General Permit Application for Whales and Whales and Dolphins - additional
attachments.
Q4: Details of each individual to whom the permit would be issued
Name: Mike Double
Postal address: AAD, 203 Channel Hwy, TAS
Telephone No: 03 62323407
Fax No:
Email Address: Mike.Double@aad.gov.au
Name: Andrew Lowther
Postal address: Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Hjalmar Johansens gata, Tromso,
9296, Norway
Telephone No:
Fax No:
Email Address: Andrew.Lowther@npolar.no
Q6: Relevant qualifications and experience of all people who will carry out the actions:
A/Prof Simon Goldsworthy: has played a major role in recent years in greatly expanding the
knowledge base of the biology and ecology of temperate pelagic ecosystems in Australia. He
coordinates a number of significant research programs that focus around foraging and
population ecology of pelagic predator, and their trophic and operational interactions with
commercial fisheries. He has over 20 years of experience studying a range of pinniped, seabird
and fish species, has published over 100 scientific papers and supervised 17 PhD and 13
Honours students. He has two honorary positions; Associate Professor, School of Biological
Sciences, Flinders University (Full Academic Status) and Associate Professor, School of Earth
and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide (Affiliate Status). He is current node leader
of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System.
Dr Alice I. Mackay: has 13 years’ experience in marine mammal research with particular focus
on cetacean distribution, ecology and behaviour and assessing and mitigating marine mammal
interactions with fisheries. She has extensive field experience in photo-ID and boat based visual
and acoustic surveying techniques and has been involved in field research collecting biopsying
samples and deploying suction cup TDR tags on small cetaceans, and deploying
instrumentation on pinniped and seabirds. She is co-ordinating and conducting dedicated
southern right whale aerial abundance and photo-ID surveys (DEWNR/SARDI) at the Head of
Bight/Fowlers Bay aggregations in July, August and September 2014.
Dr Simon Childerhouse: has worked as a marine mammal biologist for more than 20 years in
Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and the South Pacific. He worked as a Marine Mammal
Scientist for DOC for 11 years and four years at the AMMC, and holds a PhD in Marine Science
from the University of Otago. He has been biopsying cetaceans (of many different species) for
more than 10 years and has led the capture of more than 700 pinnipeds for research purposes.
He has also run biopsy training programmes for the New Zealand Government. He has been
involved in the deployment of suction cup tags on whales and dolphins and the instrumentation
of many pinnipeds. He has undertaken research on SRW for more than 10 years including 6
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seasons research in the Auckland Islands. He undertook the first satellite tagging of SRWs in
New Zealand or Australia and has extensive tagging experience on other large whales.
Dr Mike Double: is Leader of the Australian Marine Mammal Centre, based at the Australian
Antarctic Division in Hobart. He has 8 years’ experience working with large whales and in
collaboration with Nick Gales and Alex Zerbini has led the development of implantable tags for
baleen whales. In total he has tagged over 50 blue, right and humpback whales. He has
extensive experience in biopsying whales from both RHIBs and large ships and has worked with
whales in the tropical Kimberley coast to Antarctica. He is currently collaborating with NOAA on
the assessment of implantable tags on humpbacks whales and with ONR on a new implantable
tag design.
Dr Andrew Lowther: has 8 years’ experience working with marine mammals. He completed his
PhD investigating individual variation in foraging behaviour of Australian sea lions and the
impact individualism has on population substructuring in 2012. He is currently a postdoctoral
research fellow at the Norwegian Polar Institute studying the movement and foraging behaviour
of a range of marine predators including whales, seals and marine birds. He is well published,
very proficient and experienced in the analytical techniques (spatial and multivariate ecological
modelling) and field skills outlined in the current proposal. He has excellent project management
skills developed across a broad range of career areas.
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Supplementary Form A – Whales and Dolphins (cetaceans) Application under section 238
of the EPBC Act 1999
Question 3: Map indicating the boundaries of the area in which the action will be conducted.
Map indicating the two areas where the action will be conducted – Head of Bight and Fowlers Bay,
South Australia. The dashed lines indicate the boundaries of the study area.
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Question 4A. The equipment and methods used to comply with the EPBC Act
Regulations.
