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Appendix B

EPBC Act-listed threatened ecological communities adversely impacted by marine debris

Community name                                                            Current status        EPBC Act listing advice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Recovery plan decision
Posidonia australis seagrass meadows of the Manning–Hawkesbury ecoregion  Listed as endangered  Catchment disturbance and pollution. The ecological community is impacted by increased inputs from a range of pollutants associated with catchment disturbance including sediment, nutrients, metals, hydrocarbons, industrial compounds and litter to the associated estuary (Department of the Environment 2015).  Recovery plan not required. While there is no state recovery plan across the full distribution of the ecological community there are existing catchment and estuary management plans and other planning documents relating to
(effective 07 May 2015)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the recovery of ecological community. Taking into account the protection from EPBC Act listing, recovery and threat abatement priorities and actions specified in the conservation advice and the existing management and other plans, a recovery plan for the ecological community is not recommended at this time (Department of the Environment 2015)
Subtropical and temperate coastal saltmarsh                               Listed as vulnerable  Pollution and litter from stormwater or dumping of waste can smother coastal saltmarsh plants and introduce contaminants such as heavy metals or organic chemicals (Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 2013).                                                             There is not a recovery plan for this ecological community
(Effective 10 August 2013)

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           Appendix C

           Relevant EPBC Act recovery plans

           Conservation management plan for the blue whale (2015–2025): a recovery plan under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. (Commonwealth of Australia, 2015)
           Conservation management plan for the southern right whale (2011–2021): a recovery plan under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. (Commonwealth of Australia, 2012)
           Recovery plan for marine turtles in Australia. (Commonwealth of Australia, 2017)

           Lord Howe Island biodiversity management plan. (Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), 2007)

           National recovery plan for threatened albatrosses and petrels: 2011–2016. (Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 2011)
           Recovery plan for the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea). Commonwealth of Australia, 2013 Recovery plan for the grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus). Commonwealth of Australia, 2014
           Sawfish and river sharks multispecies recovery plan (Pristis pristis, Pristis zijsron, Pristis clavata, Glyphis glyphis and Glyphis garricki). Commonwealth of Australia, 2015