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These guys have quite a time of it in waters all around Tasmania. Tasmania bottle-nosed dolphins can be prevalent in Macquarie Harbour,
the River Derwent, and in waters off the Tasman Peninsula and Bruny Island. The ever risible dolphin can be a regular accompaniment to
tour boats cruising any of these waters.
Little Penguin
. The scientific name ofthe little (or fairy) penguin - Eudyptula minor - is most descriptive. Not only are these penguins the smallest of
penguins, but Eudyptula means 'good little diver".
The little penguin's streamlined shape and efficient flippers enable it to seek prey in shallow short dives, typically between 10 and 30
.metres. Its diet consists of small fish, squid, krill (shrimp-like crustaceans) and occasionally crab larvae or sea horses from the sea floor.
Some little penguins return to their burrows year round, but most stay at sea over autumn and winter. Most birds in a colony return to their
burrows in small groups within an hour or so of darkness. Little penguins can be seen in a number of places around Tasmania- including
Bicheno.The Neck on Bruny Island, Low Head, Lillicoe Beach in Devonport, Bonnet Island near Strahan and in parts of Burnie and Stanley
- although the majority (up to 95 per cent of the birds) live on offshore islands.
Whales
There was a time when Hobart residents (nineteenth century) complained-of being kept awake by the sounds of whales in the River
Derwent. Today, the mere report of a sighting sends a thrill of excitement through the city.
During the nineteenth century the whaling industry was big business in the developing colony of Van Diemen's Land. At the peak of the
boom, in the 1830s, there were enough whales in Tasmanian waters to support 32 shore-based whaling stations, from Recherche Bay in
the south, to Bicheno on the east coast.
There were nine whaling stations in Hobart. So great were the numbers of southern right whales in the Derwent that it was considered
dangerous to cross the estuary in small boats. Today, the southern right whale is among the rarest of whales. But since the end of
commercial whaling its numbers have begun to increase and whale sightings in Tasmanian waters are on the rise.
Humpbacks migrate northward past Tasmania to parts of mainland Australia between May and July. They return southward along the Tasmanian
coast enroute to their sub-Antarctic feeding grounds between September and November. Southern right whales migrate north along the
Tasmanian coast from June to September and return southward between September and late October. A proportion ofthe population gives
birth in Tasmanian waters.
Most whale sightings occur on the Tasmanian east coast. Frederick Henry Bay and Great Oyster Bay on the east coast and offshore cruising
are excellent vantage points for whale watching.
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Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 05/01/2012 4:09:43 PM
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