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1 Pilbara Marine Conservation Partnership (PMCP) Managing the conservation values of coral reef ecosystems in the Pilbara/Ningaloo region CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship and The University of Western Australia Presented by Shaun P. Collin

2 Team Leaders Shaun P. Collin Gary Kendrick Malcolm McCulloch Euan Harvey Anya Waite Ryan Lowe Jim Falter Timothy Langlois Carlos Duarte Greg Ivey Russ Babcock Ming Feng Mat Vanderklift Olly Berry Damian Thompson Dirk Slawninski Roland Pitcher Mick Haywood Richard Pillans UWA CSIRO Dept. of Fisheries Steve Newman DEC Kim Friedman

3 Background Project designed by CSIRO and UWA and carried out in partnership to address the need for conservation offsets in the Southern Pilbara / Northern Gascoyne Region of WA The initial five year program, established through the Gorgon Net Conservation Benefits offset scheme Project harnesses collective expertise of UWA and CSIRO on a large, long term scale to provide evidence- based decisions and integrated solutions

4 Aims Regional scale assessment of key ecological parameters Development of baselines, indicators and thresholds to instruct future management strategies Better understanding of the condition and threats to biodiversity in one of Australia’s most rapidly developing regions Integrated program to enhance net conservation benefits to globally significant coral reef systems

5 Linking inshore archipelago to DEC Marine Park Estate within the 50m bathymetry line Filling a major information gap in region Scope Development

6 Fish and Sharks Predators Prey Grazers Condition benchmarks, impacts Response (Partnerships with DEC, DoF, EPA) Pressure Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Drivers Habitats and biodiversity Oceanographic connectivity Climate change Fishing pressure Nutrient supply Cyclones/flooding events Coral Reef Habitats Corals Algae Plankton Management Uptake & Actions Education Zoning Compliance Code of practice Management Marine Parks KPI Threshold Regional Net Conservation Benefits

7 Themed Objectives Coral Reef Health Fish and Sharks Environmental Pressures and Connectivity

8 Ningaloo Fish Surveys Coral Reef Health Reef Condition and coral growth Broad scale surveys Direct measurements of calcification rates in corals & coralline algae Thresholds of grazer biomass (herbivory) Fish Biomass Thresholds for coral cover Macrophyte-coral interactions Effects of cyclones

9 Environmental drivers of fish and shark abundance Variability and patterns in fish and shark assemblages Fishing pressures (effects on recruitment and assemblage structure) Regional variations Condition indicators and thresholds Links to studies of coral reef health Fish and Sharks Recreational fishing Commercial fishing

10 Environmental pressures and connectivity Habitat mapping and measures of biodiversity Connectivity: patterns and drivers Regional scale oceanographic processes Variations in fish biomass and productivity Hydrodynamic forcing Cross shelf variations in water quality Underwater optics and remote sensing Plankton

11 startYr 1Yr 10 etcYr 5 Establishment KPI fish & shark assemblages KPI coral reef health environment connectivity mapping Long term system dynamicsPlanningOngoing assessment Program timeline

12 Program Outcomes Strategic input to regional conservation Benefits to planning and ongoing management by EPA, DEC and DOF to enable timely responses to human impacts Provide regional context to management. Conservation and EBFM decisions not made in isolation Identification of condition indicators and threshold estimates for both coral reefs, fishes and sharks Assessment of the environmental pressures on the Pilbara/Ningaloo region Establishment of a shared database management system Communication strategy

13 Synergies and Opportunities DEC Marine Park monitoring WAMSI 2 Pilbara & Climate nodes Integration with other DEC offset projects (Gorgon, Wheatstone) Multi-institutional collaborations Opportunities for data sharing

14 Thank you


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