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His commercial licence covers Lake Albert, Lake Alexandrina, Coorong, and the Great Southern Ocean three nautical miles out from Goolwa to Kingston. \r\n\r\nHenry talks about: his fishery's World First Environmental Management Plan and Marine Stewardship; the difference between fishing methods/equipment in the Riverland compared with the windy conditions of the Lakes, Coorong and ocean; sustainable fishing practice; effects of water over allocation (upstream); the lack of intermediate floods from the Murray and Darling, affecting the breeding cycle of fish; salt from irrigation; hypersalinity of Coorong, and possible solutions; the closure of the Murray mouth in 1981; counting bird species; and the increase of seals, sting ray, barnacles, and tube worm in the Coorong (now a marine environment); 1992 flood; plant species.\r\n\r\nOther fish species mentioned: 'bull nosed mullet'.\r\n"]]]],["element",{"elementId":"81"},["name","Spatial Coverage"],["description","Spatial characteristics of the resource."],["elementTextContainer",["elementText",{"elementTextId":"8076"},["text","Lake George, SA\r\n"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10146"},["text","Lake Alexandrina, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10147"},["text","Lake Albert, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10148"},["text","The Coorong, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10149"},["text","Goolwa, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10150"},["text","Clayton, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10151"},["text","Finniss, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10152"},["text","Currency Creek, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10153"},["text","Bremer tributary"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10154"},["text","Angus tributary"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10155"},["text","Adelaide, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10156"},["text","Murray Mouth, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10157"},["text","Renmark, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10158"},["text","Riverland, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10159"},["text","Lindsay Creek Reach"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10160"},["text","Wollnock Bend [near Renmark], SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10161"},["text","Melbourne, VIC"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10162"},["text","Semaphore, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10163"},["text","Woodside, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10164"},["text","Great Southern Ocean"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10165"},["text","Kingston, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10166"},["text","Mildura, VIC"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10167"},["text","Point Sturt, VIC"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10168"},["text","Wellington Weir, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10169"},["text","Mannum, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10170"},["text","Morgan, SA"]],["elementText",{"elementTextId":"10171"},["text","Salt Creek, SA"]]]],["element",{"elementId":"90"},["name","Provenance"],["description","A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. 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