parks victoria technical series marine natural values study vol 2 ...

Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79
Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study
to ensure all records were for animals in the marine habitats in or near (i.e. within 5 km)
individual MPAs. Aall animals not found below the high water limit were excluded. Records
of dead animals were not included in this report.
Threats to natural values were derived from lists of hazards and associated risks in Carey et
al. (2007b). These were the result of a statewide consultative process to identify threats to
MPAs. Through public and agency workshops, the natural values in individual MPAs and the
threats that could affect them over the next 10 years were identified. This list of hazards was
then ranked (low, medium, high and extreme) by the risk posed by each hazard (Carey et al.
2007b). The threats listed in this report are the hazards identified as having an extreme risk.
The outputs from the workshops have informed Parks Victoria in their management planning
process and prioritisation of research gaps and on ground works.
Data gaps were identified for each MPA as existing information was reviewed.
Results from Parks Victoria monitoring and research programs and other databases were
used to produce a non-comprehensive checklist of species known to be part of the intertidal
and subtidal reef flora and fauna in MPAs in the Flinders and Twofold Shelf bioregions Port
(Appendix 1).
1.5 Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions
Figure 2. Eastern Victoria with IMCRA mesoscale bioregions, Marine National Parks and Marine
Sanctuaries.
The Flinders bioregion encompasses Wilsons Promontory and the eastern Bass Strait
islands of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania (Figure 1, IMCRA 2006). In Victoria, it contains
one MNP, Wilsons Promontory, and no Marine Sanctuaries (Figure 2). It has a cold
temperate climate. It has less exposure to swells compared with the other bioregions (Parks
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