NESP MaC Project 3.13 - Eastern Grey Nurse Shark population abundance and trend

Research Project

Researchers: Bradford, Russell (Principal investigator) ,  Harasti, David (Principal investigator, Point of contact) ,  Westlake, Emma (Point of contact, Principal investigator) ,  Cadiou, Gwenael (collaborator) ,  Dr Pierre Feutry (collaborator)
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Brief description This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Research Plan 2023 project "Eastern Grey Nurse Shark population abundance and trend". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata. -------------------- The eastern population of grey nurse shark, Carcharius taurus, is listed as Critically Endangered under the EPBC Act 1999, and a strategy to ensure recovery was implemented in 2002 with the development of the first recovery plan. The recovery plan updated in 2014 identifies priorities that require ongoing research that form the basis of this proposed project. This includes research to refine the abundance and trend estimate for the eastern Australian population of grey nurse shark and examine the potential for range expansion into Victorian waters. This will add value to recent age and growth estimates and examine epigenetic ageing of juveniles. Such information is important to inform the assessment of current conservation arrangements such as spatial closures. Outputs • Tissue samples and extracted products from juvenile grey nurse sharks [dataset] • Final project report [written]

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David Harasti (NSW DPI), Russell Bradford (CSIRO), Brett Louden (NSW DPI), Gwenael Cadiou (NSW DPI), Emma Westlake (CSIRO), Robin Thomson (CSIRO), Pierre Feutry (CSIRO), Toby Patterson (CSIRO), Rasanthi Gunasekera (CSIRO), Shane Bayliss (CSIRO), Benjamin Mayne (CSIRO), Chloe Anderson (CSIRO), Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC), MEM Aboriginal engagement program

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National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub

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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Australian Government

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In addition to NESP (DCCEEW) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.

Notes Purpose
To refine the abundance and trend estimates for population of grey nurse shark in eastern Australia.

Data time period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-08-15

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