Satellite tagging:
Purpose built satellite-radio tags will be attached directly to the whales and their movements
tracked using the Service Argos system. Each tag will consist of a transmitter (produced by
Wildlife Computers Ltd.) encased in an implantable deployment housing designed by the
Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) in conjunction with Sirtrack Ltd, New Zealand. Each
transmitter is housed in a surgical grade stainless steel / titanium housing with a flexible
transmitting antenna extending approximately 17cm from the top of the tag. All tags are
sterilised in ethylene oxide prior to deployment to reduce the risk of infection. These tags have
been developed and refined over the last decade by researchers at the AAD in conjunction with
international experts and have been tested on hundreds of whales around the world.
Deployments will be conducted from the bow of a rigid inflatable boat at the Head of Bight and/
or Fowlers Bay aggregation sites during the first two weeks of September 2014. Individual
whales will be approached using a ‘slow approach’ technique (detailed below), with transmitters
being deployed at a range of 4-15m using a modified pneumatic line-thrower (ARTS; AirRocket-Transmitter-System – see Heidi-Jorgenson et al. 2001 for details), fired at between 7.510bar pressure (dependent on the distance to the animal). The tag penetrates the whale’s skin
and blubber until it reaches the stopper at the end of the tag.Transmitters are aimed to be
deployed at the highest point on the whales back, close to the dorsal midline between the
pectoral fins and where the dorsal fin would be (if the species had one) to minimise
physiological responses to implantation and to ensure good antenna exposure. The tag is
designed to transmit for a period ranging from weeks to months. The tag will fail due to
electronic malfunction, battery exhaustion or eventually tag rejection. Because of the shallow
implantation of the tag, it will eventually be rejected, or simply fall out.
Biopsy samples of individual southern right whales will be taken, concurrent to tagging, using a
modified veterinary device and specially-designed whale biopsying heads (Paxarms Ltd NZ).
This is a non-surgical procedure which collects a biopsy sample of approximately 2-3mm in
diameter and 5-6mm in length. Biopsy sampling of large whales is an internationally used
standard research tool that has no long-term impact on individuals. These biopsy samples will
be used to assist in characterising contemporary and historic southern right whale population
size and structure, and will contribute to a global collaboration, led by Dr Emma Carroll
(University of St Andrews) that seeks to use genetic and stable isotope data to assess
connectivity between southern right whale populations in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa
and Argentina.
Q4b: What steps will be taken to minimize impacts on cetaceans
A copy of the PIRSA Animal Ethics Committee Approval and a Department of the Environment
and Natural Resources, SA, Scientific Research Permit to undertake this work are attached
(Attachment names PIRSA AEC Approval 33-12 and Goldsworthy_A24684_12 ).
All deployments will be conducted by experienced researchers and zodiacs will be driven by
qualified coxswains experienced in slow-approach techniques with large cetaceans. All tagging
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will be undertaken by Dr Simon Childerhouse, who has previously successfully deployed
satellite tags on southern right whales at the Auckland Islands (New Zealand sub-Antarctic)
(Childerhouse et al. 2010), and other large whales around Australia. Strict protocols developed
by the AAD will be employed to avoid undue disturbance to whales during deployments and
tags will be deployed in as short a time as possible to reduce any stress to the animal from the
close proximity of the vessel. A slow approach technique involves, where possible, a drift
approach to a whale resting at the surface. The tag will be deployed once the whale is within the
required range.
In order to assess the behavioural response of the animals to the tagging procedures and
attachment of transmitters, behavioural observations of the SRW being tagged as well as other
individuals within the same group will be recorded before capture, during attachment and after
attachment of transmitters. Each tagging event will be video recorded for future analysis, with
data on time of sighting, behavioural information at each stage of the tagging process (before,
during and after) being logged. No more than three attempts will be made to tag an animal and
if an animal appears distressed (e.g. tail slapping, movement away from the zodiac etc), the
zodiac will drop back and discontinue approaches to that individual.
The first five satellite tags deployments will be made on unaccompanied adult southern right
whales. If assessments of these animals over a 2-4 day period post-tagging indicate no adverse
effect on behavior and no problems with the tag site, then satellite tag deployments on adult
female whales (accompanied by a calf) may be conducted. Information on the movements and
behavior of female-calf pairs is of particular management relevance.
The behavioural responses of tagged individuals and an assessment of the tag site will be
made, when possible, within 6-12 hours of tag deployment, and within 2-4 days if individuals
have remained in the study area. A dedicated southern right whale abundance and photo-ID
aerial survey will be conducted within 1-2 weeks of the completion of the tagging fieldwork by
SARDI & DEWNR. Individual IDs and photos of the tag site of all tagged whales re-sighted
during this survey will be collected.
