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Interaction of traditional use of marine resources with marine turtles
Management Concern: High
Adequacy of Information: Low
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- Five of the six species of marine turtle on the Great Barrier Reef have declined.
- Traditional use, mainly hunting, fishing and collecting, involves a range of marine species (some of conservation concern), but levels of take are unknown. Poaching by non-Traditional Owners is a concern for Traditional Owners and management agencies.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- The national recreational and indigenous fishing survey
- 'Traditional use' utilises a range of marine resources
- Limited quantitative data for Indigenous harvest of marine species
- Perceived threat to the Reef from Indigenous use
- Indigenous cultural heritage in the Great Barrier Reef
- Population status of Green turtles in the southern Great Barrier Reef stock
- Flatback turtles in the Great Barrier Reef
- Status of Hawksbill turtles in the Great Barrier Reef
- Population status of Loggerhead turtles in the Great Barrier Reef
- Recovery of Green turtles in the Great Barrier Reef region
- Incorporating turtle habitats into Marine Protected Area design for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Existing policies and management actions
- Sustainable Traditional Use of marine resources
- 'Traditional use', management and contemporary relationships
- Marine turtles in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
- A Reef-wide framework for managing traditional use of marine resources in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
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- Management of 'Traditional use'
- Management of 'Traditional use' 2
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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