Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01763:reg:12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01763
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 12
Character Range: 113735–114688

12          Biodiversity benefits
The implementation of this plan will provide a variety of biodiversity benefits for other native species which live within the same regions. Actions in the plan will:
    * Better manage legal fishing activities to ensure greater sustainability of take;
    * Reduce illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, which likely impacts on a broad range of fish stocks;
    * Support the Commonwealth Threat Abatement Plan for the Impact of Marine Debris on Vertebrate Marine Life to reduce the impacts of marine debris within the broader ecosystem; and
    * Investigate the impact of habitat modification, with the aim of minimising any future disturbances and possibly reversing some of the changes already made (i.e., reducing the number of barrages that block migration in river systems).
Any benefits accruing to sawfish and river shark species from these actions will also benefit other species living in the area.