Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01314:reg:2013:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01314
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2013 (pt 13/24)
Character Range: 48248–54357

sea lion
Action No.  Action                                                                                       Priority  Performance Criteria                                    Responsibility
5.1         Develop and apply a quantitative framework to assess the population status and potential     1             * Monitoring program developed                      DSEWPaC; PIRSA; SARDI;
            recovery of the Australian sea lion across                                                                   and implemented, at agreed                        WA DoF; WA DEC; SA DENR;
            its range.                                                                                                   representative sites and results                  researchers
                * Ensure sufficient and effective abundance and distribution monitoring is in place to                   reported annually to DSEWPaC.
                  adequately understand population size
                  and trends at representative sites across
                  the range of the Australian sea lion,
                  including at the fringes of the species' range.
5.2         Assess and facilitate the continuation of                                                    2             * Continuation of population                        SARDI; SA DENR
            population demographic surveys at Seal Bay                                                                   demographic surveys at Seal Bay, as appropriate.
            in South Australia.

Action No.  Action                                                                                                                                        Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                       Responsibility
5.3         Improve the information base on behavioural                                                                                                   2             * Research conducted on behavioural ecology, trophic interactions and foraging ecology of Australian   DSEWPaC; PIRSA; SARDI;
            ecology, trophic interactions and foraging                                                                                                                    sea lions.                                                                                           WA DoF; researchers
            ecology—particularly in areas important to the survival of the species—and at scales relevant                                                               * Foraging range and habitats
            to human activities that can be managed.                                                                                                                      identified and spatially overlapped with fishery data.
            Actions include:                                                                                                                                            * Research conducted on drivers for variance in pup production and
                * improve knowledge of foraging range at a colony level to help determine the spatial overlap with commercial fisheries                                   mortality. Link to Actions 4.2 & 4.3.
                * better determine the key ecological                                                                                                                   * Dive and tracking studies conducted in Western Australia.
                  characteristics of preferred foraging sites                                                                                                           * Update information on Biologically Important Areaswithin DSEWPaC's Marine Bioregional Plans as new
                * determine the drivers for variance in pup production and mortality across seasons                                                                       information about foraging areas becomes available.
                  (including apparent seasonal cycles)
                * undertake dive and tracking studies in
                  Western Australia to help determine specific foraging patterns and requirements.
5.4         Improve the information base on population                                                                                                    3             * Research conducted on Australian sea lion population structures,                                     DSEWPaC; PIRSA; SARDI; WA DoF; WA DEC;  researchers
            structures of the Australian sea lion. This should include finer scale structuring, utilising genetic techniques and morphological studies,                   including genetic techniques.
            where data of such scale might improve                                                                                                                      * Identification of any sub-speciation of Australian sea lion populations in their range.
            practical management options. Actions include:
                * opportunistically undertaking further
                  research on population structure.
                  Using genetic techniques on current
                  and opportunistically gathered biological
                  material to determine the extent of male
                  and female dispersal
                * using genetic and morphological data to
                  determine any sub-speciation of Australian sea lion populations throughout their range.

Action No.  Action                                                                                                                                                        Priority  Performance Criteria                                                                                                                                                      Responsibility
5.5         Improve understanding of juvenile dispersal and foraging behaviours by:                                                                                       3             * Research conducted