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This page is maintained to identify and create an awareness of key new initiatives and information sources that potentially impact on the Victorian coast and marine environment.

A listing of coastal and marine agencies, and corresponding links, is maintained on the "Roles" page of this web site and a listing of community organisations and links is maintained on the "Community" page.

August
2008

St Kilda Harbour Concept Plan (Parks Victoria)

GPS Helps keep Track of Our Little Penguins (Landmark Online Article)

St Kilda Marina Web Site

July
2008

Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation Terms of Reference (Victorian Environmental Assessment Council)

Remnant Native Vegetation Investigation Terms of Reference (Victorian Environmental Assessment Council)

Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence along the Gippsland Coast (Gippsland Coastal Board)

June
2008
Enhancing Our Beaches Program (Department of Sustainability and Environment)
May
2008

Inquiry into Climate Change and Environmental Impacts on Coastal Communities (Parliament of Australia - House of Representatives)

The Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority's Landcare Support Team has Produced a Grants Calendar (PPWCMA)

Victorian Spatial Information Strategy 2008-2010 (Victorian Spatial Council )

Lakes Entrance Fisheries Management and Administrative Arrangements Co-management Trial (Australian Fisheries Management Authority)

Victorian Coastal Awards for Excellence 2008 - Winners (Victorian Coastal Council)

April
2008

Proposed Terms of Reference for VEAC Investigations (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

A National Approach to Addressing Marine Biodiversity Decline (Department of the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts)

2008 Port Phillip and Western Port Landcare Awards. (Port Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Authority)

Draft Threat Abatement Plan to Reduce the Impacts of Exotic Rodents on Biodiversity on Australian Offshore Islands of less than 100 000 Hectares (Department of the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts)

Three Draft Plans for the Future Management of the Great Otway National Park and the Otway Forest Park Now Available for Public Comment (Parks Victoria)

Land and Biodiversity at a Time of Climate Change (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

March
2008

Draft biodiversity White Paper on Track for Early April Release (Victoria Naturally Alliance)

EPA Partnership with Yarra Riverkeeper Grows (Environment Protection Authority)

Funding Available for Threatened Species Conservation (World Wildlife Fund Australia)

Caring for Our Country (Natural Resource Management Funding)

Capel Sound Foreshores Reserve Draft Management Plan (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

EPA Beach Report Water Quality (Environment Protection Authority)

February
2008

Office of the Environmental Monitor (Channel Deepenig)

Blue Green Algae in Gippsland (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Environmental Auditor Appointment 2008 (Environment Protection Authority)

Glenelg Shire Council Encourage Community Consultation on Trawler Wharf Redevelopment (Glenelg Shire Council)

Desalination Plant - Public Comment Invited on EES Scoping Requirements (Our Water, Our Future)

Draft Corangamite Fishery Management Plan (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Greater Certainty for Portland Wharf, Fishing Industry (Media Release)

February 2008 Annual Statement of Government Intentions (Department of Premier and Cabinet)

Strengthened Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for the Port Phillip Bay Channel Deepening Project (Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts)

January
2008

The Victorian Sustainable Development Conference 2008

Nominations for the UNAA World Environment Day Awards 2008 are Now Open (United Nations Association of Australia)

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act: Recent Scientific Advisory Committee Recommendation Reports (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Australia's Environment: Issues and Trends, 2007 - MARINE AND COASTAL WATERS (Australian Bureau of Statistics)

December
2007

Future Coasts - "December Landmark" article (Victorian Spatial Council)

International year of the Reef 2008

Fishermans Beach Redevelopment in Torquay (Great Ocean Road Coast Committee)

November
2007

Economic Study: Assessing the Value of the Coast to Victoria (Victorian Coastal Council)

Nomination of Threatened Species and Ecological Communities (Department of the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts)

Corangamite Soil Health Strategy 2006 - 2012 (Corangamite Catchment Management Authority)

Ministerial Reference Council for Climate Change Adaptation (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Indigenous Plants of Moyne (Moyne Shire Council)

Draft Victorian Coastal Strategy 2007 (Victorian Coastal Council)

October
2007

Victorian Coastal Awards for Excellence (Victorian Coastal Council)

Call for comment -Southern Bluefin Tuna Management Plan ammendment 2007 (Australian Fisheries Management Authority)

Use of environmental offsets under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Draft Policy for Comment (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

September
2007

Nominate places for inclusion in the National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Guidelines for the ecologically sustainable management of fisheries - Edition 2 (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Video on YouTube video - Ongoing Global Fight to Stop Whaling (Environment and Water Resources)

Corangamite Research, Development and Investigation Strategy (Corangamite CMA)

August
2007

2007-08 Boating Safety and Facilities Program (Grants) - Marine Safety Victoria

Protection Zone for Victorian Shipwreck SS Alert (Minister for the Environment and Water Resources)

Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (Victorian Abalone Divers Association)

Minister's Award for Coastal Custodians (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

July
2007

State Heritage Protection for Entire Griffiths Island (Heritage Council)

National Recovery Plan for the Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Interaction Between Offshore Seismic Exploration and Whales (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

2006 Fishery Status Reports (Bureau of Rural Sciences)

Gippsland Estuaries Coastal Action Plan (Gippsland Coastal Board)

Marine Protected Areas - South-East Marine Region (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Round 10 of the Australian Government Envirofund
'Coastal and Marine' applications
(Natural Heritage Trust)

Port Arlington Pier Upgrade (Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network Inc.)

