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possible consequences.
# Within the Australian Whale Sanctuary it is an offence to kill, injure, take, trade, keep, move or interfere with a cetacean. Currently no country is whaling southern right whales.

Table 6: South-east Population Residual Risk Matrix

Likelihood of occurrence (relevant to species)  Consequences

No long term effect                             Minor         Moderate                     Major                                           Catastrophic

Almost certain                                                 Whale watching               Seismic surveys *

                                                               Shipping noise *

Likely                                                                                      Infrastructure/ coastal development

                                                                                            Acute Industrial noise

                                                                                            Chronic industrial noise

                                                                                            Commercial fisheries or aquaculture equipment

Possible                                                       Marine debris                Vessel Collisions                               Climate variability and change

                                                               Aircraft noise

Unlikely                                                       Chronic chemical pollution                                                   Whaling#

                                                               Acute chemical discharge

Rare or unknown                                                                             Overharvesting of prey

* Given the behavioural impacts of noise on southern right whales are largely unknown, a precautionary approach has been taken regarding assignation of possible consequences.

# Within the Australian Whale Sanctuary it is an offence to kill, injure, take, trade, keep, move or interfere with a cetacean. Currently no country is whaling southern right whales.

6. Actions
6.1 Summary and Implemented Actions
The aim of this section is to prioritise activities that will assist recovery of southern right whales and support achievement of the Interim Recovery Objectives. It is recognised that during the life of the plan new issues may arise or knowledge may increase requiring change to some of the priorities listed here. Where appropriate the Australian Government will work with key stakeholders in each area to develop implementation plans for groups of actions.

Table 7: How recovery actions address interim recovery objectives and threats

Interim Objective  Threats Addressed                    Recovery Targets                                 Actions Area                                                                                 Priority

                   A: Assessing and Addressing Threats

1, 2, 4, 5         A, B, C, D, E, F, G                  1,1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2                A.1: Maintain and improve existing legal and management protection                           Very High
1, 2, 4, 5         B, E, F                              1,1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2                A.2: Assessing and addressing anthropogenic noise: shipping, industrial and seismic surveys  Very High
1, 2, 4, 5         A                                    1,1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2                A.3: Reducing commercial fishing entanglements                                               Very High
1, 2, 3, 4, 5      D, F                                 1,1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2,3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2  A.4: Impacts of climate variability and change                                               High
1, 2, 4, 5         B                                    1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2                A.5: Addressing vessel collisions                                                            High
1, 2, 4, 5         A, B, E, F                           1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2                A.6: Addressing infrastructure and coastal development impacts                               High

                   B: Measuring Recovery

1, 2, 3, 4         A, B, C, D, E, F, G                  1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1                B.1: Measuring and monitoring population recovery                                            Very High
1, 2, 3, 5         D, F                                 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.2           B.2: Investigating two-population model