Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01089:reg:20:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01089
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20 (pt 1/33)
Character Range: 3047–6061

20  Appendices

List of tables
Table 1. Known key aggregation sites critical to the survival of the grey nurse shark in Australian waters
       Table 2:  Summary of the status of the actions identified in the 2002 Recovery Plan for the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) in Australia (EA, 2002)
Table 3:  Organisations represented on the then National Shark Recovery Group (NSRG)

Abbreviations

AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Commonwealth

         BIA Biologically Important Area

         CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DoA Department of Agriculture, Commonwealth

DoE Department of the Environment, Commonwealth

EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

HSI Humane Society International

IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature

MNES Matters of national environmental significance

NSRG National Shark Recovery Group

NSW DPI New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

SPRAT Species Profile and Threats Database

TRAFFIC Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce

TSSC Threatened Species Scientific Committee

1 Summary
This document constitutes the Australian National Recovery Plan for the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus).

The plan considers the conservation requirements of the species across its range, identifies the actions to be taken to ensure the species' long-term viability in nature and indicates the parties that will undertake those actions. This plan replaces the 2002 Recovery Plan for the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) in Australia and should be read in conjunction with the Issues Paper for the Grey Nurse Shark.

A review of the 2002 Recovery Plan for the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) in Australia was finalised in January 2009. The review noted that since 2002, all but one of the 19 key aggregation sites listed as 'habitat critical to the survival of the species' in the recovery plan had been given some level of protection. The review found it was not possible to determine if the east coast population had shown any sign of recovery since the implementation of the plan and identified an ongoing need to maintain a recovery plan for the species. The review also found no reason to alter the status of the east coast population from critically endangered, or the west coast population from vulnerable, under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The review concluded that a new recovery plan should be developed to remove the completed actions and include new conservation priorities.

In addition to the grey nurse shark listing under Commonwealth legislation, the species is protected in the coastal waters of Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia, and protected in the coastal waters of New South Wales and Queensland with exemptions or a defence to prosecution for shark control programs