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habitat critical to survival..............33
2.10.1 Biologically Important Areas................................33
2.10.2 Habitat critical to the survival of the species....................34
3 Threats and threat prioritisation........................................38
3.1 Anthropogenic climate change and climate variability..................38
3.2 Entanglement.................................................39
3.2.1 Active fishing or aquaculture equipment.......................39
3.2.2 Marine debris...........................................41
3.3 Habitat degradation............................................42
3.3.1 Infrastructure/coastal development..........................42
3.3.2 Infrastructure/offshore development.........................42
3.4 Anthropogenic underwater noise..................................43
3.4.1 Industrial noise..........................................44
3.4.2 Seismic surveys..........................................44
3.4.3 Vessel noise.............................................45
3.4.4 Aircraft noise............................................46
3.5 Collision.....................................................46
3.5.1 Vessel strike............................................47
3.6 Disturbance from vessels and water activities.........................48
3.6.1 Boat-based whale watching.................................48
3.6.2 Recreational vessels and waterborne activities..................50
3.7 Whaling.....................................................50
3.8 Prey depletion.................................................51
3.8.1 Prey depletion from climate change..........................51
3.8.2 Prey depletion from overfishing.............................51
3.8.3 Prey depletion from seismic survey...........................51
3.9 Pollution.....................................................52
3.9.1 Chronic chemical pollution.................................52
3.9.2 Acute chemical discharge..................................53
3.9.3 Electromagnetic field disturbance............................53
3.10 Cumulative effects from threats...................................54
3.11 Threat Prioritisation............................................55
3.12 Key considerations for environmental impact assessment processes.......59
3.12.1 Context of species recovery for environmental impact assessments..59
3.12.2 Guidance for decision makers...............................60
3.12.3 Southern right whale monitoring programs....................61
3.12.4 Adaptive management.....................................62
3.12.5 Cumulative effects........................................62
4 Vision, objectives, and targets..........................................63
4.1 Long-term recovery vision.......................................63
4.2 Interim recovery objectives and targets.............................63
5 Recovery Actions....................................................65
5.1 Recovery actions to be implemented................................65
5.1.1 Assess and address key threats..............................66
5.1.2 Measure recovery........................................74
6 Implementation of Recovery Plan.......................................78
6.1 Responsible agencies and partners.................................78
6.2 Duration and cost of the recovery process............................78
6.3 Reporting process and performance of the Recovery Plan................80
6.3.1 Data resources and data management.........................81
References.............................................................83

Tables
Table 1 Summary of actions and priority ratings linked to interim recovery objectives developed to support the recovery of southern right whales.......8
Table 2 Conservation status of the southern right whale under Australian State legislation...15
Table 3 Risk prioritisation matrix template.......................................56
Table 4 Western southern right whale population residual risk matrix...................57
Table 5 Eastern southern right whale population residual risk matrix....................58
Table 6 Key mechanisms and indicative costing to carry out some of the priority actions for southern right whales.......79
Table 7 Performance measures for the southern right whale Recovery Plan...............81

Figures
Figure 1 Physical morphology of a southern right whale mother and calf.................24
Figure 2 Southern right whale callosity features used for photo-identification.............24
Figure 3 Spatial distribution of the southern right whale within the Commonwealth Marine Area and State waters.......30
Figure 4 Southern right whale Biologically Important Areas (reproduction and migration) and Habitat Critical to the Survival (reproduction BIA).......35
Figure 5 Southern right whale Biologically Important Areas and Habitat Critical to the Survival (reproduction BIA) in eastern Australia.......36
Figure 6 Southern right whale Biologically Important Areas and Habitat Critical to the Survival (reproduction BIA) in western Australia.......37
Figure 7 A southern right whale off western Victoria in 2021 with rope entangled around the tail stock.......41
Figure 8 A Southern right whale mother and calf at Head