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Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79 Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study Japan (JAMBA). Hooded plovers Thinornis rubricollis are thought to nest outside of the MNP at McLoughlins Beach in the Seaspray Coastal Reserve (Figure 15). Table 11. Conservation listed shorebird and seabird records from Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park and surrounds. Victorian listing National listing International treaty Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC CAMBA JAMBA fairy prion Pachyptila turtur VU VU J great knot Calidris L EN C J tenuirostris eastern great Ardea modesta L VU C J egret little tern Sternula albifrons L VU C J Caspian tern Hydroprogne L NT C J caspia white-bellied seaeagle Haliaeetus L VU C leucogaster fairy tern Sternula nereis L EN little egret Egretta garzetta L EN hooded plover Thinornis L VU rubricollis Pacific golden Pluvialis fulva NT C J plover red knot Calidris canutus NT C J Latham's snipe Gallinago NT C J hardwickii grey plover Pluvialis NT C J squatarola white-winged Chlidonias NT C J black tern leucopterus red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis C J curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea C J bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica C J sharp-tailed Calidris acuminata C J sandpiper common Tringa nebularia C J greenshank sooty shearwater Ardenna grisea C J common tern Sterna hirundo C J marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis C J short-tailed Ardenna J shearwater tenuirostris royal spoonbill Platalea regia VU Pacific gull Larus pacificus NT pied cormorant Phalacrocorax NT varius nankeen night Nycticorax NT heron caledonicus white-fronted tern Sterna striata NT 39
Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79 Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study Marine mammals and reptiles The marine mammals recorded in the MNP are transient and include the southern right whale Eubalaena australis that is listed as critically endangered in Victorian waters and endangered nationally, Australian fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus and the state vulnerable New Zealand fur seals Arctophoca forsteri (Table 12). Five listed marine reptiles occur as vagrants along the eastern Victorian coast and probably occur in the waters of the MNP include the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta, green turtle Chelonia mydas, Pacific ridley Lepidochelys olivacea, leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea, and yellow-bellied sea snake Pelamis platurus (Plummer et al. 2003). Table 12. Conservation listed marine mammal and reptile records from Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park and surrounds. Victorian listing National listing Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC AROTS southern right whale Eubalaena australis L CR EN EN New Zealand fur seal Arctophoca forsteri VU L Australian fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus L doriferus L = FFG listed, VU = vulnerable, EN = endangered, CR = critically endangered Species distribution information An assessment of distribution, endemism and rarity of biota across the state found that the Brachyura crab Halicarcinus sp. MoV746 was presumed to be endemic to the Ninety Mile Beach area including the MNP (O'Hara and Barmby 2000; O’Hara and Poore 2000). No biota have been recorded or presumed to be at their distributional limit in Ninety Mile Beach MNP (O'Hara and Barmby 2000; O’Hara and Poore 2000; Plummer et al. 2003). 2.2.5 MAJOR THREATS Threats to natural values were derived from lists of hazards and associated risks in Carey et al. (2007b). These were the result of a statewide consultative process to identify threats to MPAs. Through public and agency workshops, the natural values in individual MPAs and the threats that could affect them over the next ten years, were considered and ranked to identify hazards. This list of hazards was then ranked (low, medium, high and extreme) by the risk posed by each hazard (Carey et al. 2007b). Four hazards with the potential to be extreme were identified by Carey et al. (2007b). They are listed in rank order and the habitat or area at risk within the park is indicated in brackets: 1. Visitor activities on shore within the park (e.g. dune buggies, dogs off-lead) affecting the feeding and roosting of shorebirds (intertidal soft sediment); 2. Introduction of exotic marine species via ballast water or hull fouling, recreational boating, or natural dispersal from adjacent waters, and resulting in displacement of native species (all of park especially soft sediment); 3. Trawling or scallop dredging affecting subtidal soft sediment and reef (i.e. benthic) habitats (subtidal soft sediment); and 4. Introduction of pathogens via fish bait or berley for either commercial or recreational fishing (but probably largely recreational) affecting local species (all of park especially soft sediment). Native vegetation has been largely removed from the dunes behind the beach and replaced with Marram Grass (Parks Victoria 2006e; Figure 16). This has contributed to the formation of a high, single-ridge dune along Ninety Mile Beach which is more susceptible to wind and wave erosion. The changing dune structure has resulted in a beach face that is frequently 40
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