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Status of shoals
Management Concern: Moderate
Adequacy of Information: Low
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- There is little information about the extent or condition of shoals in the Great Barrier Reef.
- Increasing sophistication in marine navigation equipment has probably increased targeted fishing pressure on shoals, especially those close to urban centres.
- Almost all Great Barrier Reef species will be affected by climate change.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online:
- Shoals
- Seabed invertebrate biodiversity
- Protection of seabed species and habitats
- Recovery of seabed biota after trawling
- Summary of the vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
- Climate change: trends on the Great Barrier Reef
- Vulnerability of benthic invertebrates of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change
- Australian Institute of Marine Science - surveys of sessile benthic communities
- Effects of line fishing on the Great Barrier Reef
- Fishing catch from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- Recovery of seabed biota after trawling
- East coast fin fish fishery independent review
Existing policies and management actions
- Marine Park legislation and regulations
- Permit conditions for specific activities
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Fisheries: legislative management arrangements
- Fisheries: other management tools
- Fisheries: information systems
- Queensland Fisheries Strategy 2009-2014
- Queensland Fisheries policies and legislation
- Queensland Fisheries monitoring
- Queensland Management of Commercial Fisheries
- Queensland Management of Recreational Fisheries
- Australian Government policy on climate change
- Queensland Government climate change policies and strategies
- Climate Change Action Plan 2007-2012
Future management requirements
- Biodiversity strategy
Defined research questions
- There are currently no defined research questions for this topic. Research questions will be developed, giving priority to interactions/issues that are of most concern to management.
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