Research Project
Researchers: Davies, Christy (collaborator) , Emma Flukes (Point of contact) , Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (Associated with) , North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management (Associated with)
Full description This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project "Australia’s Northern Seascape: assessing status of threatened and migratory marine species". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
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Northern Australia is the focus of substantial economic development, including agriculture, aquaculture, port infrastructure, mining and water-resource development. These activities have the potential to affect biodiversity, cultural values and Matters of National Environmental Significance, creating a need for a coordinated understanding of conservation priorities across the region.
This project assessed the state of knowledge for EPBC-listed Threatened and Migratory marine species across the North Marine Bioregion, from Torres Strait to the Northern Territory - Western Australia border and extending from coastal waters to the edge of the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone. The review considered multiple taxonomic groups, including sharks and rays, shorebirds, marine turtles, dugongs and cetaceans, together with information on habitats, fisheries bycatch, environmental pressures, Indigenous priorities and EPBC referral activities.
The project identified key knowledge gaps, research priorities and management needs to guide future Northern Seascapes research and investment. It also examined opportunities to strengthen Indigenous participation and incorporate Indigenous knowledge and management priorities into future marine conservation and research activities.
Project outputs provided a strategic evidence base for future research planning, environmental management and conservation policy, and identified priority locations and topics for further investigation across northern Australia's marine environment.
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Credit
This project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Agriculture, Water and Energy (DAWE) through the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub. In addition to NESP (DAWE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
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Purpose
This project will undertake a stocktake of the current state of knowledge of Threatened and Migratory Marine species, and pressures, Indigenous priorities, habitats, fisheries bycatch and EPBC referrals in relation to them across northern Australia. This will inform the strategic and on-ground direction of investment in future Threatened and Migratory Marine species research across the north.
Data time period: 2017-06-01 to 2018-06-30
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Kyne, P.M., Brooke, Tulloch, V. et al. (2018). Final Report. Scoping a Seascape Approach to Managing and Recovering Northern Australian Threatened and Migratory Marine Species. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. Charles Darwin University, Darwin. (Final Project Report)
Davies, C.L., Tothill, T., Meeuwig, J.J., & Kyne, P.M. (2022). Garig Gunak Barlu National Park Green Sawfish (Pristis zijsron) aggregation surveys. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. Charles Darwin University, Darwin. (Milestone Report)
Kyne PM, Davies C-L, Feutry P et al. (2021) Molecular analysis of newly-discovered geographic range of the threatened river shark Glyphis glyphis reveals distinct populations. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. Charles Darwin University and CSIRO. (Milestone Report)
Feutry P, Laird A,, Kyne PM et al. (2021) Population structure of Narrow Sawfish Anoxypristis cuspidata across northern Australia. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. CSIRO, Charles Darwin University, and NPF Industry Pty Ltd. (Milestone Report)
Dunstan, PK, Woolley, S, Dambacher J. (2019) Qualitative Models of Northern Seascapes. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. CSIRO. (Milestone Report)
url :
https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/document/qualitative-models-northern-seascapes.html
Phillips, C., Lymburner, L. & Brooke, B. (2018). Characterising northern estuaries using Digital Earth Australia. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. Geoscience Australia. (Milestone Report)
Udyawer, V., Thums, M., Ferreira, L.C., Tulloch, V. & Kyne, P.M. (2021). Distribution and habitat suitability of Threatened and Migratory marine species in northern Australia. Report to the National Environmental Science Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub. (Milestone Report)
Kyne, P.M., M. Oetinger, M.I. Grant and P. Feutry, 2021. Life history of the critically endangered largetooth sawfish: a compilation of data for population assessment and demographic modelling. Endang. Species Res. 44:79-88. (Associated Publication)
doi :
http://doi.org/10.3354/esr01090
Pacoureau, N., Rigby, C.L., Kyne, P.M. et al. (2021). Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays. Nature 589, 567–571. (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03173-9
Abrantes, K., Barnett, A., Huveneers, C. et al. (2021). Potential of electric fields to reduce bycatch of highly threatened sawfishes. Endangered Species Research. (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01146
Ebert, D.A., Wintner, S.P. & Kyne, P.M. (2021). An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa. Zootaxa, 4947 (1), 1–127. (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1
McDavitt MT, Kyne PM. (2020). Social media posts reveal the geographic range of the Critically Endangered clown wedgefish, Rhynchobatus cooki. Journal of Fish Biology. 97:1846–1851. (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14530
White WT, Kyne PM, Harris M. (2019). Lost before found: A new species of whaler shark Carcharhinus obsolerus from the Western Central Pacific known only from historic records. PLoS One. 14(1):e0209387 (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209387
Kyne PM, Wang JJ, Xiang D, Chen X, Feutry P. (2018). The phylogenomic position of the Critically Endangered Largetooth Sawfish Pristis pristis (Rhinopristiformes, Pristidae), inferred from the complete mitochondrial genome. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 3(2):970-971. (Associated Publication)
doi :
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1501315
(Project page on NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub website)
(Australian Government NESP MB Hub website)
url :
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/environment-information-australia/nesp/hub-marine-biodiversity
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