Australian Marine Turtle Symposium August Ern Halliday Park, Hillary s WA

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1 Australian Marine Turtle Symposium August Ern Halliday Park, Hillary s WA Monday AUG 25-2nd Australia Marine Turtle Symposium Time # Surname First Name 8:30 Seated Welcome to Country -May McGuire Noongar Traditional Owner General welcome- Margaret Byrne- Director /Science and 8:40 Conservation Division - WA Department of Parks and Wildlife 9:00 House Keeping Session 1- Chairs: Bob Prince and Tony Tucker Raine Island Turtle Recovery Project: Conserving the world s largest green turtle nesting site in northern Great Barrier 9:10 1 Norris Belinda Reef, Australia 9:20 2 Riskas Kimberly Patterns of marine turtle bycatch reported in Australian state and Commonwealth fisheries logbooks, :30 3 Kamrowski Ruth Potential applicability of persuasive communication to lightglow reduction efforts: A case study of marine turtle conservation 9:40 4 Drysdale Vanessa Ghost nets and marine sea turtles of north-east Arnhem Land; Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation s Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) turtle rescue project 9:50 5 Dethmers Kiki Assessing the impact of ghost nets on sea turtle populations in the Arafura and Timor Seas region 10:00 6 Tucker Tony The WAMSI turtle project in the Kimberley 10:10 7 Wilcox Chris Investigating the impact of ghost nets in Northern Australia an analysis of catch rates and a first estimate of the number of turtles impacted 10:20 8 Limpus Colin Darkness is the best lighting management option at turtle nesting beaches 10:30-11:10 Morning Tea Session 2- Chairs: Ruth Kamrowski and Kimmie Riskas Conservation and sustainable management of resident green 11:10 9 Grover Darren turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland 11:20 10 Travaille Kendra Mitigation measures for minimising turtle interactions with commercial fishing gears in Western Australia 11:30 11 Mitchell Nicki Primary sex ratios at a major flatback turtle rookery show an anomalous masculinising trend in recent decades 11:40 12 Tedeschi Jamie New approaches to assess the resilience of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtle embryos to extreme temperatures 11:50 13 Bentley Blair Adaptive capacity of marine turtles to a warming climate: a full transcriptomic analysis 12:00 14 King Joanne Assessment of feral animal predation associated with flatback nesting beaches at Mundabullangana Station 12:10 15 Giuliano Christine Filming avian predation of flatback (Natator depressus) sea turtle hatchlings on Bare Sand Island, NT. 12:20 16 Onton Kim Monitoring and managing marine turtles on Barrow Island Nature Reserve 1

2 12:30-1:30 Lunch 1:00pm Meet and greet opportunity amongst the Indigenous Ranger Groups (Daniel Oades to help facilitate). Preliminary meeting prior to Talking Circle on Day 3. 1:00-1:30 Video session Turtle Satellite Telemetry Videos- Qld Dept. of Environment and Heritage Protection Session 3 - Chairs: Mick Guinea and Kiki Dethmers A review of light monitoring techniques and Instruments: the 1:30 17 Goodsell Ben good, the bad, the illuminated 1:40 18 Williams Jessica First results of population demographics from citizen science collected photo identified green and loggerhead sea turtles 1:50 19 Guinea Michael Sounds emitted by flatback (Natator depressus) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtle hatchlings 2:00 20 Pendoley Kellie Update of Sky42 light monitoring technique and the integration of hatchling fan monitoring data 2:10 21 Fuentes Mariana A decision framework for prioritizing multiple management actions for marine turtles 2:20 22 Knight Frances Commonwealth protection framework for marine turtles in Australia 2:30 23 Fujii Ronald Community based turtle and dugong management plans in the Torres Strait 2:40 24 Whiting Scott Planning for the future: constraints and opportunities for longterm monitoring of sea turtles in WA 2:50 25 Hykle Douglas Indian Ocean and south-east Asian Sea Turtle MOU (IOSEA) Workshops or free time 3:30 I-tracker workshop- host NAILSMA 4:30 5:30 end of day - close 6:00 Pre-dinner drinks 7:00 Dinner 9:30 Dinner end International Updates - IOSEA /Australia + IUCN Chair Update + Pacific Loggerhead Plan - Hosts Colin Limpus, Mark Hamman and Kellie Pendoley (30 min IOSEA, 15 min IUCN, 15 Min Loggerhead) Invitation inviting suggestion protocols for Indigenous Engagement - Host - Commonwealth Dept of the Environment Rehabilitation Informal meeting of all rehabber s Chairs Rochelle Ferris Tuesday AUG 26-2nd Australia Marine Turtle Symposium 8:30 Seated 8:45 House keeping Minister's address Hon. Albert Jacob 9:00 Minister for the Environment, Electorate Ocean Reef 2

