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Queensland Parks & Wildlife
Response to Keppel Bay
Floodwaters 2008
Chris Maple, Senior Ranger Rosslyn Bay; &
John Olds, Senior Conservation Officer
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Great Barrier Reef
World Heritage Area
• Includes all islands & marine areas up to HWM between Cape York and Baffle Creek– Includes Island National Parks
– Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; &
– GBR Coast Marine Park
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Emerald Agreement
• Agreement between
Commonwealth and State
for joint management of
WHA
• Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park Authority responsible
for policy and planning
• Environmental Protection
Agency/Queensland Parks
& Wildlife responsible for
Day to Day Management
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Day to Day Management
• Includes:– Natural Resource
Management;
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Day to Day Management
• Includes:– Natural Resource
Management;
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Day to Day Management
• Includes:– Natural Resource
Management;
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Day to Day Management
• Includes:– Natural Resource
Management;
– Compliance;
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Day to Day Management
• Includes:– Natural Resource
Management;
– Compliance;
– Education;
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Day to Day Management
• Includes:– Natural Resource
Management;
– Compliance;
– Education; &
– Infrastructure
management.
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Day to Day Management
• Includes:– Natural Resource
Management;
– Compliance,
– Education; &
– Infrastructure
management.
• 2008 Fitzroy Flood
response is part of
NRM component
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DDM response to Keppel Bay
February 2008 flood events
• Logistic support:
included;– Providing vessel
platform support to
JCU, AIMS & CSIRO;
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DDM response to Keppel Bay
February 2008 flood events
• Logistic support:
included;– Providing vessel
platform support to
JCU, AIMS & CSIRO;
&
– Staff & equipment
storage and transfer
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DDM response to Keppel Bay
February 2008 flood events
• Surface
monitoring
– Opportunistic
mapping of
plume extent
– Reported to
FBA/GBRMPA
‘Flood Updates’
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DDM response to Keppel Bay
February 2008 flood events
• Aerial monitoring
– Spatial mapping of
plume extent
during flood peaks
in Keppel Bay
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DDM response to Keppel Bay
February 2008 flood events
• Aerial monitoring– Spatial mapping of
plume extent during flood peaks in Keppel Bay
– Reported to FBA/GBRMPA ‘Flood Updates’
– Complemented satellite monitoring during cloudy days
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DDM response to Keppel Bay
February 2008 flood events
Reef observationsDespite high turbidity and very low salinities;
Keppel Bay reefs (except southernmost ones) showed minimal or no signs of flood-induced mortality
Confirmed through ongoing AIMS monitoring
Western Miall Island
29 Feb 2008
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Peak Island
29 Feb 2008
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Halfway Island
29 Feb 2008
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Barren Island
29 Feb 2008
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Where to now?• Keppel Bay reefs show
high resilience relative to rest of GBR
– Means that corals have high tolerance and high recoverability characteristics
– Combined GBRMPA/EPA approach to Climate Change (Coral Bleaching Response Plan)
– DDM contributing to resilience component of Keppel Project
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Keppel Project: Resilience component• Includes:
– Bathymetry mapping of key habitats
– Mapping and classifying coral coverage in key habitats
– Collecting anchoring data
– Determining most resilient reefs
– Implementing any protection as determined by community