REPORTS

PRODUCED BY QUEENSLAND DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES & FISHERIES IN COLLABORATION WITH CRC REEF

CRC Reef resarchers from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries monitor seagrass and other marine resources throughout Queensland. The results of their work are available in the following reports.

These reports have been produced by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. The Executive Summaries of the reports are available here. For a copy of the complete reports, contact the Northern Fisheries Centre by phone on 07 4035 0112 or by email on michael.rasheed@dpi.qld.gov.au.

SEAGRASS (general)

McKenzie LJ, Campbell SJ. 2002. Seagrass-Watch: manual for community (citizen) monitoring of seagrass habitat - Western Pacific Edition. Queensland Dept of Primary Industries, Cairns, 43 pp.

McKenzie LJ, Campbell SJ, Roder CA. 2001. Seagrass-Watch: manual for mapping and monitoring seagrass resources by community (citizen) volunteers. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Cairns, 94 pp.

Short FT, McKenzie LJ, Coles RG, Vidler KP. 2001. SeagrassNet Manual for Scientific Monitoring of Seagrass Habitat. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Cairns, 56 pp.

QUEENSLAND (general)
Coles RG, Lee Long WJ, McKenzie LJ, Roder CA. (eds.) 2001. Seagrass and marine resources in the Dugong Protection Areas of Upstart Bay, Newry Region and Sand Bay, Llewellyn Bay and Ince Bay and the Clairview Region: April/May 1999 and October 1999. Final Report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, QDPI, QFS, Cairns, 126 pp.

KARUMBA
Rasheed MA, Roelofs AJ, Thomas R, Coles RG. 2001. Port of Karumba Seagrass Monitoring – First 6 years. EcoPorts Monograph Series No. 20, Ports Corporation of Queensland, Brisbane, 38 pp.

Rasheed MJ, Thomas R, Foster D. 2004. Port of Karumba: long-term seagrass monitoring. Progress report – October 2003. Report to the Ports Corporation of Queensland. Queensland Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries. 12pp.

WEIPA
Roelofs AJ, Rasheed MA, Thomas R. 2001. Port of Weipa Seagrass Monitoring Baseline Surveys, April and September 2000. EcoPorts Monograph Series No. 21. Ports Corporation of Queensland, Brisbane, 38 pp.

Roelofs AJ, Rasheed MA, Thomas R. 2002. Port of Weipa seagrass monitoring surveys, April and September 2001. Final Report to the Ports Corporation of Queensland. Queensland Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Cairns. 22 pp.

Roelofs AJ, Rasheed MA, Thomas R. 2004. Port of Weipa: long-term seagrass monitoring. Progress report - September 2003. Report to the Ports Corporation of Queensland, Queensland Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Cairns. 13pp.

SKARDON RIVER
Roelofs AJ, Rasheed MA, Thomas R. 2004. Port of Skardon River: marine habitat resources survey. September 2003. Report to the Ports Corporation of Queensland, Queensland Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Cairns. 13pp.

THURSDAY ISLAND
Thomas R, Rasheed M. 2004. Port of Thursday Island long-term seagrass monitoring. March 2004. DPI&F Information Series QI04082. Queensland Departmetnt of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Cairns.

Rasheed MA, Thomas R, Roelofs A, Neil K. 2002. Seagrass, benthic habitats and targeted introduced species survey of the Port of Thursday Island: March 2002. DPI Information Series QI03019. Queensland Fisheries Service, Dept Primary Industries, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns. 28pp.

CAPE YORK
Coles RG, McKenzie LJ, Yoshida RL. 2001. Validation and GIS of seagrass surveys between Cape York and Tarrant Point– October/November 1986. CD ROM, QDPI, QFS, Cairns.

CAIRNS
Campbell SJ, Rasheed MA, Thomas R. 2003. Monitoring of segrass meadows in Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet: December 2002. DPI Information Series Q103059. Queensland Dept Primary Industries and Fisheries, Cairns.

