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Marine publications and resources

 

Latest releases

  • Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia’s coasts and oceans - 2018
  • Australian sea lion monitoring framework: background document - 2018
  • Draft recovery plans for public comment

General

Books and reports

  • Our Australia - One Place, Many Stories: Oceans - 2012 (Product code: MAR124.1012)

Marine pollution

Marine debris

  • Finding solutions: Derelict fishing gear and other marine debris in Northern Australia - 2003
  • Impacts of plastic debris on Australian marine wildlife - June 2009
  • Marine Debris in Northern Australian Waters 2004 - April 2005
  • Pilot investigation of the origins and pathways of marine debris found in the northern Australian marine environment - July 2008
  • Research on the impact of marine debris on marine turtle survival and behaviour: North east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia - April 2009
  • Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris on the vertebrate wildlife of Australia’s coasts and oceans - 2018
  • Understanding the types, sources and at-sea distribution of marine debris in Australian waters - 2011

Sea Dumping

Guidelines

  • National Assessment Guidelines for Dredging 2009

Permit application forms - Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981

  • Permit application form for an artificial reef
  • Permit application form to dispose of bulky items from small islands into the sea
  • Permit application form for a burial at sea
  • Permit application form to dispose of dredged or excavated material at sea
  • Permit application form to dispose of fish waste or waste material resulting from industrial fish processing operation at sea
  • Permit application form for abandonment in situ of platforms or other man-made structures at sea
  • Permit application form for the dumping of platforms or other man-made structures at sea
  • Permit application form to dispose of vessels at sea

Fisheries and the environment

Books and reports

  • Australian Government response to the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia report: Scaling Up – Inquiry into Opportunities for Expanding Aquaculture in Northern Australia - 2017
  • Guidelines for the Ecologically Sustainable Management of fisheries assessments
  • Fisheries assessments
    • Commonwealth fisheries assessments
    • New South Wales fisheries assessments
    • Northern Territory fisheries assessments
    • Queensland fisheries assessments
    • South Australia fisheries assessments
    • Tasmanian fisheries assessments
    • Victorian fisheries assessments
    • Western Australian fisheries assessments

Brochures and information sheets

  • Fisheries Assessments - September 2003
  • Exporting of marine wildlife or wildlife products for commercial purposes - September 2003
  • Trade of syngnathids and solenostomids, September 2003
  • Benchmarks for the Environmental Assessment of fisheries

International marine issues

  • Report of the Australia-France/New Caledonia Coral Sea Transboundary Collaboration Workshop - 2013
  • Workshop on the Governance of High Seas Biodiversity Conservation - 2003

Coral Triangle Initiative

  • National Marine Conservation Assessment for Papua New Guinea - 2015
  • Australia’s support for the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security – a snapshot - 2014
  • Australian Government Coral Triangle Initiative Support Activities - 2014

Newsletter

  • Coral Triangle Initiative - Australian Government Quarterly Newsletter

Introduced marine pests

  • Antifouling performance standards for the Maritime industry: Development of a framework for assessment, approval and relevance of effective products - 2007
  • The Australian pilot project for the treatment of ships' ballast water - 2004
  • Controlling the Northern Pacific Seastar (Asterias amurensis) in Australia - 2004
  • Development of genetic probes for rapid assessment of the impacts of marine invasive species on native biodiversity - Maoricolpus roseus - 2004
  • Domestic Vessel Movements and the Spread of Marine Pests - 2003
  • The effectiveness of Australia's response to the Black Striped Mussel incursion in Darwin, Australia - 2000
  • Empirical validation: Small vessel translocation of key threatening species - Stage I - Asterias amurensis - 2004
  • Empirical Validation - Stage II: Small Vessel Translocation of Key Threatening Species - Asterias amurensis and Undaria pinnatifida - 2007
  • Eradicating and preventing the spread of the invasive alga Caulerpa taxifolia in NSW - 2004
  • Evaluation of the Hastings National Demonstration Project - 2003
  • Feasibility study for genetic control of Caulerpa in SA and NSW - 2004
  • Minimising Impacts of the North Pacific Seastar in Australia - 2004
  • National Control Plan for Northern Pacific Seastar (Asterias amurensis): workshop proceedings - 2002
  • Report of the National Taskforce on the Prevention and Management of Marine Pest Incursions - 2000

