Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285:reg:13:p93
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13 (pt 93/98)
Character Range: 499191–502206

rabbits in 2014, with subsequent recovery of plant communities (Parks & Wildlife Service 2014).
Few historical structures remain on the island. The modern station, located on the Isthmus, is comprised of over 40 buildings and structures for scientific and tourism purposes. There are also some field huts located elsewhere on the island (Parks & Wildlife Service 2006).
The Macquarie Island Nature Reserve and World Heritage Area Management Plan 2006 provides guidelines preventing activities likely to impact upon wildlife on the island (Parks & Wildlife Service 2006).

Albatross Island: 40°23'S, 144°39'E
Species
The following albatross species breeds on Albatross Island:
    * Shy Albatross.
Protection status
    * designated a Nature Reserve in 1981
    * Albatross Island Management Plan under development
Geography
Albatross Island is located in western Bass Strait, 70 km northwest of Stanley. The small island is only 1100 m long, by 200 m wide, comprising 33 ha. The rocky island rises steeply from the surrounding sea to a height of about 35 m. A deep 'gulch' runs through the short axis of the island near its northern end (Green 1974).
Flora
Twenty-three plant species, including two small shrub species, have been found on the island.

Fauna
Albatross Island once contained a large population of fur seals before sealers exterminated the population. Fur seals now regularly haul out on Albatross Island. Shy Albatross, Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur), Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor), Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenurostris) and Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae) breed on the island. Numerous other birds are occasionally seen on the island. In addition, at least two species of skink (Leiolopisma pretiosum and Leiolopisma metallicum) are found on the island (Green 1974).
Introduced species
The following invasive species have colonised the island: common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), common blackbird (Turdus merula), mirror bush (Coprosma repens) and winter grass (Poa annua).
Shy Albatross breeding locations
Shy Albatross nest on the top of the island. Colonies have formed in four areas: in the north-east, east, south-east and western edges of the island. These remnant colonies were formerly interconnected, except for the northern and southern sectors.
Effects of human occupation
The first European sighting of the Shy Albatross colony on Albatross Island was by George Bass in 1798. Historically, about 11,000 breeding pairs are thought to have nested on the island annually (Alderman et al. 2011). By 1909, however, plume and egg hunters had decimated the colony to only 250-300 nests (Johnstone et al. 1975).

The Mewstone: 43°44'S, 146°22'E
Species
The following albatross species breeds on the Mewstone:
    * Shy Albatross.
Protection status
    * incorporated within the Southwest National Park
    * Southwest National Park designated a Biosphere Reserve in 1978
    * incorporated within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area in 1989.
Geography
The Mewstone