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Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79<br />

Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study<br />

Victorian<br />

listing<br />

National<br />

listing<br />

International<br />

treaty<br />

Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC CAMBA JAMBA<br />

short-tailed Ardenna tenuirostris<br />

J<br />

shearwater<br />

Arctic jaeger Stercorarius<br />

J<br />

parasiticus<br />

po<strong>marine</strong> jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus C J<br />

Buller's albatross Diomedea bulleri L VU<br />

wandering<br />

Diomedea exulans L EN VU J<br />

albatross<br />

shy albatross Thalassarche cauta L VU VU<br />

yellow-nosed Thalassarche<br />

L VU VU<br />

albatross<br />

chlororhynchos<br />

black-browed Thalassarche<br />

VU VU<br />

albatross<br />

melanophris<br />

L= listed, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = critically endangered C =<br />

listed under the CAMBA treaty, J = listed under the JAMBA treaty<br />

Marine mammals and reptiles<br />

The southern right whale Eubalaena australis and humpback whale Megaptera<br />

novaeangliae have been recorded in or near the Cape Howe MNP (Table 24). The southern<br />

right whale E. australis is listed as critically endangered in Victorian waters and endangered<br />

nationally. The humpback whale M. novaeangliae is listed as vulnerable at the state and<br />

national level. The southern right whale E. australis has been observed to calf in the MNP.<br />

The state vulnerable New Zealand fur seal Arctophoca forsteri has also been recorded<br />

breeding in the MNP. The state and nationally listed leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea<br />

and the nationally vulnerable green Chelonia mydas and hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata<br />

turtles have been recorded from the park. Three other listed <strong>marine</strong> reptiles occur as warm<br />

water transients along the eastern Victorian coast: loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta, Pacific<br />

ridley Lepidochelys olivacea and yellow-bellied sea snake Pelamis platurus and probably<br />

use the waters of the MNP (Plummer et al. 2003). The yellow-bellied sea snake has been<br />

recorded washed up dead on the beach in the MNP a number of times. The killer whale<br />

Orcinus orca, minke whale Balaenoptera sp., both migratory species and Australian fur seal<br />

Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus have been observed in the waters in and around the park.<br />

Table 24. Conservation listed <strong>marine</strong> mammal and reptile records from Cape Howe Marine National<br />

Park and surrounds.<br />

Victorian listing National<br />

listing<br />

International<br />

convention<br />

Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC Bonn<br />

southern right whale Eubalaena australis L CR EN L<br />

humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae L VU VU L<br />

New Zealand fur seal Arctophoca forsteri VU<br />

Australian fur seal<br />

Arctocephalus pusillus<br />

doriferus<br />

L<br />

killer whale Orcinus orca L L<br />

minke whale Balaenoptera sp. L L<br />

leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea L CR VU L<br />

green turtle Chelonia mydas VU L<br />

hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata VU L<br />

L = listed, VU = vulnerable, EN = endangered, CR = critically endangered<br />

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