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Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 79<br />
Flinders and Twofold Shelf Bioregions Marine Natural Values Study<br />
Victorian<br />
listing<br />
National<br />
listing<br />
International<br />
treaty<br />
Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC CAMBA JAMBA<br />
short-tailed Ardenna tenuirostris<br />
J<br />
shearwater<br />
Arctic jaeger Stercorarius<br />
J<br />
parasiticus<br />
po<strong>marine</strong> jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus C J<br />
Buller's albatross Diomedea bulleri L VU<br />
wandering<br />
Diomedea exulans L EN VU J<br />
albatross<br />
shy albatross Thalassarche cauta L VU VU<br />
yellow-nosed Thalassarche<br />
L VU VU<br />
albatross<br />
chlororhynchos<br />
black-browed Thalassarche<br />
VU VU<br />
albatross<br />
melanophris<br />
L= listed, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = critically endangered C =<br />
listed under the CAMBA treaty, J = listed under the JAMBA treaty<br />
Marine mammals and reptiles<br />
The southern right whale Eubalaena australis and humpback whale Megaptera<br />
novaeangliae have been recorded in or near the Cape Howe MNP (Table 24). The southern<br />
right whale E. australis is listed as critically endangered in Victorian waters and endangered<br />
nationally. The humpback whale M. novaeangliae is listed as vulnerable at the state and<br />
national level. The southern right whale E. australis has been observed to calf in the MNP.<br />
The state vulnerable New Zealand fur seal Arctophoca forsteri has also been recorded<br />
breeding in the MNP. The state and nationally listed leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea<br />
and the nationally vulnerable green Chelonia mydas and hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata<br />
turtles have been recorded from the park. Three other listed <strong>marine</strong> reptiles occur as warm<br />
water transients along the eastern Victorian coast: loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta, Pacific<br />
ridley Lepidochelys olivacea and yellow-bellied sea snake Pelamis platurus and probably<br />
use the waters of the MNP (Plummer et al. 2003). The yellow-bellied sea snake has been<br />
recorded washed up dead on the beach in the MNP a number of times. The killer whale<br />
Orcinus orca, minke whale Balaenoptera sp., both migratory species and Australian fur seal<br />
Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus have been observed in the waters in and around the park.<br />
Table 24. Conservation listed <strong>marine</strong> mammal and reptile records from Cape Howe Marine National<br />
Park and surrounds.<br />
Victorian listing National<br />
listing<br />
International<br />
convention<br />
Common name Scientific name FFG VROTS EPBC Bonn<br />
southern right whale Eubalaena australis L CR EN L<br />
humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae L VU VU L<br />
New Zealand fur seal Arctophoca forsteri VU<br />
Australian fur seal<br />
Arctocephalus pusillus<br />
doriferus<br />
L<br />
killer whale Orcinus orca L L<br />
minke whale Balaenoptera sp. L L<br />
leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea L CR VU L<br />
green turtle Chelonia mydas VU L<br />
hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata VU L<br />
L = listed, VU = vulnerable, EN = endangered, CR = critically endangered<br />
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