20240823 15591500 1.0 TRUE 002 ef41b83c-9ddf-4200-8259-83c504fa29ef dataset Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Marine Data Manager 02 6274 1111 02 6274 1666 GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au 20110915 ANZLIC Metadata Profile 1.1 Feature Class Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (02) 6274 1111 (02) 6274 1333 GPO Box 3090 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au Shapefile 1 withheld 003 Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 Feature Class 1 113.816700 138.301100 -28.666700 -36.025700 1 113.8167 138.3011 -28.6667 -36.0257 1 Work has been undertaken through the marine bioregional planning program to identify, describe and map biologically important areas (BIA's) for protected species under the EPBC Act. BIA's spatially and temporally define areas where protected species display biologically important behaviours (including breeding, foraging, resting or migration), based on the best available scientific information. These areas are those parts of a marine region that are particularly important for the conservation of protected species In collecting information on BIA's the Department has explicitly aimed to collect information about known important areas and about areas that are likely to be or may be important for a protected species. This approach was taken to ensure that: the BIA's identified did not simply represent survey effort but identified areas that scientists consider are likely to be biologically important for a protected species. BIA's are accompanied by comprehensive data attributes which enable decision-makers and people proposing to undertake actions that may have a significant impact on matters of national environmental significance to assess the relevance of the information to their specific circumstances. BIA's have been identified in the South-west Marine Region for the following species: Sharks White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Seabirds Australian lesser noddy (Anous tenuirorstris melanops) Black-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) Bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) Caspian tern (Sterna caspia) Common noddy (Anous stolidus) Fairy tern (Sterna nereis) Fleshy-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) Great-winged petrel (macroptera race) (Pterodroma macroptera macroptera) Indian Yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche carteri) Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) Little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis tunneyi) Pacific gull (Larus pacificus) Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) Short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) Soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscata) Wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) White-faced storm petrel (Pelagodroma marina) Pinnipeds Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea), Whales Blue and pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) None Data is available under licence. Biologically Important Areas in the South-west Marine Region (Australian sealion breeding sites) MARINE_SDE.sw_region_sealion_breeding 20110504 20110504 ISOCW0501014406 Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Marine Data Manager 02 6274 1111 02 6274 1666 GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Metadata Publisher (02) 6274 1111 (02) 6274 1333 GPO Box 3090 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Marine Data Manager 02 6274 1111 02 6274 1666 GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au MARINE_Conservation MARINE_Planning MARINE_Biodiversity ANZLIC Search Words 20080515 Version 2.1 20080515 250000 published internally The BIA spatial data was captured via discussions and workshops with numerous species experts and/or through projects with key scientists. Each polygon was validated for spatial consistency, using the scientific knowledge of the species along with comprehensive feedback provided by the experts. While the polygons are not comprehensive nor represent absolutes limits they represent the biologically important areas that have been identified to date. With further research, other important areas may be identified and/or the area identified in this data may be refined. The aim of the detailed attribute information is to provide details about the data that cannot be spatially defined such as source information. References: Sharks Bruce, B.D., Stevens, J.D. and Malcolm, H. (2006). Movements and swimming behaviour of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in Australian waters. Marine Biology. 150: 161-172. Bruce, B. and Stevens, J. (2004). Tracking the movement patterns of large white sharks in Australian waters. Final Report to: AQWA - The Aquarium of Western Australia and The AQWA Foundation. May 2004. 25 p. Seabirds Goldsworthy, S. D., and Page, B. (2010). Review of the distribution of crested terns, little penguins, short-tailed shearwaters and flesh-footed shearwaters in the South-west Marine Region off South Australia. Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. SARDI Research Report Series No. 451. 12 p. Johnstone R. E. and J. C. Darnell, 2009, Seabirds of the South-West Marine Region of Western Australia: Medium Priority Seabirds in the South-west Marine Region-Annotated Species List, Report prepared for the Department of the Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts. Johnstone R. E. and J. C. Darnell, 2009, Seabirds of the South-west Marine Region of Western Australia, Report prepared for the Department of the Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts. Cetaceans Bannister, J. (1986). 