Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01089:reg:20:p30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01089
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20 (pt 30/33)
Character Range: 118745–123386

nurse sharks in aquariums developed and reviewed                                             Action partially completed.
                                                                                                                                                     • Identification of grey nurse sharks currently in aquaria.
F.3. Develop and contribute to a conservation orientated education programs in those commercial aquaria with captive grey nurse sharks on display.   • Appropriate education programs and displays implemented in commercial aquaria currently displaying grey nurse sharks.  Action mostly completed and ongoing.

G. Identify and establish protected areas to protect grey nurse sharks at key locations.
Prescribed Action                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Criteria for Success                                                                                                        2009 Review of Actions
G.1. NSW and Qld to develop appropriate mechanisms to conserve sites identified as habitat critical to the survival of grey nurse sharks and associated foraging areas in their respective jurisdictions.                                                                                   • Appropriate protection mechanisms implemented.                                                                            Action partially completed. All but one of the 17 critical habitat sites in state waters that were listed in the 2002 Recovery Plan had been given some level of protection at the time of the 2009 review of the recovery plan. At a minimum, this includes restrictions on some commercial and recreational fishing methods and fishing gear. The level of protection provided to grey nurse sharks and the size of the protective protection zones varies and additional information on each of the sites is available from the relevant government agency.
Mechanisms to conserve grey nurse shark aggregation sites and associated foraging areas should include:
 • Establishment of effective marine protected areas (such as 'no take' sanctuary zones)
 • Seasonal or permanent closures of sites to commercial and recreational fishing.
G.2. Commonwealth to develop and/or continue appropriate mechanisms to protect key sites in the following areas:                                                                                                                                                                            • Appropriate protection mechanisms continued at Pimpernel Rock; part of the Commonwealth Solitary Islands Marine Reserve.  Action completed. Both of the sites identified as habitat critical to the survival of the grey nurse shark in the 2002 recovery plan that lie in Commonwealth waters have some level of protection, which includes no fishing zones.
 • Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Pimpernel Rock)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         • Appropriate protection mechanisms implemented at Cod Grounds, Laurieton.
 • Laurieton (Cod Grounds)
G.3. Queensland will establish a community based program to identify future sites important for the conservation of grey nurse sharks.                                                                                                                                                      • Community monitoring program established.                                                                                 Action completed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Important sites identified.
G.4. Sites identified as habitat critical to the survival of grey nurse sharks are nominated to the register of critical habitats under the EPBC Act. Those sites listed in this recovery plan to be gazetted in the first year of the plan on the EPBC Act Register for Critical Habitat   • Critical habitat for grey nurse shark is listed on the register throughout the life of the plan.                          Action not completed. No sites have been listed as critical habitat under the EPBC