References
Childerhouse, S., M., Double and Gales, N. 2010. Satellite tracking of southern right whales (Eubalaena
australis) at the Auckland Islands, New Zealand. Paper SC/62/BRG19 presented to the Scientific
Committee of the International Whaling Commission, Agadir, Morocco. 5pp.
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Question 4C The objectives and purposes of the action
The objectives and purposes of the action are to:
1. Collect baseline satellite telemetry data on the offshore migratory routes of southern right
whales from Head of Bight and Fowlers Bay, South Australia.
2. To monitor the short, medium and long-term effects of satellite tagging on southern right
whales.
While location-based southern right whale photo-ID studies in Australia provide important data
on the coastal migratory patterns of individual whales from the south west population, they do
not provide information of individual movement tracks or quantitative data on habitat usage.
Furthermore, they are limited by weather conditions and are unable to provide information on
animals once they move outside of photo-ID survey areas. In contrast, satellite telemetry can
provide information on long-distance movement patterns, and specifically the offshore migratory
movement of individual adult southern right whales from key aggregation sites in South
Australia.
The characterisation of migratory movement patterns of individual southern right whale will
assist in the continued management of the species and is identified as a High Priority Action of
the Conservation Management plan for the Southern Right Whale 2011-2021 (DSEWPaC,
2012). A better understanding of the offshore movement patterns, distribution and habitat usage
for all life history stages of this species is essential for assessing and mitigating any potential
impacts from future offshore developments, including oil and gas exploration.
Q 5 A – A copy of the research proposal
The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is currently listed under both Federal (EPBC Act
1999 –‘endangered’) and South Australia State (National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 –
‘vulnerable’) protective legislature. Based on mitochondrial DNA data, two distinct populations
have been proposed in Australian waters; southwest (Western Australia and South Australia)
and southeast (incorporating New South Wales and Victoria) (Carroll et al. 2011). However, the
precise geographic delineation of these two populations remains unclear, as does the degree
and significance of genetic interchange both within and between populations due to small
available sample sizes used in the analyses. While recovery and re-occupancy rates for the
southeast population are low (Kemper et al. 1997), the southwest population is estimated to be
increasing at 6.79% per annum (Bannister 2011).
There are three known southern right whale (SRW) calving/aggregation sites in South
Australian waters – Encounter Bay, Fowlers Bay (FB) and Head of Bight (HoB). The HoB is a
significant winter calving/aggregation site for a large and easily accessible portion of the
southwest population (>40%, Charlton & Burnell 2011). FB to the east of the HoB is classified
as an emerging aggregation area (DSEWPaC, 2012). Aggregations occur between May and
October with peak abundance between mid-August and mid-September (Bannister 2011). The
fine scale behavior of SRW in the coastal waters of aggregation sites is reasonably well known,
however data on the routes that whales take between coastal waters and higher latitude feeding
grounds is absent. Females display high site fidelity to breeding grounds, although calving
whales have been recorded at locations up to 700km apart in a single season (DSEWPaC
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2012). Unaccompanied whales travel greater distances, with one individual seen at locations
1,500km apart within a breeding season. In contrast to the well-known coastal movements there
is no information on the offshore movements of southern right whales from Australian
aggregation sites, or their approach from and to the coast during migrations between
calving/aggregation and feeding grounds.
Satellite tagging has been successful in providing critical information on the distribution,
migration and seasonal movements of many species of large whales, including southern right
whales (e.g. Baumgartner & Mate. 2005, Wade et al. 2006, Gales et al. 2009, Bailey et al. 2010,
Gales et al. 2010, Mate et al. 2010, Mate et al. 2011, Zerbini et al. 2011). To date, our only data
on offshore movements of SRW from the coast of Australia is derived from a single whale
tagged with a satellite transmitter in south east Tasmania (R.Gales in AMMC 2012). The whale
was tracked for 115 days during which it travelled over 9000km south into Antarctic waters. The
proposed project will use satellite telemetry to characterise the offshore migratory movements of
unaccompanied adult SRW from the south west Australian population. Due to the relatively
short battery time of satellite telemetry devices it is not possible to collect data during the inward
migration to calving/aggregation grounds.
