Further Reading

Information on ship based pollution and oil spill risks

• About shipping activities in the Great Barrier Reef (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority)
• Joint report on the oil spill risk in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Queensland Transport and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority)
• International conventions on the prevention of marine pollution (International Maritime Organisation)
• About the antifouling programme (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
• Requirements relating to the discharge of sewage in Queensland waters (Maritime Safety Queensland)
• International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation

Information on litter and marine debris

• General information about litter and marine debris (Reef ED)
• Marine debris on the Great Barrier Reef (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority)
• Information on beach and ocean litter (Queensland Environmental Protection Agency)
• General information about litter and marine debris (US Environmental Protection Agency)
• Marine debris as a national Key Threatening Process (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
• ”Finding Solutions” report on marine debris in northern Australia (National Oceans Office)

Introduced Marine Species

• General information about introduced marine species in Australia (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
• Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests (CRIMP)
• Reports on the management and treatment of ballast water (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
• Research undertaken through the Natural Heritage Trust
• Research undertaken by the Cooperative Research Centre for Reef Research
• International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (International Maritime Organisation)

Management plans and documents about shipping in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait:

• Shipping risks and management plans for the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait (includes impact studies, risk assessment and management plans - Australian Maritime Safety Authority)
• The National Plan to Combat the Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances (Australian Maritime Safety Authority)

Shipping and navigation:

• Shipping and navigation in Queensland Waters (Maritime Safety Queensland)

Bibliography

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 5422.0 June 2001, 'International Merchandise Trade Australia':
2. Department of Transport. 1995, Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Shipping Study, Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Shipping Study Steering Committee 1995. Volumes 1 and 2, Department of Transport, Queensland.
3. Det Norske Veritas. 2001, Assessment of Ship Safety Controls in the Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef, Consultants report for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Det Norske Veritas, Victoria. 57pp.
4. Hayes, K., Sliwa, C., Migus, S., McEnnulty, F. and Dunstan, P. 2004, National priority pests: part II Ranking of Australian Marine Pests, Final Report for the Department of the Environment and Heritage. CSIRO Marine Research, http://www.marine.csiro.au/crimp/reports/PriorityPestsFinalreport.pdf
5. Haynes, D. and Loong, D. 2002, 'Antifoulant (butyltin and copper) concentrations in sediments from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Australia', Environmental Pollution 120 (2): 391-396.
6. Hilliard, R.W. and Raaymakers, S. 1997, Ballast water risk assessment, Stage 5 report, Ecoports Monograph Series  No. 14. Ports Corporation Queensland, Brisbane.
7. Kiessling, I. 2003, Finding solutions: Derelict fishing gear and other marine debris in northern Australia, National Oceans Office, Hobart.
8. Lewis, J. 2005, 'Preventitive Management of Biofouling', in Building Emergency Response Capacity for Incursions by Introduced Marine Pests workshop, Coolangatta, 7-9 June 2005.
9. Maritime Safety Queensland. 2005, Marine Incidents Annual Report 2005, Maritime Safety Queensland, Brisbane. http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/qt/msq.nsf/index/incidents_annual_report
10. Maritime Safety Queensland. 2006, 'Swift response', in Seascape, April-July 3 (2): 7-9. Maritime Safety Queensland, Brisbane. http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/qt/MSQ.nsf/ReferenceLookup/seascape_vol3_issue2.pdf/$file/seascape_vol3_issue2.pdf
11. Ports Corporation of Queensland. 2002, Economic Impact Study for the year ended 30 June 2002, Ports Corporation Queensland, Brisbane. http://www.pcq.com.au/downloads/economicimpactstudy.pdf
12. Queensland Transport and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 2000, Oil Spill Risk Assessment for the Coastal Waters of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville. http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/qt/msq.nsf/index/oilspill_risk
13. Smith, L.D., Negri, A.P., Philipp, E., Webster, N.S. and Heyward, A.J. 2003, 'The effects of antifoulant-paint-contaminated sediments on coral recruits and branchlets', Marine Biology 143 (4): 651-657.
14. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 2003, Review of Maritime Transport, Report by the UNCTAD Secretariat, Geneva.
15. Great Barrier Reef Shipping Review Steering Committee. July 2001, Review of Ship Safety and Pollution Prevention Measures in the Great Barrier Reef. Australian Maritime Safety Authority, 39 pp. http://www.amsa.gov.au/Shipping_Safety/Great_Barrier_Reef_and_Torres_Strait/GBR_Review_Report/