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Commonwealth of Australia
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Section 269A
Instrument making recovery plan

I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, according to:
     (a)   section 269A(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), make a recovery plan for Balaenoptera musculus – Blue Whale (endangered) entitled "Conservation Management Plan for the Blue Whale".
The recovery plan specified in paragraph (a) will come into force on the day after the plan is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments or on 1 October 2015, whichever is the later.

Dated this 28th day of September 2015

Greg Hunt
Minister for the Environment

            Conservation Management Plan for the Blue Whale
A Recovery Plan under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
2015-2025

Acknowledgements
The Department of the Environment would like to acknowledge those who contributed to the development of this Recovery Plan.

This Recovery Plan is based on the draft written by Dr Luciana Moller, Dr Kerstin Bilgmann and Catherine Attard of Flinders University of South Australia, and important contributions from state and territory government agencies, non-government organisations and the Threatened Species Scientific Committee.

Maps were produced by the Department's Environmental Resources and Information Branch.

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary
Introduction
Recovery Objective
Interim Recovery Objectives
Blue Whale Biology
Threats
Actions
1. Introduction
1.1 Review of the Blue, Fin and Sei Whale Recovery Plan (2005-2010)
1.2 Objectives and targets of the Conservation Management Plan for blue whales
Long-term recovery objective
Interim recovery objectives
Performance