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Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia
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The Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 lists the loggerhead turtle as endangered and the green, leatherback and hawksbill turtles as vulnerable. Under that Act any of the four listed species found in Tasmanian waters cannot be killed, injured, caught, damaged, destroyed or collected except under permit. Current research and monitoring activities include gathering and collating information, when available on:
assessment of marine turtle mortality related to the rock lobster fishery;
assessment of marine turtle distribution at sea (particularly leatherbacks) from information provided by fishers; and
assessment of the feasibility of tracking entangled turtles after release to determine survivorship and migratory paths.