Dugongs, Boats, Dolphins and Turtles in the Townsville-Cardwell Region and Recommendations for a Boat Traffic Management Plan for the Hinchinbrook Dugong Protection Area

by Tony Preen
Cooperative Research Centre for the Ecologically Sustainable
Development of the Great Barrier Reef and Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography, James Cook University
ISSN 1037-1508
ISBN 0 642 23096 X

FOREWORD [Adobe Acrobat Format 91.65KB]

SUMMARY [Adobe Acrobat Format 266.26KB]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 41.54KB]

CONTEXT OF THIS REPORT [Adobe Acrobat Format 195.56KB]

BACKGROUND [Adobe Acrobat Format 415.19KB]

• Boats and Threatened Marine Wildlife
• Dugongs and Boat Strike
• Manatees and Boat Strike
• Other Effects of Boat Traffic on Dugongs and Manatees
• Boats and Turtles and Cetaceans

METHODS [Adobe Acrobat Format 583.38KB]

• Study Area
• Satellite Tracking
• Aerial Surveys
• Historical Aerial Surveys
• Sightings by the Public
• Feeding Trail Survey
• Boat Traffic

RESULTS [Adobe Acrobat Format 4187.33KB]

• Satellite Tracking
• Aerial Surveys
• Dugongs
• Turtles
• Boats
• Cetaceans
• Manta Rays and Gill Nets
• Historical Aerial Surveys
• Public Sightings Records
• Feeding Trail Surveys
• Boat Traffic
• Boat Movements in Northern Hinchinbrook Channel
• Boat Movements in Missionary Bay

DISCUSSION [Adobe Acrobat Format 438.58KB]

• Dolphins
• Turtles

CONCLUSIONS [Adobe Acrobat Format 46.38KB]

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOAT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN THE
HINCHINBROOK DUGONG PROTECTION AREA [Adobe Acrobat Format 474.34KB]

REFERENCES [Adobe Acrobat Format 244.46KB]

APPENDIX 1 [Adobe Acrobat Format 138.55KB ]

APPENDIX 2 [Adobe Acrobat Format 79.30KB]

APPENDIX 3 [Adobe Acrobat Format 78.57KB]

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