Appendix A EPBC Act-listed vertebrate species adversely impacted by marine debris Type Common name Scientific name EPBC Act status Reference Vulnerable Identified in key Marine threatening Flatback turtle Natator depressus Migratory process (KTP) listing Vulnerable Identified Green turtle Marine Chelonia mydas in KTP Migratory listing Vulnerable Identified Hawksbill turtle Marine Eretmochelys in KTP Turtles Migratory imbricata listing Endangered Identified Leatherback turtle Marine Dermochelys coriacea in KTP Migratory listing Endangered Identified Loggerhead turtle Marine Caretta caretta in KTP Migratory listing Endangered Schuyler et al. Olive ridley turtle Marine Lepidochelys olivacea 2016 Jensen et al. Migratory 2013 Elegant seasnake Marine Udyawer, et al. 2013 Seasnake Hydrophis elegans Endangered Identified Blue whale Balaenoptera in KTP musculus Migratory listing Department of Cetacean Environment Bryde’s whale Migratory Balaenoptera edeni and Energy 2018 Vulnerable Cetacean Fin whale Bannister et al. 1996 Cetacean Balaenoptera Baleen physalus Migratory whales Vulnerable Megaptera Identified in KTP Humpback whale Cetacean novaeangliae listing Migratory Besseling et al. 2015 Pygmy right whale Cetacean Migratory Kemper et al. 2013 Caperea marginata Vulnerable Sei whale Bannister et al. 1996 Cetacean Balaenoptera borealis Migratory Endangered Identified in KTP Southern right whale Cetacean Eubalaena australis listing Migratory
Appendix A EPBC Act-listed vertebrate species adversely impacted by marine debris Type Common name Scientific name EPBC Act status Reference Turtles Flatback turtle Natator depressus Vulnerable Marine Migratory Identified in key threatening process (KTP) listing Green turtle Chelonia mydas Vulnerable Marine Migratory Identified in KTP listing Hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata Vulnerable Marine Migratory Identified in KTP listing Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea Endangered Marine Migratory Identified in KTP listing Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta Endangered Marine Migratory Identified in KTP listing Olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Endangered Marine Migratory Schuyler et al. 2016 Jensen et al. 2013 Seasnake Elegant seasnake Hydrophis elegans Marine Udyawer, et al. 2013 Baleen whales Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus Endangered Cetacean Migratory Identified in KTP listing Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni Cetacean Migratory Department of Environment and Energy 2018 Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus Vulnerable Cetacean Migratory Bannister et al. 1996 Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Vulnerable Cetacean Migratory Identified in KTP listing Besseling et al. 2015 Pygmy right whale Caperea marginata Cetacean Migratory Kemper et al. 2013 Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis Vulnerable Cetacean Migratory Bannister et al. 1996 Southern right whale Eubalaena australis Endangered Cetacean Migratory Identified in KTP listing
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