Marine flora, fauna and marine pest surveys - Cairns Port (B1.11a)
Task leader: Dr Kerry Neil, Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries .
Task associate: NA.
Objectives:
- To undertake a survey of the dredge spoil ocean dump site to investigate
the impacts of dredge spoil disposal on endemic flora and fauna at,
and in the proximity of, the Ocean Disposal Site (Ocean Disposal Site
Ecology)
- Investigate the presence and prevalence of marine pests (specifically
AGM and CTW) within the proposed dredging areas and at the Ocean Disposal
Site (Marine Pests)
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