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Images credits
Cover page: Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania.
Back page: Red handfish (Thymichthys politus) at Primrose Sands, Tasmania.
Page 22 (top image): Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania.
Page 22 (bottom image): Red handfish (Thymichthys politus) at Primrose Sands, Tasmania.
(All images © Emma Flukes)

Table of contents
Acronyms
1 Summary
Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus)
Red handfish (Thymichthys politus)
Ziebell's handfish (Brachiopsilus ziebelli)
Habitat critical for survival:
Recovery plan objectives:
Recovery team:
Recovery strategies:
Criteria for success:
Criteria for failure:
2 Introduction
2.1 Conservation Status
2.2 Handfish Recovery Group
3 Background
3.1 Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus)
3.1.1  Species description and distribution in Australian waters
3.1.2 Population trends
3.1.3 Biology and Ecology
3.1.4 Habitat critical to the survival of the spotted handfish
3.2 Red handfish (Thymichthys politus)
3.2.1  Species description and distribution in Australian waters
3.2.2 Population trends
3.2.3 Biology and Ecology
3.2.4 Habitat critical to the survival of the red handfish
3.3 Ziebell's / Waterfall Bay handfish (Brachiopsilus ziebelli)
3.3.1  Species description and distribution in Australian waters
3.3.2 Population trends
3.3.3 Biology and Ecology
3.3.4 Habitat critical to the survival of Ziebell's handfish
4 Threats
4.1 Historical causes of decline
4.2 Current threatening processes
4.2.1 Habitat degradation and loss of spawning substrate
4.2.2 Pollution and siltation of waterways
4.2.3 Traditional boat moorings
4.2.4 Northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
4.2.5 Other potential threatening processes
5 Populations under particular pressure
6 Objectives and strategies
7 Actions to achieve the specific objectives
Strategy 1 – Increase spawning success for spotted, red and Ziebell's handfish
Strategy 2 – Reduce impacts on spotted, red and Ziebell's handfish, and their habitat
Strategy 3 – Consider options for the active management of spotted, red and Ziebell's handfish
Strategy 4 - Improve knowledge of the distribution, abundance and population trends of spotted, red and Ziebell's handfish
Strategy 5 - Increase understanding of habitat preferences and threats to habitat for spotted, red and Ziebell's handfish
Strategy 6 - Encourage community participation in the conservation of spotted, red and Ziebell's handfish
8 Duration and cost of the recovery process
9 Current management practices
10 Effects on other native species and biodiversity benefits
11 Social and economic considerations
12 Affected interests
13 Consultation
14 Organisations/persons involved in evaluating the performance of the plan
15 References

Tables and figures
Table 1: National and state conservation status of the three species of threatened handfish
Table 2: Current distribution of threatened handfish species and key threats.
Figure 1: Modelled distribution of spotted handfish (Brachionicthys hirsutus)........................................15
Figure 2: Modelled distribution of red handfish (Thymichthys politus)....................................................16
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