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Stop the dredge spoil dump off Holbourne Island National Park - GBR Marine Park.
Maria M.
started this petition to
Federal Environment MP Tony Burke and QLD Government Premier Campbell Newman
Port expansions at Abbot Point coal port will require upwards of some 3 million cubic metres of dredging which will then be dumped 10km south of Holbourne Island National Park. Holbourne Island is mapped as a Conservation Park Marine Zone and is designated as a future climate change refuge area for wildlife within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Some 4 km to the south of Holbourne Island is Nares Rock, which is a popular recreational fishing spot thanks to its abundant marine ecosystem. Its surrounding waters are mapped as a Habitat Protection Marine Zone in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park conservation area.
We call for a range of scientific studies to be done to ascertain the effects of this dump on such a sensitive conservation area of the Great Barrier Reef. Presently we do not know what the potential impacts of the dumping of this dredge material will be on:
• The marine food supplies and ecosystems of the National Park areas of Cape Upstart and Upstart Bay, Camp Island, Holbourne Island, Nares Rock and the surrounding waters.
• The turtles and dugongs habitat and nesting areas.
• Coral reefs, shoals, seagrass beds.
• The wide variety of fish species.
• Bowen regions’ recreational and commercial fishing industries worth some $28.8 million per annum. A cost-benefit analysis is required here.
We call for a range of scientific studies to be done to ascertain the effects of this dump on such a sensitive conservation area of the Great Barrier Reef. Presently we do not know what the potential impacts of the dumping of this dredge material will be on:
• The marine food supplies and ecosystems of the National Park areas of Cape Upstart and Upstart Bay, Camp Island, Holbourne Island, Nares Rock and the surrounding waters.
• The turtles and dugongs habitat and nesting areas.
• Coral reefs, shoals, seagrass beds.
• The wide variety of fish species.
• Bowen regions’ recreational and commercial fishing industries worth some $28.8 million per annum. A cost-benefit analysis is required here.
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