Knowledge for Productivity: Phase I - Lake Wooloweyah

This project recognises the potential productivity benefits to be generated through application of recent significant scientific advances in the restoration of degraded intertidal habitats. To date though, an integrated whole-of-estuary case study which prioritises repair on net benefit to the estuary to ensure high ecological and economic cost-benefit for all commercial species has not been completed. This project is the first phase of such a study is in the Clarence, the largest NSW estuary with the largest commercial inshore fishery. The project will: 1. determine potential increases in fishery productivity using School and Eastern King Prawn as readily understood community indicators of fisheries productivity: and 2. link habitat with existing fisheries production by understanding the connections between habitat and hydrology with the aim of identifying key opportunities for establishing connectivity, habitat and fisheries productivity.