Marine reserves

Available on Parks Australia website: Scientific publications

National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas

Available on Parks Australia website: Scientific publications

  • Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas in Australia

Marine bioregional plans

Marine bioregional plan

  • Marine bioregional plan for the North Marine region - 2012
  • Conservation value report cards - 2012

Marine bioregional plan for the North-west Marine Region

  • Marine bioregional plan for the North-west Marine Region - August 2012
  • Conservation value report cards - August 2012

Marine bioregional plan for the South-west Marine Region

  • Marine bioregional plan for the South-west Marine Region
  • Conservation value report cards

Marine bioregional plan for the Temperate East Marine Region

  • Marine bioregional plan for the Temperate East Marine Region
  • Conservation value report cards

Marine species

Strategies

  • National Strategy for Reducing Vessel Strike on Cetaceans and other Marine Megafauna - 2017

Biologically important areas

  • Protocol for creating and updating maps of biologically important areas of regionally significant marine species - 2015

Marine invertebrates

  • The Overview of the Conservation Status of Australia's Marine Invertebrates - 2002

Marine turtles

  • A Biological Review Of Australian Marine Turtles
  • Identifying the links between nesting and foraging grounds for the Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in northern Australia - Project final report - July 2007
  • Marine Turtles of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - 2001
  • National Dugong and Turtle Protection Plan 2014-2017 - 2015
  • Protected Marine Species Identification Guide - factsheets on marine protected species
  • Recovery plan for marine turtles in Australia - 2017
  • Research on the impact of marine debris on marine turtle survival and behaviour: North east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia - April 2009
  • Sea Turtle conservation and education on the Tiwi Islands - August 2007
  • Sustainable harvest of marine turtles and dugongs in Australia - 2005

Migratory birds

  • National recovery plan for ten species of Seabirds - 2005
  • National recovery plan for threatened albatrosses and giant petrels 2011-2016 - 2011
  • Survey and Stock Size Estimates of the Shallow Reef (0-15m Deep and Shoal Area (15-50m deep) Marine Resources and Habitat Mapping Within the Timor Sea MOU74 Box - Volume 3: Seabirds and Shorebirds of Ashmore Reef - 1999
  • Threat Abatement Plan for the incidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations - 2018
  • Wildlife conservation plan for migratory shorebirds - 2015

Seals and sea lions

  • Australian sea lion monitoring framework: background document - 2018
  • Australian sea lion monitoring framework: statistical model - 2016
  • Recovery Plan for the Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - 2013

Sharks

Glyphis sp.

  • Acoustic tracking of Glyphis sp. A in the Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia - August 2005
  • Conservation assessment of Glyphis sp. A (speartooth shark), Glyphis sp. C (northern river shark), Pristis microdon (freshwater sawfish) and Pristis zijsron (green sawfish) - June 2005
  • Distribution and abundance of Glyphis and sawfishes in northen Australia and their potential interactions with commercial fisheries: final report May 2008 - 2008
  • Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon) and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia: report to May 2008 - 2008
  • The northern river shark (Glyphis sp. C) in Western Australia - February 2004
  • Sawfish and River Sharks Multispecies Recovery Plan - 2015
  • Spatial distribution and habitat utilisation of the speartooth shark Glyphis sp. A in relation to fishing in Northern Australia - 2008