The characterisation of migratory movement patterns of individual SRW will assist in the
continued management of the species and are identified as a High Priority Action of the
Conservation Management plan for the Southern Right Whale 2011-2021 (DSEWPaC, 2012).
Furthermore, at a recently-held federal workshop aimed at developing a national framework for
satellite tagging of SRW, understanding the offshore distribution and migration patterns of SRW
was identified as “directly contributing to the investigation of identified threats”. Thus,
determining the offshore movement patterns, distribution and habitat usage of this species
through the judicious use of telemetry devices on individual SRW is essential for assessing and
mitigating any impacts from threats identified in the Conservation Management plan. While the
workshop “recognised that tagging presents little or no threat to reproductive success and
survival”, concerns remain about the shorter term physical impacts devices may have on
individuals. The ability to deploy satellite devices and conduct follow-up short, medium and longterm monitoring of individuals from an increasing population (southwest) will allow development
of capability in satellite telemetry of SRW in Australia. The data and information on south
western SRW movement patterns will provide critical context to compare against movements of
whales in the south eastern population when such studies are conducted.
The proposed project will utilise satellite telemetry devices and state of the art analytical
techniques to
1) Characterise migratory behaviour of adult southern right whales from key aggregation
sites in South Australia (Fowlers Bay and Head of Bight); and
2) Assess the possible impacts of tagging on target individuals.
A maximum of 20 adult right whales will be biopsied (including all tagged whales). These biopsy
samples will be included in an ongoing broader genetic population structure analyses by
collaborators.
Data that will be collected during the proposed project will directly address two High (H) Actions
listed in the EPBC Act (1999) Recovery Plan “Conservation Management Plan for the Southern
Right Whale 2011-2021” (DSEWPaC, 2012). These are:
1. Understanding offshore distribution and migration (H)
2. Characterising behaviour and movements (H)
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In addition the proposed project directly addresses Interim Objective 3: Target 3.3 of the
recovery plan: “a research project investigating use of feeding and non-coastal habitat areas,
including migratory movements, for [southeast and] south west populations is completed.”
Satellite telemetry data from implantable tags can address or contribute to a number of action
areas identified under the Recovery Plan for southern right whales. Data on the movement
patterns of individuals can be used to address the risk of entanglement from fishing gear by
providing a means for regulators and managers to compare the distribution of southern right
whales and fishing gear and be able to identify areas of high to low overlap. Data on the
offshore patterns of individuals can be used to assess the overlap between future inshore and
offshore developments to southern right whale offshore migratory routes or intensely used
coastal routes thereby allowing for identification of possible mitigation strategies for regulators
and managers during different stages of development. For example, satellite telemetry could
identify whether inshore developments displace whales, these results would allow for adaptive
management of proposed developments. The identification of migratory routes is also important
for identifying areas of overlap between southern right whale and shipping activity, thereby
allowing managers and regulators to develop systems of minimising the likelihood of vessel
collision occurring. The identification of possible offshore feeding areas from telemetry data can
be used to assess the impacts on climate variability on the distribution of southern right whale as
a result of possible climate linked changes in prey availability and quality.
The current project aims to provide data on the offshore movements and migration patterns of
adult southern right whale from the south western population, providing data that will enable the
management of potential impacts on this population from planned and future offshore
development. These data will also inform current and future assessment and management of
marine bio regionalisation and commonwealth MPAs and will feed directly into the management
of the State and Commonwealth Great Australian Bight Marine Reserve.
Offshore migratory movement of adult southern right whales will be collected by doppler-shift
calculated locations based on satellite transmissions received by System Argos polar-orbiting
satellites. Argos-derived locations are received at irregular intervals and are based on 7 levels
of accuracy (ranging from ~150m to greater than 1000m) which are dependent on the satellite
coverage at the time of transmission and the prevailing conditions. Raw location data will be
modelled as a correlated random walk under a switching state-space framework incorporating
two states (transit and area restricted searching or ARS) while accounting for errors in location
(Jonsen et al. 2005), with ARS behaviour being predicted by an increase in track tortuosity and
a decrease in speed. Sampling from the posterior distribution of this model (using Markov Chain
Monte Carlo methods such as Gibbs resampling) will be used to probabilistically determine the
behavioural state (i.e potential foraging or transiting to a new location)of individual whales
throughout the track and characterise migratory movement.
