Conservation of the critically endangered Eastern Australian Population of the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) through cross-jurisdictional management of a network of marine-protected areas

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1341-1354

  Lynch, Tim P ^a,b   Harcourt, Robert ^b   Edgar, Graham ^c   Barrett, Neville ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dive tourism; Fishing; Philopatry; Precautionary principle; SCUBA; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

DIVE TOURISM; PHILOPATRY; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; SCUBA; THREATENED SPECIES;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERIES; FISHING (OIL WELLS); NURSING; RECOVERY;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING; MARINE PARK; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PROTECTED AREA; SCUBA DIVING; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOURISM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARCHARIAS TAURUS; DIVING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FISHING; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NURSERY; POPULATION RECOVERY; PREGNANCY; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; FISHERY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIVING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; RECREATION; SHARKS;

EID: 84889887056     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0174-x     Document Type: Article

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