Coasts and Oceans Theme Report

Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 (Theme Report)
Australian State of the Environment Committee, Authors
Published by CSIRO on behalf of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2001
ISBN 0 643 06751 5

Figures and Photographs

Figures

Figure 1 - The Australian coastline
Figure 2 - Major global ocean currents that affect Australia
Figure 3 - Australia's marine zones
Figure 4 - Mangrove species richness for continental Australia
Figure 5 - Indicative mangrove distribution in continental Australia
Figure 6 - Seagrasses In Australia: indicative distribution and sites of disturbance in continental Australia
Figure 7 - Relative importance of estuary type to its susceptibility to impacts
Figure 8 - Location of the Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve
Figure 9 - Seahorses and pipefish distribution
Figure 10 - Distribution of Turtles
Figure 11 - Important breeding sites for seabirds
Figure 12 - Important sites for migratory shorebirds
Figure 13 - Estimated total counts of shorebirds at the Coorong
Figure 14 - Estimated number of Humpback Whales migrating up the East Coast
Figure 15 - Distribution of threatened cetaceans
Figure 16 - Distribution of seals and sea lions
Figure 17 - Distribution of Dugong around the Australian coastline
Figure 18 - Projected population changes in population density by IBRA region
Figure 19 - Indicative distribution of coastal acid sulfate soils in Australia
Figure 20 - Status of Australian fisheries
Figure 21 - Australian fisheries production from 1995-96 to 1999-2000
Figure 22 - Western Rock Lobster annual catch
Figure 23 - Annual landings of abalone in Tasmania
Figure 24 - Orange Roughy annual catch
Figure 25 - Annual Eastern Gemfish catch
Figure 26 - Value of aquaculture sectors
Figure 27 - First port of call of international shipping into Australia
Figure 28 - Exploration wells drilled, 1989-1999