and water resource estuary type, disturbance, contemporary — Low for use changes within resilient estuary assessment, estuaries in basins range natural type with good estuary condition / with low intensity variability condition/ function function good land use Pressure Exposed to source Degree of Sensitivity to source Adaptive capacity Adaptive capacity Residual Level of confidence — of pressure exposure to of pressure natural management vulnerability in supporting — source of evidence pressure Commercial Yes Great Low Low Good Good Low Good — fishing Barrier Reef catchment wide, Medium Medium some Moderate where Moderate where — — — — localised some non-targeted exposure and effort is high, or exclusions individual species sensitivity are latent, and individual and estuaries higher and transferable and species stressed by other estuaries stressed enforcement including some pressures by other pressures resources limited of conservation interest Recreational Yes Great Low Low Good Good Low Good — fishing Barrier Reef catchment wide, Medium near Medium where Moderate where Moderate where — — — — localised urban centres / exposure is higher exposure and population and exclusions areas of and/or other sensitivity are associated fishing settlement and pressures higher and pressure high, where estuaries undermine estuarine enforcement are served by ecosystem resilience ecosystem resources limited recreational stressed by other infrastructure pressures Catchment Yes Great High to Very high High estuary is Poor where Poor where High in Moderate — — — — — run-off Barrier Reef catchments vulnerable type pressure is long exposure and catchments — catchment wide, with intensive land and/or contaminant duration, frequent, sensitivity is high, dominated by Knowledge of end of closely related to and water loads/ hydrological large magnitude intensive land and intensive land catchment loads catchment resource use change are above outside tolerance water resource use use and/or good, but transport development and/or extensive ecosystem health levels and/or commitments in containing pathways unknown pattern, land use land degradation thresholds and/or estuary is catchment are high, extensive areas practices and other pressures vulnerable type and/or function of land Knowledge of entrained land present, e.g. and/or key habitat /condition impaired degradation, thresholds of degradation impacts to tidal components or by other pressures particularly gully estuarine system processes flushing functions are lost erosion tolerance to to other pressure
Low — for estuaries in basins with low intensity land use and water resource use estuary type, changes within range natural variability disturbance, resilient estuary type with good condition/ function contemporary assessment, estuary condition / function good Pressure Exposed to source of pressure Degree of exposure to source of pressure Sensitivity to source of pressure Adaptive capacity — natural Adaptive capacity — management Residual vulnerability Level of confidence in supporting evidence Commercial fishing Yes — Great Barrier Reef catchment wide, localised exclusions Low Low Good Good Low Good Medium — some individual species including some of conservation interest Medium — some non-targeted individual species and estuaries stressed by other pressures Moderate — where exposure and sensitivity are higher and estuaries stressed by other pressures Moderate — where effort is high, or latent, and transferable and enforcement resources limited Recreational fishing Yes — Great Barrier Reef catchment wide, localised exclusions Low Low Good Good Low Good Medium — near urban centres / areas of settlement and where estuaries are served by recreational infrastructure Medium — where exposure is higher and/or other pressures undermine ecosystem resilience Moderate — where exposure and sensitivity are higher and estuarine ecosystem stressed by other pressures Moderate — where population and associated fishing pressure high, enforcement resources limited Catchment run-off Yes — Great Barrier Reef catchment wide, closely related to catchment development pattern, land use practices and entrained land degradation processes High to Very high — catchments with intensive land and water resource use and/or extensive land degradation High — estuary is vulnerable type and/or contaminant loads/ hydrological change are above ecosystem health thresholds and/or other pressures present, e.g. impacts to tidal flushing Poor — where pressure is long duration, frequent, large magnitude outside tolerance levels and/or estuary is vulnerable type and/or key habitat components or functions are lost to other pressure Poor — where exposure and sensitivity is high, intensive land and water resource use commitments in catchment are high, and/or function /condition impaired by other pressures High — in catchments dominated by intensive land use and/or containing extensive areas of land degradation, particularly gully erosion Moderate Knowledge of end of catchment loads good, but transport pathways unknown Knowledge of thresholds of estuarine system tolerance to