Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00930:front:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00930
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Character Range: 19341–22796

Cetaceans.
Recovery Plan                                             The purpose of a Recovery Plan is to ensure the protection, conservation, and management of listed threatened species or ecological community. A Recovery Plan is developed in accordance with Part 13 s269A and s270 of the EPBC Act, and it is a legal requirement to 'not act inconsistently' with the objectives and specific actions outlined in the Recovery Plan.
Recovery Plan actions                                     Specific actions designed to deliver tangible results against Recovery Plan objectives to minimise anthropogenic threats and allow for the conservation status of the southern right whale to improve, so that the species is removed from the EPBC Act threatened species listing.
Reproductive area                                         Areas known or likely to be regularly or repeatedly used by individuals or aggregations of a species for reproduction (including courtship, mating, egg laying, hatching, pupping, birthing, nursing or accompanied by a dependent young), or to provide refuge or other advantage to young.
Stressor                                                  Any physical, chemical, or biotic entity that moves a biological system out of its normal operating range. The term stressor is synonymous with the term threat and relates to phenomenon or activities such as climate change, vessel strike or underwater noise.

Acronyms
Term      Definition
ATCM      Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings
BIA       Biologically Important Area
CCAMLR    Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CMP       Conservation Management Plan
DCCEEW    Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Commonwealth)
EPBC Act  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth)
ESD       Ecologically Sustainable Development
HCTS      Habitat Critical to the Survival
IUCN      International Union for Conservation of Nature
IWC       International Whaling Commission
MNES      Matters of National Environmental Significance
NSW       New South Wales
QLD       Queensland
SA        South Australia
TAS       Tasmania
VIC       Victoria
WA        Western Australia

Executive Summary
Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)
The purpose of this Recovery Plan is to set out the objectives, targets, and management and research actions necessary to minimise anthropogenic threats to facilitate recovery of the southern right whale and allow their conservation status to improve so they can be removed from the threatened species list under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The Recovery Plan is developed in accordance with Part 13, Division 5 of the EPBC Act.

      Status of taxon
Commonwealth legislation:
       * Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Endangered

State legislation:
       * New South Wales Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016: Endangered
       * Victoria Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988: Endangered
       * Tasmania Threatened Species Protection Act 1995: Endangered
       * South Australia National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972: Vulnerable
       * Western Australia Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016: Vulnerable
       * Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992: Least Concern
Assessment under the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species:
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