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1. www.cms.int › sites › defaultAnnex 7 Ecology&Conservation of the Dugong

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   Dugongs are vulnerable to anthropogenic influences due to their life history and their dependence on seagrasses that are restricted to coastal habitats, and which are often under increased pressure from human activities.

2. www.cms.int › files › documentCONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF ...

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   Objective 8 – Improve legal protection of dugongs and their habitats. 8.1 Encourage all Range States, and ensure Signatory States incorporate dugong and habitat conservation and protection measures into national legislation.

3. digitalarchive.worldfishcenter.org › bitstreams › daConservation strategy for dugongs and seagrass habitats in ...

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   To protect dugongs, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) has listed them in the Fisheries Management (Prohibited Activities) Regulation 2018 as a protected mammal. Furthermore, the national law on Wildlife Protection and Management lists dugongs as a “Prohibited Species” from any wildlife trade.

4. www.cms.int › files › publicationMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE CONSERVATION AND ...

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   ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF DUGONGS (Dugong dugon) AND THEIR HABITATS THROUGHOUT THEIR RANGE The Signatory States, Aware that the populations of dugongs are seriously threatened throughout the range of the species and that effective conservation and management requires an integrated ecosystem approach;

5. www.sprep.org › 000943_Dugong_ProfileDUGONGS - SPREP

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   • Dugongs are considered vulnerable to extinction on the global scale. • Dugong is the only surviving member of the family Dugongidae, with its closest relative, Stellar’s sea-cow, hunted to extinction within 27 years of its discovery in the eighteenth century. • They have disappeared from several areas

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6. www.sprep.org › eCOPIES › CountriesTHE STATUS OF DUGONG - SPREP

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   In many countries the dugong is legally protected and is intensively studied so that policies may be implemented for its conservation. In Vanuatu, the dugong is protected by the Fisheries Act No.55 of 2005, which forbids the capture of mammals in its territorial waters. Map of the Republic of Vanuatu.

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   Are dugongs protected in the Torres Strait?

   • Only in the Torres Strait are dugongs and turtles considered a fisheries issue – throughout the rest of Australia, they are protected by State and Commonwealth con-servation laws. What about the Treaty and PNG visitors? Commercial fisheries operate in the Torres Strait, as does traditional fishing as recog-nised by the Treaty.

   Community Based Management of Dugong and Turtle Fisheries

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   Why is dugong conservation important?

   • The dugong is also one of a suite of large, long-lived marine vertebrates, including turtles and inshore cetaceans, which are under pressure from human activities (Preen, 1998). Dugong conservation therefore represents the opportunity and responsibility, to contribute significantly to the conservation of ocean biodiversity.

   Annex 7 Ecology&Conservation of the Dugong - Convention on the

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   Are dugongs endangered?

   • Currently dugongs are classified as vulnerable to extinction under the 1996 World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. This classification describes taxon that face a high-risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future.

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   Why are dugongs vulnerable to anthropogenic influences?

   • Dugongs are vulnerable to anthropogenic influences due to their life history and their dependence on seagrasses that are restricted to coastal habitats, and which are often under increased pressure from human activities. The rate of population change is most sensitive to changes in adult survivorship.

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   Do Dugongs use specialised habitats?

   • There is evidence that dugongs use specialised habitats for various activities such as calving and mating (Anderson, 1981; Anderson, 1997). Life history attributes of dugongs are likely to vary across its range of habitat types.

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   Are dugong and Turtle Fisheries Sustainable?

   • Community based management of dugong and turtle fisheries in the Torres Strait is critical to their sustainability. In many other countries around the world research into hunting of endangered and vulnerable wildlife for subsistence needs has found that hunting is sustainable if it is heavily regulated low-level hunting.

   Community Based Management of Dugong and Turtle Fisheries

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8. www.tsra.gov.au › __data › assetsCommunity Based Management of Dugong and Turtle Fisheries

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   Australian law is very supportive of traditional fishing rights but also requires that du-gongs and turtles do not decline in numbers. The review explains the complicated en-vironmental and fisheries laws that are unique to the Torres Strait.