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Threats to Dugongs. While some of Australia’s dugong populations are healthy, others, such as on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, are in decline. Commercial gillnet fishing is a major threat to dugongs in Queensland. Dugongs are air breathing marine mammals, and are easily entangled in fishing nets and drown.
Dugongs are protected throughout Australia, although the rules vary by state; in some areas Indigenous hunting is allowed. [1] Dugongs are listed under the Nature Conservation Act in the Australian state of Queensland as vulnerable.
In Australia, the dugong (Dugong dugon) has significant cultural, ecological and conservation value. The species is a Matter of National Environmental Significance and is protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 as a listed migratory and marine species.
The dugong (Dugong dugon) is the only herbivorous mammal that is strictly marine. It has a range spanning some 37 countries, including tropical and subtropical coastal and island waters. This plan presents a global overview of the status of the dugong and its management throughout its range.
- Carole Eros, Joanna Hugues, H. Marsh, Helen Penrose
- 2002
An inventory of dugong aerial surveys across Australia includes relevant publications, data availability and location, maps of the survey effort to date, and compares approaches of generating population estimates, trends and spatial distribution models.
Jul 10, 2023 · New aerial technology is helping researchers survey dugongs across Queensland’s coast to better protect this iconic marine mammal. Dugongs are coastal marine mammals of high conservation and cultural value, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Dugongs are culturally significant to many coastal First Nation communities. The dugong’s distribution stretches across the Indo-Pacific region. Within Australia, it is found from Moreton Bay on the Queensland coast across northern Australia to Shark Bay in Western Australia.