Grey nurse shark

  • Biology and Ecology - Grey Nurse Shark
  • Designing protected areas for grey nurse sharks off eastern Australia - June 2005
  • Development and implementation of a population estimation protocol to provide an estimate of East Coast population numbers for grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus)
  • Documentation of depth-related migratory movements, localised movements at critical habitat sites and the effects of scuba diving for the east coast grey nurse shark population - 2009
  • Identification of Western Australian Grey Nurse Shark aggregation sites - July 2005
  • Identifying movements and habitats of white sharks and grey nurse sharks - 2005
  • Investigations of Grey Nurse Shark in Queensland - December 2004
  • Population size and structure of grey nurse shark off east and west Australia - 2009
  • Recovery plan for the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) - 2014
  • Review of Grey Nurse Shark tagging research - October 2003

Sawfish

  • Conservation assessment of Glyphis sp. A (speartooth shark), Glyphis sp. C (northern river shark), Pristis microdon (freshwater sawfish) and Pristis zijsron (green sawfish) - June 2005
  • Determining feasibility of acoustic tag attachment and documenting short-term movements in Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 - 2004
  • Development of non-lethal methods for determining age and habitat use of sawfishes from northern Australia - Final Report - 2009
  • Distribution and abundance of Glyphis and sawfishes in northen Australia and their potential interactions with commercial fisheries : final report - May 2008
  • Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon) and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia: report to May 2008 - 2008
  • Non detriment finding for the Freshwater Sawfish, Pristis microdon - June 2011
  • Report of the Freshwater Sawfish Pristis microdon Science Workshop - June 2009
  • Sawfish and River Sharks Multispecies Recovery Plan - 2015
  • Spatial distribution and habitat utilisation of sawfish (Pristis spp) in relation to fishing in northern Australia - 2008

Whale sharks

  • Assessing traditional ecological knowledge of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in eastern Indonesia: A pilot study with fishing communities in Nusa Tenggara Timur - 2008
  • CITES Identification Manual Whale Shark - October 2002
  • Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) CITES identification sheet - September 2007
  • Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Recovery Plan 2005-2010 - 2005

White sharks

  • Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - Appendix II Listing of the White Shark (revision 1) - September 2004
  • Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - Appendix III Listing of the White Shark including identification manual - 2001
  • Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) CITES identification sheet - September 2007
  • Identifying movements and habitats of white sharks and grey nurse sharks - June 2005
  • Recovery plan for the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) - 2013
  • Site fidelity, residence times and home range patterns of white sharks around pinniped colonies - June 2005
  • Spatial dynamics and habitat preferences of juvenile white sharks: identifying critical habitat and options for monitoring recruitment: final report June 2008 - 2008
  • Trial DNA testing of shark products imported into and exported from Australia to detect the presence of Great White Shark - May 2005

Whales, dolphins and porpoises

Books and reports

  • Conservation and values: Global cetacean snapshot - A progress report - June 2008
  • Conservation and values: Global cetacean summary report - June 2009
  • The Future of the International Whaling Commission: An Australian Proposal - 2010
  • Review of the conservation status of Australia's smaller whales and dolphins - 2006

Guidelines and protocols

  • Australian National Guidelines for Whale and Dolphin Watching 2017
  • Interaction between offshore seismic exploration and whales - EPBC Act Policy Statement 2.1 , 2007
  • National Guidance on the Management of Whale and Dolphin Incidents in Australian Waters - 2013
  • Standardised protocols for the collection of biological samples from stranded cetaceans - 2006

Plans

  • The Action Plan for Australian Cetaceans - 1996
  • Blue Whale Conservation Management Plan - 2015
  • Southern Right Whale Recovery Plan 2005-2010 - May 2005

Brochures and fact sheets

  • Australia's research priorities for cetaceans
  • The Australian Government Marine Mammal Conservation Initiative
  • Non-lethal research techniques for studying whales
  • Whale protection
  • The role of science in the International Whaling Commission
  • Humpback Whales of Eastern Australia - September 2007
  • Watching whales and dolphins - Keep a safe distance - Fact sheet (Watching whales and dolphins safely) folds to pocket size

Resources

  • Whale songs

Archived resources

  • Discovery - explore the mysteries of the deep
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