Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01506:reg:2013:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01506
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2013 (pt 2/32)
Character Range: 4063–7243

1: Distribution, foraging and aggregation sites for the white shark
      identified through the Marine Bioregional Planning process. 47

List of tables

      Table 1:  Data at time of listing on abundance and size of white shark populations in
      Australian waters 11

      Table 2:  Reported catches of white sharks in the
      NSW SMP, 1950/51-2010/11 (NSW DPI, 2009, 2011, 2012). 30

      Table 3:  Summary of the status of the actions identified in the
      2002 White Shark Recovery Plan (EA, 2002). 48

Table 4:  Organisations represented on the National Shark Recovery Group (NSRG) 57

Abbreviations

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

CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

         DSEWPaC Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and
         Communities, Commonwealth

EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

HSI Humane Society International

IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature

NSRG National Shark Recovery Group

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 White Shark.
The plan considers the conservation requirements of the species across its range and
identifies the actions to be taken to ensure the species' long-term viability in nature and
the parties that will undertake those actions. This is a revision of the 2002 White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Recovery Plan (EA, 2002) and should be read in conjunction with
the 2013 Issues Paper for the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) (DSEWPaC, 2013),
which is available for download from the department's website at: www.environment.gov.au/
biodiversity/threatened/recovery-list-common.html.

A review of the 2002 White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Recovery Plan, finalised in November 2008, concluded that it was not possible to determine if the white shark population in Australian waters has shown any sign of recovery (DEWHA, 2008). Considering the lack of evidence supporting a recovery of white shark numbers—together with historical evidence of a greater decline in white shark numbers over the last 60 years as compared to other shark species — the review supports the white shark's current status as vulnerable under the Commonwealth 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 white shark listing under Commonwealth legislation, the species is fully 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 made for shark control measures for bather protection (e.g. beach meshing and/or drumlining) in these two states. In some circumstances, the destruction of individual sharks