Indicative Responsible costing agencies and Only priority 1 potential actions are Action Description Priority Performance Criteria partners costed 8.1 Continue research to locate 1 Important habitats (e.g. DoE, state Core • habitat critical to the pupping, nursery, foraging and governments government survival of the grey nurse migration areas) for the grey and research business shark, including pupping, nurse shark are identified and agencies nursery and foraging areas. mapped (e.g. Biologically Important Areas; Link to Action 8.4) and criteria are developed and applied to characterise such habitats as habitats critical to the survival of the species. 8.2 Review the and spatial 1 Appropriate measures remain DoE and state Core • extent of protection in place to ameliorate impacts governments government measures at key on grey nurse sharks at business aggregation sites to ensure identified key aggregation appropriate levels of sites. protection, and a consistent A consistent approach to • approach to the designation designation and and implementation of implementation of protective protective measures, are measures, possible. applied. 8.3 Use Biologically Important 1 BIAs for grey nurse sharks are DoE Core • Areas (BIA) to help inform adequately taken into account government the development of when assessing the impact of business appropriate conservation proposed activities in the measures, including marine environment and through the application of adequately protected. advice in the marine bioregional plans on the types of actions which are likely to have a significant impact on the species and updating such conservation measures as new information becomes available. 8.4 Update and refine 2 Scientific information on grey DoE • information on existing shark behaviour and biologically important areas distribution is improved to (BIAs) identified as part of allow new biologically the marine bioregional important areas to be defined, plans, and seek to identify particularly habitat critical to new BIAs as information the survival of the grey nurse from research and other shark (Link to Action 8.1). processes becomes Currency of BIA maps in the • available (Link to Action Conservation Values Atlas is 8.1). maintained. 8.5 Monitor grey nurse shark 2 Monitoring program DoE, • occupancy and utilisation of developed to determine grey governments key aggregation sites. nurse shark occupancy and and research utilisation of key aggregation agencies
Action Description Priority Performance Criteria Responsible agencies and potential partners Indicative costing Only priority 1 actions are costed 8.1 Continue research to locate habitat critical to the survival of the grey nurse shark, including pupping, nursery and foraging areas. 1 • Important habitats (e.g. pupping, nursery, foraging and migration areas) for the grey nurse shark are identified and mapped (e.g. Biologically Important Areas; Link to Action 8.4) and criteria are developed and applied to characterise such habitats as habitats critical to the survival of the species. DoE, state governments and research agencies Core government business 8.2 Review the and spatial extent of protection measures at key aggregation sites to ensure appropriate levels of protection, and a consistent approach to the designation and implementation of protective measures, are applied. 1 • Appropriate measures remain in place to ameliorate impacts on grey nurse sharks at identified key aggregation sites. • A consistent approach to designation and implementation of protective measures, possible. DoE and state governments Core government business 8.3 Use Biologically Important Areas (BIA) to help inform the development of appropriate conservation measures, including through the application of advice in the marine bioregional plans on the types of actions which are likely to have a significant impact on the species and updating such conservation measures as new information becomes available. 1 • BIAs for grey nurse sharks are adequately taken into account when assessing the impact of proposed activities in the marine environment and adequately protected. DoE Core government business 8.4 Update and refine information on existing biologically important areas (BIAs) identified as part of the marine bioregional plans, and seek to identify new BIAs as information from research and other processes becomes available (Link to Action 8.1). 2 • Scientific information on grey shark behaviour and distribution is improved to allow new biologically important areas to be defined, particularly habitat critical to the survival of the grey nurse shark (Link to Action 8.1). • Currency of BIA maps in the Conservation Values Atlas is maintained. DoE 8.5 Monitor grey nurse shark occupancy and utilisation of key aggregation sites. 2 • Monitoring program developed to determine grey nurse shark occupancy and utilisation of key aggregation DoE, governments and research agencies