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GNS at Seal Rocks May 2007, images courtesy of Darryl Bullock |
GREY NURSE SHARKS UPDATE OCTOBER 2009 Dear shark watcher We are now compiling the final report and need your HELP with completing the final questionnaire to compare to the baseline survey. This will allow us to measure feedback and success of the project. Please complete this short survey (takes 5 minutes) on sharks and community monitoring. Please also circulate this email to fellow divers, fishers or those interested in sharks and encourage them to also complete the survey as we need at least 100 responses.
PDF Survey contains active fields and can be submitted via email - click here to open
The final report will be submitted to DAFF in November and will then be available on the AUF website. We are also seeking additional funding to ensure we can collect long-term community data on sharks.
Key contacts if you want to get involved are: Dr Adam Smith National Chair Australian Underwater Federation 14 Cleveland Terrace Townsville QLD Australia 4810 0418726584
GREY NURSE SHARKS UPDATE MARCH 2009 Dear Shark Counter We are now planning our first dedicated shark counting weekend for 2009 on 27-28 and 29th of March and we want lots of divers and recreational fishers to be involved This will also allow us to do a comparison between sharks counted in 2008 and 2009. Incentives We have put in letters to federal and state Ministers asking for additional funding to support the GASC. You may wish to contact Peter Garrett (Environment Minister) Peter.Garrett.mp@aph.gov.au or Tony Burke (Fisheries Minister) Tony.Burke.mp@aph.gov.au and let them know you support the future of recreational fishers and divers and stewardship and community monitoring of sharks. Dr Adam Smith National Chair Australian Underwater Federation 14 Cleveland Terrace Townsville QLD Australia 4810 www.auf.com.au spearfishing@auf.com.au 0418726584
GREY NURSE SHARKS UPDATE JUNE 2008 The AUF has been funded by the Commonwealth Community for an 18 month project "Monitoring of threatened species and education of underwater fishing activities". Community Monitoring will give recreational divers and fishers some facts about what they do and also provide information for management. It will complement other Commonwealth initiatives for monitoring Grey Nurse Sharks. The Great Australia Shark Count Project has set a new world record. It has over 4000 sighting and is now the largest community shark count in the world, with more sharks than the multi-award winning Ecocean whale shark project, which has 1100 sightings over 10 years. It is also significantly larger that the global Shark Trust, which has about 200 sightings since 1997.
GREY NURSE SHARKS UPDATE OCTOBER 2007 Recfish Media Release -18th October 2007 Media Release The Nature Conservation Council's appeal to the Tribunal against the Commonwealth Govts declaration that the NSW Ocean Trap and Line Fishery be an approved wild life trade operation has been rejected by Justice Downes - the Tribunal President. This is a wonderful victory for commonsense and the application of law over questionable science and emotional rhetoric by the NCC and its supporters. This is a monumental achievement for recreational fishers and we must all heartily thank Recfish for having the gumption to take up the case to protect our interests. Thanks is also due to Julian Pepperell and Marcus Lincoln Smith who gave evidence on Recfish's behalf and also the legal team from Deacons and our Counsel Geoffrey Kennett. If you want to read a transcript of the decision then go to - http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/aat/2007/1876.html
GREY NURSE SHARKS UPDATE JULY 2007 Court proceedings wrap up on 10th July 2007. Read the latest update here
GREY NURSE SHARKS UPDATE JUNE 2007
GNS Fight Moves To The Courts RECFISH, the national peak body that represents recreational angler’s interest has joined legal proceedings that the Nature Conservation Council (NCC) has initiated to try to force the government to create marine sanctuaries in key Grey Nurse Shark habitat areas. NCC is appealing against the Australian Government's environmental approval for the Ocean Trap and Line Fishery – a commercial fishery that is known to significantly impact on the Grey Nurse Shark. NCC will ask the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to mandate marine sanctuaries and fishing gear changes to significantly reduce the impact of hook and line fishing on grey nurse sharks. Whilst originally aimed at commercial fishing practices, the argument has been somewhat expanded to include recreational anglers. RECFISH applied and was accepted to become a party to the proceeding in and effort to refute some of the evidence the NCC is presenting. RECFISH is seeking an order that the application of the NCC be dismissed. Statement Of Facts Read the Statements of Facts and Contentions here
Dr Julian Pepperell. Read his evidence here Department of Environment and Water Resources (DEW) Reports on GNS Read the Western Australian report on GNS aggregation sites http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/frr/frr155/frr155.pdf Read all the GNS papers on DEW website. (377 paper references) http://www.environment.gov.au/search.php?query=grey+nurse+sharks&theme=deh&type=Read the GNS publications on DEW website. (97 publications) http://www.environment.gov.au/search.php?query=grey+nurse+sharks&theme=all&type=publications
Contributors to AAT Courtcase See contributors here
How can you helpMake a donation to the RECFISH legal appeal For further information contact: greynurseshark@greynurseshark.com.au
Have You Seen A Grey Nurse Shark? Help RECFISH establish a confidential sighting register of GNS. Fill in a GNS Sighting Form
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