Whale Research - Blue Whale Study Inc
Cetacean permit application C2009-0003
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
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- Application form (PDF - 45 KB) | (RTF - 227 KB)
- Supplementary form A (PDF - 46 KB) | (RTF - 261 KB)
- Attachment for question 4 (PDF - 30 KB) | (RTF - 26 KB)
- Attachment for questoin 5 (PDF - 133 KB) | (RTF - 1711 KB)
About the application
The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts has received an application for a permit to interfere with cetaceans under Part 13, section 237 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
The application is for close approach (to within 5 meters for the suction-cup tagging) and interference (attaching satellite tags, suction-cup tagging, and biopsy samples collection) with whale and dolphin species in Australian waters. The applicant wishes to take photographs, attach satellite tags and collect biopsy samples for scientific research. The project involves researching the biology, ecology, migrations, and genetics of blue whales and other cetacean species that occur in the Bonney Upwelling, Great Australian Bight, the Sub-tropical Convergence, and the Perth Canyon.
The permit is requested to begin on 1 April 2009 and finish on 31 March 2014.
In accordance with the provisions of section 237(3b) of the EPBC Act, public comment was invited. The comment period closed Wednesday 22 April 2009.
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