Humpback Whales
Senator SIEWERT (Western Australia—Australian Greens Whip) (15:37): I move:
That the Senate—
(a) notes:
(i) the humpback whale is listed as a threatened species,
(ii) human generated habitat degradation is identified as a major threat to humpback whales by the Department of the Environment and Heritage's Humpback Whale Recovery Plan 2005-2010,
(iii) the plan notes the following forms of possible habitat degradation:
(a) acoustic pollution, for example, commercial and recreational vessel noise and seismic survey activity,