'Southern right whales: Status off Australia from twentieth-century 'incidental' sightings and aerial survey.' International Whaling Commission. Report (Special issue)(10): 153-158. Bannister, J. (1993 et. seq.). Annual reports on aerial surveys of southern right whales on the southern Australian coastline. Western Australian Museum, Perth. Bannister, J. (1979 et. seq.). Southern right whale aerial survey and photo-identification, southern Australia. Annual reports 1979-2007, DEH Canberra (unpublished). Bannister, J. (1968). 'An aerial survey for sperm whales off the coast of Western Australia 1963-1965.' Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 19: 31-52. Bannister, J. (1990). 'Southern right whales off Western Australia.' International Whaling Commission. Report(12): 279-288. Burnell, S. (1999). The population biology of southern right whales in southern Australian waters. PhD Thesis. University of Sydney. Gales N, Double MC, Robinson S, et al. (2010) Satellite tracking of Australian humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda). Paper submitted for consideration by the IWC Scientific Committee. Gill, P. and M. Morrice (In prep). Blue whale occurrence and description of feeding habitat in a regional upwelling system off south-east Australia, 2002-07 (provisional title). Jenner, K. and Jenner, M. (2001). Geographical and temporal movements of humpback whales in Western Australian waters. APPEA Journal 2001. 749-765. Kemper, C. (2008). Analysis of South Australian Museum's Cetacean Data: Distribution, Seasonal Trends and Circumstances of 'Death'. Consultancy for Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008/05955. pp20. Ling, J. and D. Needham (1985 et. seq. ). Southern right whale aerial surveys, South Australia. Annual reports 1985-91., Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra (unpublished). McCauley, R., Bannister, J., Burton, C., Jenner, C., Rennie, S. and Kent, C. (2004). Western Australian Exercise Area - Blue Whale Project - Final Summary Report. CMST Report R2004-29, Project - 350, Australian Department of Defence 73pp. Morrice, M., Gill, P., Hughes, J. and Levings, A. (2004). Summary of mitigation aerial surveys for the Santos Ltd EPP32 seismic survey, 2-13 December 2003. Report number WEG-SO 02/2004, Whale Ecology Group - Southern Ocean, Deakin University. Pp61. Pirzl, R., Patenaude, N., Burnell, S. and Bannister, J. (2009). 'Movements of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) between Australian and subantarctic New Zealand populations.' Marine Mammal Science 25(2): 455-461. Pinnipeds See the Recovery Plan for the Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea): Technical Issues Paper (DEWHA 2010) for a full list of source data. Campbell, R. (2008). Interaction between Australian sea lions and the demersal gillnet fisheries in Western Australia. Report produced by the Department of Fisheries Research Division to the Australian Centre for Applied Marine Mammal Science (August 2008). Goldsworthy, S.D., Hamer, D. and Page, B. (2007). Assessment of the implications of interactions between fur seals and the southern rock lobster and gillnet sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) in South Australia. SARDI Aquatic Sciences Publication Number F2007/000711-1. SARDI Research Report Series No 255. 164 pp. Goldsworthy, S.D., Page, B., Shaughnessy, P.D., Hamer, D., Peters, K.D., McIntosh, R.R., Baylis, A.M.M. and McKenzie, J. (in review). Innovative solutions for aquaculture planning and management: addressing seal interactions in the finfish aquaculture industry. FRDC Project Number: 2004/201. Goldsworthy, S.D. and Page, B. (2007). A risk-assessment approach to evaluating the significance of seal bycatch in two Australian fisheries. Biological Conservation 139: 269-285. Biologically Important Areas in the South-west Marine Region. COPYRIGHT Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2011. 20000101 ERIN Check 20000101 The polygons are not comprehensive nor represent absolutes limits. Rather, the important areas shown here are indicative limits of those biologically important areas that have been identified to date. With further research, other important areas may be identified and/or the area depicted in this map may be refined. 1 ERIN Check 20000101 Attributes developed using current scientific knowledge of the species at time of collection. 1 ERIN Check 20000101 The BIA layer in this dataset represents biologically important area for this species in the South-west Marine Region. 1 ERIN Check 20000101 Spatial and attribute data associated with the biologically important area polygons for this species were complete at the time of collection. With further research, other important areas may be identified and/or the area depicted in this map may be refined. 1 58 GCS_GDA_1994 EPSG 9.8(3.0.1) sw_region_sealion_breeding Feature Class 58 OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 10 0 Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Shape Geometry 4 0 0 Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Point_id POINT_ID String 254 0 0 Latitude LATITUDE Double 8 38 8 Longitude LONGITUDE Double 8 38 8 State STATE String 254 0 0 Species SPECIES String 50 0 0 Com_Name COM_NAME String 50 0 0 BIAdisplay BIADISPLAY String 10 0 0 Site SITE String 254 0 0 Pup_range PUP_RANGE String 254 0 0 Pup_count PUP_COUNT Double 8 38 8 Year YEAR Double 8 38 8 No_seasons NO_SEASONS Double 8 38 8 Method METHOD Double 8 38 8 Source SOURCE String 254 0 0 Comments COMMENTS String 254 0 0