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D’Entrecasteaux Channel and the lower Huon Estuary Inventory of Scientific Information Report for the D’Entrecasteaux Channel Project Dr Karen Parsons, Ecomarine Consulting The D’Entrecasteaux Channel Project is a collaboration between local and state government agencies, non‐ government organisations, research institutes and industry to sustainably manage the waterway. This report was funded by Kingborough Council, the Derwent Estuary Program, NRM South, Huon Valley Council and Tassal. © Dr Karen Parsons, July 2012 Citation: Parsons, K. E. (2012). D’Entrecasteaux Channel and the lower Huon Estuary. Inventory of Scientific Information. Report for the D’Entrecasteaux Channel Project, prepared by Ecomarine Consulting. For further information contact: The D’Entrecasteaux Channel Project Kingborough Council 15 Channel Highway Kingston TAS 7050 Telephone: (03) 6211 8200 Fascimile: (03) 6211 8211 Email: [email protected] ISBN 978‐0‐9874818‐0‐1 Cover photographs by (clockwise from top left): Tassal salmon farms (R. Jupe); Kettering marina (D. Hardie); Feather on local beach (J. Doole); Boathouses at Conningham Beach (D. Hardie); Native pigface at Conningham Beach (D. Hardie) TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 4 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 5 2 METHODS .................................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Study area ................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Preparation of metadata .......................................................................................................... 7 3 DATA GAPS .............................................................................................................. 12 4 RESULTS ................................................................................................................... 13 4.1 Data sets by subject ................................................................................................................ 13 4.1.1 Broad background information .......................................................................................................... 13 4.1.2 Climate ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.1.3 Geomorphology and geology ............................................................................................................. 13 4.1.4 Bathymetry, estuarine circulation and coastal oceanography ................................................ 13 4.1.5 Catchments and river inputs ............................................................................................................... 14 4.1.6 Population centres ................................................................................................................................. 15 4.1.7 Foreshore land use ................................................................................................................................. 15 4.1.8 Marine industries .................................................................................................................................... 15 4.1.9 Navigation dan transportation ........................................................................................................... 16 4.1.10 Tourism ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 4.1.11 Fishing ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 4.1.12 Other recreation ..................................................................................................................................... 17 4.1.13 Research and education ....................................................................................................................... 17 4.1.14 Heritage ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 4.1.15 Conservation areas ................................................................................................................................ 17 4.1.16 Habitats ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.1.17 Native fauna and flora .......................................................................................................................... 18 4.1.18 Introduced species ................................................................................................................................. 20 4.1.19 Climate change ........................................................................................................................................ 21 4.1.20 Anthropogenic inputs ............................................................................................................................ 22 4.1.21 Integrated studies .................................................................................................................................. 23 4.1.22 Water quality – pathogens and faecal indicator bacteria ......................................................... 23 4.1.23 Water quality ‐ other ............................................................................................................................. 24 4.1.24 Sediment quality ..................................................................................................................................... 25 D’Entrecasteaux Channel and the lower Huon Estuary: Inventory of Scientific Information Page 1 4.1.25 Seafood safety ......................................................................................................................................... 26 4.2 Detailed descriptions of scientific data sets ............................................................................ 27 4.3 Descriptions of general information sources ........................................................................... 96 4.4 Scientific studies underway .................................................................................................. 129 5 BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................ 131 ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviation Meaning ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics ACE CRC Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem Cooperative Research Centre AHT Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania Aquafin CRC Aquafin Cooperative Research Centre ASCHEM Agricultural, Silvicultural and Veterinary Chemicals ASQAP Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program AUSRIVAS Australian River Assessment System AWBM Australian Water Balance Model BEMP Broadscale Environmental Monitoring Program BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand BOM Bureau of Meteorology CAR Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative CC Coastcare Committee CERCA Coastal and Estuarine Resource Condition Assessment CERF Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities CFEV Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystem Values CLS Crown Land Services CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation DEM Digital Elevation Model DHHS Department of Health and Human Services DIER Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources DPEMP Development Proposal and Environmental Management Plan DPIPWE Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment DPIW Department of Primary Industries and Water DPIWE Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment DTAE Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment EMPCA Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 EPA Environment Protection Authority ERLUR Environmentally Relevant Land Use Register EWR Environmental Water Requirements FOC Fisheries and Oceans Canada FRDC Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Page 2 D’Entrecasteaux Channel and the lower Huon Estuary: Inventory of Scientific Information Abbreviation Meaning GA Geoscience Australia GIS Geographic Information Systems GPS Global Positioning System HAB Harmful Algal Bloom HAC Huon Aquaculture Company HES Huon Estuary Study HPLC High Performance Liquid Chromatography HTC Hydro Tasmania Consulting HVC Huon Valley Council IBA Important Bird Area ICV Integrated Conservation Value (CFEV) IMAS Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies KC Kingborough Council LiDAR ‘Light Detecting and Ranging’ technique LMRMA Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 LOI Loss on Ignition LTER Long‐Term Ecological Research MAST Marine and Safety Tasmania MDC Marine Discovery Centre MFDP Marine Farming Development Plan MFPA Marine Farming Planning Act 1995 MPA Marine Protected Area MRT Mineral Resources Tasmania NCMCRS National Centre for Marine Conservation and Resource Sustainability NELMS New Environmental Licensing and Monitoring System NHT Natural Heritage Trust NPI National Pollutant Inventory NRA Nature Recreation Area NRM Natural Resource Management PAR Photosynthetically Active