This analytical technique has been used successfully on blue whales (Balaeonoptera musculus)
(Bailey et al. 2009), killer whales (Orcinus orca) (Matthews et al. 2011) and many pinniped
species i.e grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) (Breed et al. 2006) and elephant seals (Mirounga
angustirostris) (Maxwell et al. 2011) to determine areas of ecological significance. The spatial
size of ARS patches will then be determined using First Passage Time analysis which the times
taken to for an animal to cross a range of circles of increasing radius. The radius of the circle
that corresponds to a maximum peak variance in Log FPT represents the spatial scale at which
ARS occurs (Fauchald and Tveraa 2003). Once ARS patch size and locations have been
calculated, mean environmental variables such as chlorophyll a concentrations, sea surface
temperature , bathymetric slope and sea surface height anomalies(as measures of oceanic
upwelling, frontal zones, submesoscale filaments and regions of bathymetric variability) will be
extracted for ARS and non-ARS patches from resources such as Moderate Resolution Imaging
Specrtroradiometer website (MODIS – NASA) and Geoscience Australia. A series of
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Generalised Additive Mixed Models (GAMM’s) and Cox Proportional Hazard mixed models will
then be used to test whether environmental variables influence where individual whales express
a preference to conduct ARS (e.g. Bailey et al. 2009)
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foraging habitats in a non-migratory marine mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological
Sciences 273:2319-2326.
Carroll, E., N. Patenaude, A. Alexander, D. Steel, R. Harcourt, S. Childerhouse, S. Smith, J. Bannister, R.
Constantine, and C. S. Baker. 2011. Population structure and individual movement of southern right
whales around New Zealand and Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 432:257-268.
Charlton C, Burnell S. 2011. Southern Right Whales – 2010 Census and Photo Identification at Head of
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Childerhouse, S., M., Double and Gales, N. 2010. Satellite tracking of southern right whales (Eubalaena
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Fauchald, P. and T. Tveraa. 2003. Using first-passage time in the analysis of area-restricted search and
habitat selection. Ecology 84:282-288.
Gales, N., M. C. Double, S. Robinson, C. Jenner, M. Jenner, E. King, J. Gedamke, D. Paton, and B.
Raymond. 2009. Satellite tracking of southbound East Australian humpback whales (Megaptera
novaeangliae): challenging the feast or famine model for migrating whales. Paper SC61/SH/17 presented
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Question 5B – The names of the researchers and institutions involved in or supporting the
research.
A/Prof Simon Goldsworthy, South Australian Research Development Institute (SARDI)
Dr Alice I. Mackay, South Australian Research Development Institute (SARDI)
Dr Andrew Lowther, Norwegian Polar Institute
Dr Frédéric Bailleul, South Australian Research Development Institute (SARDI)
Mr Dirk Holman, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia (DEWNR)
Dr Mike Double, Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)
Dr Simon Childerhouse, Blue Planet Marine (BPM)
Prof Rob Harcourt, Macquarie University (MU)
Dr Guido J. Parra, Flinders University (FU)
Ms Mandy Watson Balaenidae
Dr Emma Carroll, University of St Andrews (USA)
Question 5C – Relationship of the researchers to the permit applicant, including any funding
being provided by, or to, the permit applicant.
This research project has been funded an Australian Marine Mammal Centre (AMMC) grant
(Department of the Environment), with in-kind contributions from the South Australian Research and
Development Institute (SARDI), the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South
Australia (DEWNR), Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Blue Planet Marine (BPM), Norwegian Polar
Institute, Macquarie University (MU), Flinders University (FU) and University of St Andrews (UoSA).
The permit applicants will be directly involved in all aspects of the project:
A/Prof Simon Goldsworthy (SARDI) – funded in-kind
Dr Alice I. Mackay (SARDI) – part funded by AMMC grant, part funded in-kind
Dr Simon Childerhouse, Blue Planet Marine (BPM) – part funded by AMMC grant, part funded in-kind
Dr Andrew Lowther Norwegian Polar Institute – funded in-kind
Dr Mike Double (AAD) – funded in-kind
The remaining researchers are providing in-kind support either with fieldwork / analysis / reporting of
research:
Dr Frédéric Bailleul (SARDI)
Mr Dirk Holman (DEWNR)
Prof Rob Harcourt (MU)
Dr Guido J. Parra (FU)
Ms Mandy Watson, Balaenidae
Dr Emma Carroll (UoSA)
Mr David Donnelly (Marine Research and Photography)
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