Marine mammals, back from the brink?:Contemporary conservation issues
The extensive territorial waters of Australia and New Zealands (NZ) (over 8 million km 2 for Australia and a further 4 million km 2 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 threaten...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Other Authors: | , , |
Format: | Book Part |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2015
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/e6425e46-f0ea-43fe-80b7-e09a7ed2f688 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519960.018 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84953717032&partnerID=8YFLogxK |
id |
ftmacquarieunicr:oai:https://researchers.mq.edu.au:publications/e6425e46-f0ea-43fe-80b7-e09a7ed2f688 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftmacquarieunicr:oai:https://researchers.mq.edu.au:publications/e6425e46-f0ea-43fe-80b7-e09a7ed2f688 2024-06-23T07:51:35+00:00 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 https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/e6425e46-f0ea-43fe-80b7-e09a7ed2f688 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519960.018 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84953717032&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Harcourt , R , Marsh , H , Slip , D , Chilvers , L , Noad , M & Dunlop , R 2015 , Marine mammals, back from the brink? Contemporary conservation issues . in A Stow , N Maclean & G I Holwell (eds) , Austral Ark : the state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand . Cambridge , pp. 322-353 . https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519960.018 bookPart 2015 ftmacquarieunicr https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519960.018 2024-06-05T23:47:46Z The extensive territorial waters of Australia and New Zealands (NZ) (over 8 million km 2 for Australia and a further 4 million km 2 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. Book Part baleen whales Elephant Seals Macquarie University Research Portal 322 353 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Macquarie University Research Portal |
op_collection_id |
ftmacquarieunicr |
language |
English |
description |
The extensive territorial waters of Australia and New Zealands (NZ) (over 8 million km 2 for Australia and a further 4 million km 2 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. |
author2 |
Stow, Adam Maclean, Norman Holwell, Gregory I. |
format |
Book Part |
author |
Harcourt, Robert Marsh, Helene Slip, David Chilvers, Louise Noad, Mike Dunlop, Rebecca |
spellingShingle |
Harcourt, Robert Marsh, Helene Slip, David Chilvers, Louise Noad, Mike Dunlop, Rebecca Marine mammals, back from the brink?:Contemporary conservation issues |
author_facet |
Harcourt, Robert Marsh, Helene Slip, David Chilvers, Louise Noad, Mike Dunlop, Rebecca |
author_sort |
Harcourt, Robert |
title |
Marine mammals, back from the brink?:Contemporary conservation issues |
title_short |
Marine mammals, back from the brink?:Contemporary conservation issues |
title_full |
Marine mammals, back from the brink?:Contemporary conservation issues |
title_fullStr |
Marine mammals, back from the brink?:Contemporary conservation issues |
title_full_unstemmed |
Marine mammals, back from the brink?:Contemporary conservation issues |
title_sort |
marine mammals, back from the brink?:contemporary conservation issues |
publishDate |
2015 |
url |
https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/e6425e46-f0ea-43fe-80b7-e09a7ed2f688 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519960.018 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84953717032&partnerID=8YFLogxK |
genre |
baleen whales Elephant Seals |
genre_facet |
baleen whales Elephant Seals |
op_source |
Harcourt , R , Marsh , H , Slip , D , Chilvers , L , Noad , M & Dunlop , R 2015 , Marine mammals, back from the brink? Contemporary conservation issues . in A Stow , N Maclean & G I Holwell (eds) , Austral Ark : the state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand . Cambridge , pp. 322-353 . https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519960.018 |
op_rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519960.018 |
container_start_page |
322 |
op_container_end_page |
353 |
_version_ |
1802642700848070656 |