Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L00289:body:0:p39
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L00289
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 131290–138056

Safety Authority (AMSA). Working with AMSA, it will be possible to map international and domestic shipping routes that affect southern right whale aggregation areas and understand vessel transit times and speeds within these areas. It will then be possible to identify the degree of overlap between shipping channels and southern right whale habitat and, if necessary, whether there are any alternative shipping routes available and whether speed limitations need to be considered in specific regions during southern right whale occupancy.
Within the life of this plan
Measure of success: Completion of nationally agreed ship strike strategy.

Risks: It is likely that mapping can be complete within the time frame of this plan but subsequent actions to adjust vessel movements and speed may fall outside of this plan period. Further, expanding aggregation areas and changes to shipping priorities may mean that this information quickly becomes out of date.

Likelihood of success: Moderate

Action Area A.6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Priority

Addressing infrastructure and coastal development impacts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                High

Action
Principle actions addressing impacts of coastal development are covered under anthropogenic noise and shipping collisions.

Improve management systems designed to minimise the impact of infrastructure development and operation and coastal development on southern right whales, by ensuring that existing information about coastal habitat requirements, environmental suitability of coastal locations, historic high use and emerging areas is available to coastal planning and approvals areas in all levels of government.
Recovery Targets Addressed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Threats to be Mitigated
1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A, B, E, F
Description
The most effective way to protect southern right whales from inappropriate infrastructure and coastal development is to ensure that habitat requirements are considered at an early stage of development applications. This means relevant information should be available at local levels in a readily accessible format, e.g. guidelines supported by geographic information system spatial layers. Once information on offshore distribution is available there will be a need to update this information to ensure all biologically important areas are considered.
Within the life of this plan
Measure of success: Planning and approvals sections of all levels of government are provided with southern right whale habitat requirement information.

Risks: Competing priorities are taken into consideration in planning and assessment processes. Changes to environmental assessment processes may result in inconsistent approaches to mitigating the impacts of threats to southern right whales. These risks may be mitigated by continuing regular meetings with state agencies and industry.

Likelihood of success: Moderate

Measuring recovery

Action Area B.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Priority

Measuring and monitoring population recovery                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Very High

Action
Continue to obtain and refine population abundance and trends for the south-west population and develop firm population and rate of increase estimates for the south-east population. This can be implemented by