidence of recovery since the 2022 assessment for both the Spencer Gulf and West Coast, and Gulf St Vincent stocks. However, despite recent improvements, both stocks remain at low levels compared to their peaks in the 2000s....
This project was directed at: (i) understanding the drivers of the inter-annual variation in recruitment...