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Dugong protection areas

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

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On the 14th August 1997 the Federal and Queensland Governments announced measures to save dugongs in the southern Great Barrier Reef and Hervey Bay regions. Central to these measures was the establishment of a system of dugong protection areas in these regions. The Areas are declared in legislation under the Fisheries Act 1994 and the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992. Two types of protection areas were established : Zone A has more stringent controls over netting practices. Foreshore set nets and offshore set and drift nets are prohibited in most Zone A protection areas. In Zone B mesh netting is permitted but with restrictions on the type, size and location of nets, and requirements for attendance at nets. Current March 2002.

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Title Dugong protection areas
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/d9a320b1-59d7-49a5-951f-860d3336411e
Remote Last Updated 21/06/2022
Contact Point
Primary Industries
opendata@daf.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 18/07/2013
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[ [96.0,-45.0],[96.0,-9.0], [168.0,-9.0], [168.0,-45.0], [96.0,-45.0]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Dugong protection areas". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/dugong-protection-areas