Marine mammals, back from the brink? Contemporary conservation issues
The extensive territorial waters of Australia and New Zealands (NZ) (over 8 million km2 for Australia and a further 4 million km2 for NZ) are home to approximately 49 species of whales and dolphins, 11 species of seals and the dugong. Within Australia, at least eight species are listed as threatened...
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ftjamescook:oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:37616 2023-09-05T13:18:22+02:00 Marine mammals, back from the brink? Contemporary conservation issues Harcourt, Robert Marsh, Helene Slip, David Chilvers, Louise Noad, Mike Dunlop, Rebecca Stow, Adam Maclean, Norman Holwell, Gregory I. 2015 application/pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/37616/1/37616%20Harcourt%20et%20al%202015.pdf unknown Cambridge University Press http://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/life-sciences/ecology-and-conservation/austral-ark-state-wildlife-australia-and-new-zealand https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/37616/ https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/37616/1/37616%20Harcourt%20et%20al%202015.pdf Harcourt, Robert, Marsh, Helene, Slip, David, Chilvers, Louise, Noad, Mike, and Dunlop, Rebecca (2015) Marine mammals, back from the brink? Contemporary conservation issues. In: Stow, Adam, Maclean, Norman, and Holwell, Gregory I., (eds.) Austral Ark: the state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 322-353. restricted Book Chapter PeerReviewed 2015 ftjamescook 2023-08-22T20:11:37Z The extensive territorial waters of Australia and New Zealands (NZ) (over 8 million km2 for Australia and a further 4 million km2 for NZ) are home to approximately 49 species of whales and dolphins, 11 species of seals and the dugong. Within Australia, at least eight species are listed as threatened, though there is insufficient information on a further 25 to determine their conservation status, while in NZ eight species are listed as threatened. The relationship between humans and Australasia's marine mammals is culturally diverse and has changed significantly in recent years. Dugongs and stranded whales have been important both spiritually and as a source of nutrition to some Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders for thousands of years; seals and whales had a similar role for Maori in NZ. In recent history, exploitation of baleen whales, elephant seals and fur seals was an important driver for much of the earliest European settlement of Australasia. The success of the whaling and sealing industries came at the expense of marine mammal populations, leading to the near extirpation of many species by the mid twentieth century. In more recent decades there has been a fundamental shift in public attitudes towards marine mammals, in particular the great whales and dolphins. All marine mammals are protected within Australia and NZ waters. Traditional hunting of dugongs is legal in Australia for Native Title holders. Marine mammal protection is an important platform of government foreign policy with strong bipartisan support. Both Australia and NZ play key roles in the International Whaling Commission and the Commission for the Conservation of Aquatic Marine Living Resources. Despite the strong government and public focus on marine mammal conservation, species remain vulnerable to a number of threats including fisheries interactions, vessel disturbance, coastal and offshore development and climate change. Managing these threats can be particularly difficult for marine mammals as many species are migratory and so only ... Book Part baleen whales Elephant Seals James Cook University, Australia: ResearchOnline@JCU |
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The extensive territorial waters of Australia and New Zealands (NZ) (over 8 million km2 for Australia and a further 4 million km2 for NZ) are home to approximately 49 species of whales and dolphins, 11 species of seals and the dugong. Within Australia, at least eight species are listed as threatened, though there is insufficient information on a further 25 to determine their conservation status, while in NZ eight species are listed as threatened. The relationship between humans and Australasia's marine mammals is culturally diverse and has changed significantly in recent years. Dugongs and stranded whales have been important both spiritually and as a source of nutrition to some Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders for thousands of years; seals and whales had a similar role for Maori in NZ. In recent history, exploitation of baleen whales, elephant seals and fur seals was an important driver for much of the earliest European settlement of Australasia. The success of the whaling and sealing industries came at the expense of marine mammal populations, leading to the near extirpation of many species by the mid twentieth century. In more recent decades there has been a fundamental shift in public attitudes towards marine mammals, in particular the great whales and dolphins. All marine mammals are protected within Australia and NZ waters. Traditional hunting of dugongs is legal in Australia for Native Title holders. Marine mammal protection is an important platform of government foreign policy with strong bipartisan support. Both Australia and NZ play key roles in the International Whaling Commission and the Commission for the Conservation of Aquatic Marine Living Resources. Despite the strong government and public focus on marine mammal conservation, species remain vulnerable to a number of threats including fisheries interactions, vessel disturbance, coastal and offshore development and climate change. Managing these threats can be particularly difficult for marine mammals as many species are migratory and so only ... |
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