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Sep 27, 2023 · The continued population decline of the threatened dugong in Great Barrier Reef waters shows why gillnets need to be banned in Dugong Protection Areas while gillnets are being phased out from the Reef, the Australian Marine Conservation Society said after the results of the latest dugong aerial survey report were released today.
Sep 29, 2023 · Numbers of the manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs are steadily dropping in Australian waters around the Great Barrier Reef, per a new report based on 2022 aerial surveys. Among the animals ...
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Aug 25, 2021 · A close relative of the manatee found in the Indo-Pacific, dugongs are a hit for tourists and an important part of coastal marine ecosystems. But between climate change, harmful fishing practices ...
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Australia is home to the world’s largest dugong population with more than 100,000 thought to live in the Torres Strait.Dugongs diet consists almost entirely of seagrass.Dugongs can live for around 70 years, but they are slow to mature, with females reaching breeding age at around 10 years.Females only give birth to a single calf every 3-7 years. The calf will stay with its mother for two years.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. Some areas along the eastern Queensland coastline are close...
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (2021) ‘Dugong’ Available at https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=28Queensland Government (2021) ‘Nature Conservation Act 1992’ Available at https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1992-020Marsh H, Sobtzick S (2019) Dugong Dugon. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T6909A160756767.en.Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (n.d.) ‘Dugongs’ Available at https://www.environment.gov.au/marine/marine-species/dugongsSep 27, 2023 · “That’s why we’re restoring important blue carbon ecosystems like seagrass which dugongs call home, and investing $1.2 billion to protect the Great Barrier Reef. “We’re also supporting the Queensland Government to phase out gillnets in the Great Barrier Reef, which are a key threat to dugong populations.”
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the dugong and its seagrass habitat in the region The data collated were not suitable for statistical is the first and most important step to be consid- analysis. Quantitative data (e.g., data on the abun-ered. This systematic review aims to gather the dance of dugongs) were tabulated, and data on the