3 Session 4- Chairs: Colin Limpus and Nev McLachlan Artificial light on water attracts turtle hatchlings during their 9:30 26 Thums Michele offshore migration 9:40 27 Waayers David Tidal fronts and complex, submerged topography define movements of flatback turtles (Natator depressus) in northern Western Australia 9:50 28 Reisser Julia Coastal flatbacks x oceanic greens: a manner of behaviour & ocean currents 10:00 29 Smith Justin Post-nesting migration from an important flatback rookery, Deliverance Island, Australia 10:10 30 Oon Guan The Argos satellite telemetry (global) system for wildlife tracking and data collection 10:20 31 Shimada Takahiro Displaced sea turtles return home 10:30 32 Bell Catherine Hatchling dispersal work at Barrow Island 10:40-11:10 Morning Tea Session 5- Chairs: Kellie Pendoley and Catherine Bell The monitoring, conservation & securing the future of flatback turtles (Natator depressus) in Port Hedland, Western 11:10 33 Howlett Kelly Australia 11:20 34 Guinea Michael Assessing seasonal hatching success of flatback (Natator depressus) sea turtles from hatchling track count data at Bare Sand Island, NT 11:30 35 Preston Shane Nesting green turtle (Chelonia mydas) monitoring at Maizub Kaur (Bramble Cay), Torres Strait 11:40 36 Box Tegan Sea turtle monitoring results associated with the Pluto LNG Project 11:50 37 Johnson Stephen Narnu-Yuwa ki-wundanyukawu [Law for the Sea Turtle]: a threatened species monitoring initiative delivering unanticipated and wide ranging ecological, social and economic outcomes. 12:00 38 Young Erina Eighty Mile Beach, WA turtle monitoring: past, present and future 12:10 39 Rowcliffe Carissa West Pilbara Turtle Program: A community volunteer program in the Pilbara 12:20 40 Whiting Andrea Distinguishing between tracks and clutches for nesting turtles: How survey techniques and uncertainty impact abundance estimates and trend detection 12:30-1:30 Lunch 1:00-1:30 video session - Saving the Turtles of Port Hedland Session 6- Chairs: Fiona Bartlett and Daniel Oades Crunch time: Population analysis of Kakadu National Park's 1:30 41 Groom Rachel Field Island flatback turtle nesting data ( ) 1:40 42 Field Stuart Turtles and oil..unmiscible oiled wildlife response in WA 1:50 43 Prince Bob The leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) in Western Australian waters 2:00 44 Waayers David Assessment of the spatial distribution of nesting and foraging habitats of green (Chelonia mydas), flatback (Natator depressus), loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Western Australia. 3

4 2:10 45 Sim Elizabeth 2:20 46 Read Tyffen 2:30 47 Huth Amy 2:40 48 Twaddle Helen 2:50 49 Jackson Micha Incubation temperature, morphology and performance in flatback turtle (Natator depressus) hatchlings from Mon Repos, Queensland Genetic structure of the resident C. mydas population of the Grand Lagon Sud, New Caledonia Daily activity patterns and site fidelity of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a shallow near-shore site in North Queensland Estimates of abundance and survival probabilities of green turtles in a nocturnal basking habitat Mangguru (marine turtles) monitoring project: looking after turtles on Wunambal Gaambera and Dambimangari country, North Kimberley Session 7 Chairs: David Waayers and Kelly Howlett Marine turtle research and turtle sanctuary update from the 3:30 50 McGonigal Simone Crocodile Islands Rangers 3:40 51 Becker Patrick 3:50 52 Moro Dorian 4:00 53 Norris Belinda 4:10 54 Busch William 4:20 55 McLachlan Bev 4:30 56 Karam Johanna 4:40 57 Ferris Rochelle 4:50 58 Prophet Matthew Anindilyakwa 5:00 59 Rangers Dressed for success an outline of HSE requirements for turtle monitoring in the oil and gas industry Looking to the future by learning from the past: Implementing adaptive management into marine turtle surveys Supporting Indigenous communities across Queensland for sustainable turtle and sea country management Mapoon Turtle Monitoring Project: managing turtle on Mapoon Sea Country, Western Cape, QLD Predator reduction strategies for protecting loggerhead turtle nests at Wreck Rock beach in Queensland Western Cape Turtle Threat Abatement Alliance: Indigenous Rangers driving collaboration for marine turtle protection in Cape York Shedding light on the sea turtles of the Cape Byron and Lord Howe Island Marine Parks in NSW: Questions for habitat modelling, climate change, and conservation Fox control for the conservation of turtles in Ningaloo Marine Park Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area Monitoring program Wednesday AUG 27-2nd Western Australia Marine Turtle Symposium 8:45 House Keeping and introductions 9:00 Meet individuals and groups in WA through a series of activities 10:00 Morning Tea WA Oil Spill Response Planning 10:30 Stuart Field 11:00 State Wide Stranding Program Scott Whiting 11:30 WA Rehabilitation Cameron Craigie, Simone Vitali, Rochelle Ferris Techniques Discussion questions and answers tagging, tracking gear, temperature loggers Available for discussion Tony Tucker, Michele Thums, Satellite Tracking vendors, and anyone else Regional Group meet and greet and discussion Gascoyne (Matt Prophet, Karen Hatting) Pilbara (Kelly Howlett, Rachael Marshall) Kimberley (Tony Tucker, Daniel Oades) 4

5 12:00-1:00 Lunch 12:30pm Meet and greet and information session Western Australia Marine Sciences Institution- 1:00 General discussion on issues or pressures on turtles in WA- Break into interest groups Concurrent 1 Light impacts Share experiences and issues Concurrent 2 Feral Animal monitoring and management share experiences and issues Concurrent 3 To Be Advised Concurrent 4 Talking Circle for Indigenous Rangers Daniel Oades Building capacity in WA and developing better communication 2:15 Break into groups and discuss integration with State, National and International programs opportunities and bottlenecks developing better communication across WA include potential tools or existing systems that may assist 3:30 Wrap up Session 4:00 CLOSE- Safe Travels, see you again in 2016! We gratefully acknowledge the support of: Chevron Australia (major sponsor) Ichthys Project-Inpex (major sponsor) CLS Argos Imbricata Environmental Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife West Pilbarra Turtle Project Wildlife Computers Woodside Petroleum 5