Coles RG, McKenzie LJ, Mellors JE, Yoshida RL. 2001. Validation and GIS of seagrass surveys between Cairns and Bowen – October/November 1987. CD ROM, QDPI, QFS, Cairns.

Neil KM. 2001. Asian green mussel and Caribbean tube worm survey within proposed dredge areas. Report of the April 2002 and November 2001 Field Surveys to the Cairns Port Authority, April 2002, 10 pp.

BOWEN
Coles RG, McKenzie LJ, Yoshida RL. 2001. Validation and GIS of seagrass surveys between Bowen and Water Park Point– March/April 1987. CD ROM, QDPI, QFS, Cairns.

MOURILYAN
Roder CA, Thomas R, Rasheed MA, McKenzie LJ. 2002. Mangrove and riparian habitat resources fringing Mourilyan Harbour and the Moresby River estuary, August-October 2000. DPI Information Series no. QI02062. Queensland Fisheries Service, Dept Primary Industries, Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns. 31pp.

Thomas R, Rasheed MA. 2004. Port of Mourilyan long-term seagrass monitoring – December 2003. Report to Ports Corporation of Queensland. Queensland Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Cairns. 20pp.

WHITSUNDAYS
Campbell SJ, McKenzie LJ. 2001. Seagrass and algal abundance in the Whitsundays region: Status report, Queensland Fisheries Service, 14 pp.

Campbell SJ, McKenzie LJ. 2001. Community-based monitoring of intertidal seagrass meadows in Hervey Bay and Whitsunday, 1998-2001. DPI Information Series QI01090, Dept of Primary Industries, Cairns, 32 pp.

Campbell SJ, Roder CA, McKenzie LJ, Lee Long WJ. 2002. Seagrass resources in the Whitsunday Region 1999 and 2000. DPI Information Series QI02043. Qld Department of Primary Industries, Cairns. 50pp.

MACKAY
Rasheed MA, Roder CA, Thomas R. 2001. Port of Mackay Seagrass, Macro-Algae and Macro-Invertebrate Communities – February 2001. Report to the Mackay Port Authority, 29pp.

HAY POINT
Rasheed M, Thomas R, McKenna S. 2004. Port of Hay Point seagrasss, algae and benthic macro-invertebrate community survey - July 2004. DPI&F Information Series QI04084, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Cairns.

HERVEY BAY AND FURTHER SOUTH
Coles RG, McKenzie LJ, Yoshida RL. 2001. Validation and GIS of seagrass surveys between Water Park Point and Hervey Bay – October/November 1988. CD ROM, QDPI, QFS, Cairns.

Lee Long WJ, Roelofs AJ, Coles RG, McKenzie LJ. 2001. Oyster Point Seagrass Monitoring, 1995 to 1999. Report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Queensland Fisheries Service, Cairns. 23 pp.

McKenzie LJ, Campbell SJ. 2003. Seagrass resources of the Booral Wetlands and the Great Sandy Strait: February/March 2002. DPI Information Series QI03016. Queensland Dept Primary Industries, Cairns. 28pp.

McKenzie LJ, Campbell SJ. 2002. Seagrass resources in the vicinity of the proposed Urangan Boat Harbour dredge material disposal and rehandling area - February 2002. Report to Queensland Transport. Queensland Dept of Primary industries, Cairns, 12 pp.

FISHERIES REPORTS

Halliday I, Ley J, Tobin A, Garrett R, Gribble N, Meyer D. 2002. The effects of net fishing: addressing biodiversity and bycatch issues in Queensland inshore waters. Research Report No. 97/206 to Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Cairns. 95 pp.

Rose C, Williams L, Gribble N, Garrett R, Stapley J. 2003. Queensland East Coast Shark Catch. DPI Information Series QI03020. Queensland Fisheries Service, Dept Primary Industries, Cairns. 44pp.