Species of conservation concern
When a sighting of a species of conservation concern is made to iNaturalist, its geographical location is automatically generalised. This can result in the record not appearing in projects where it otherwise would. During the development of this project, at least three species of conservation concern have been recorded on or around the Port Noarlunga reef. This post lists those species, and would benefit enormously from any additions you can make.
1) Western blue groper – Achoerodus gouldii (Vulnerable globally, IUCN Red List)
2) Giant Australian cuttlefish – Sepia apama (Near threatened globally, IUCN Red list)
Please leave a comment below if you’ve made an observation of a species of conservation concern in this project area that hasn’t appeared in this project and doesn't yet appear on the list above.
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At time of writing, several wobbegong species were incorrectly listed as "near threatened" in iNat's database. Work is underway to correct these, and a sighting of a Gulf wobbegong, Orectolobus halei, now appears in this project.
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