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Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79<br />
Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study<br />
have been recorded in or near the Beware Reef MS (Table 31). The southern right whale E.<br />
australis is listed as critically endangered in Victorian waters and endangered nationally. The<br />
humpback whale M. novaeangliae is listed as vulnerable at the state and national level. The<br />
southern elephant seal M. leonina is listed as vulnerable at the national level and the New<br />
Zealand fur seals A. forsteri at the state level (Table 31). New Zealand fur seals A. forsteri<br />
and Australian fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Figure 52) use the intertidal reef as<br />
a haul-out site for most of the year (Parks Victoria 2006a). The killer whale Orcinus orca,<br />
bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus and common dolphin Delphinus delphis have been<br />
observed in the waters in and around the park (Parks Victoria 2006a). Fiver other listed<br />
<strong>marine</strong> reptiles occur as warm water vagrants along the eastern Victorian coast: leatherback<br />
turtle Dermochelys coriacea, loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta, green turtle Chelonia mydas,<br />
Pacific ridley Lepidochelys olivacea, and yellow-bellied sea snake Pelamis platurus and<br />
probably occur in the MNP (Plummer et al. 2003). Many other animals, probably use the MS<br />
waters but its remoteness means there are few observations.<br />
Table 31. Threatened <strong>marine</strong> mammal and reptile records from Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary and<br />
surrounds.<br />
Victorian<br />
listing<br />
National<br />
listing<br />
International<br />
convention<br />
Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC Bonn<br />
southern right whale Eubalaena australis L CE EN L<br />
Megaptera<br />
L<br />
humpback whale novaeangliae L VU VU<br />
southern elephant<br />
seal Mirounga leonina VU<br />
New Zealand fur seal Arctophoca forsteri VU L<br />
Australian fur seal<br />
Arctocephalus pusillus<br />
doriferus<br />
L<br />
Killer Whale Orcinus orca L L<br />
L= listed, M = listed Migratory, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CE = Critically Endangered<br />
Figure 52. An Australian fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus in Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary.<br />
Photo by Friends of Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary.<br />
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