State of the Parks 2007 (Parks Victoria)

June
2007

Nature Based Tourism Strategy 2007-2011 - Draft (Tourism Victoria)

Desalination Plant - Wonthaggi Region (Our Water - Our Future)

Estuary Entrance Management Support System (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Statewide Coastal Acid Sulfate Soils Strategy (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Mallacoota Ocean Access - Bastion Point , Mallacoota (East Gippsland Shire Council)

Entries are now open for the 2007 Victorian Landcare Awards! (Victorian Landcare Gateway)

May
2007

Draft Victorian Aquaculture Strategy and Action Plan (Department of Primary Industries)

The Better Bays and Waterways Program Brochure (Environment Protection Authority)

Business Excellence Module (Tourism Victoria)

New and Upgraded Urban Parks, Beaches, Piers and Jetties. (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Management Plans for Barwon Bluff and Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuaries Released (Parks Victoria)

National Recovery Plan for the South-Eastern Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Orange-bellied Parrot Recovery Plan (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

The Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery Management Plan 2005 has now been amended (Australian Fisheries Management Authority)

2007 Victorian Tourism Awards (Tourism Victoria)

Recreational Snapper Management - Have Your Say (Department of Primary Industries)

Glenelg Hopkins Environmental Achievement Awards
- Calling for nominations
(Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority)

April
2007

Victorian Coastal Awards for Excellence 2007 (Victorian Coastal Council)

Community Group Grants for 2007-08 are now open (Parks Victoria)

Sandringham Foreshore Coastal Management Plan (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Land and biodiversity at a time of climate change: White Paper (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Victorian Research Strategy (Fisheries Co- Management Council)

Natural Heritage Listing - Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Natural Heritage Listing - HMVS Cerberus (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Online Notification and Editing System (One) mapping system.

Wetlands (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Boating Coastal Action Plan (Central Coastal Board)

The Nobbies Centre is Officially Open! (Phillip Island Nature Parks Australia)

March
2007

Global Initiative on Forests and Climate (Australian Greenhouse Office))

Review and Revision of the Victorian Coastal Strategy 2002 (Victorian Coastal Council)

United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards

Registered Aboriginal Parties 2007 (Aboriginal Affairs Victoria)

Finalists Announced for Victorian Coastal Awards

Supplementary Environment Effects Statement for Channel Deepening Project (Port of Melbourne)

Draft Commonwealth Fisheries Harvest Strategy Policy and Guidelines (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)

Opening of Parks Victoria Wilderness Retreat - Cape Conran

EPA's Victorian Beach Report 2006 - 2007 (EPA)

Water Quality Report 2006 (South East Water)

Desalination (Coastlinks Victoria)

New National Boneseed Management Manual Available Now (Weeds Australia)

Fishery Status Reports 2005 (Bureau of Rural Sciences)

February 2007

Amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Environment Update (Australian Fisheries Management Authority)

Our Water Supply and Water Quality Results (South East Water)

Victorian Stormwater Action Program Final Report (Environment Protection Authority)

Round 9 - Envirofund (Department of the Environment and Water Resources)

Corangamite Research, Development and Investigation Strategy 2006-2010 (Corangamite CMA)

January 2007

The Better Bays and Waterways Program (Environment Protection Authority)

Maribyrnong and Yarra Estuaries: Investigation of Contamination in Fish (Environment Protection Authority)

National Landcare Program for 2007-2008 Now Open (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)

December 2006

Environmental Audit of the Channel Deepening Project - Trial Dredge Program (Environment Protection Authority)

Draft Coastal Access Guidelines for the West Coast of Victoria (Western Coastal Board)

Draft Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery Bycatch Action Plan (Australian Fisheries Management Authority)

November 2006

Become a Water - Learn it! Live it! School (South East Water)

Annual Water Quality Reports (South East Water)

New Proposed Network of Commonwealth Marine Reserves for Australia's South-east Marine Region (Department of the Environment and Heritage

October 2006

10-Year Tourism and Events Industry Strategy (Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development)

Approved Management Plans released for Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries (Parks Victoria)

Warships to be Sunk off Victoria and New South Wales (Minister for Defence Press Release)

Draft Lake Tyers Fisheries Reserve Management Plan (Department of Primary Industries)

Governance Changes to Australian Fisheries Management Authority (Australian Fisheries Management Authority)

Victorian River Health Report Card (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

West Gippsland Fishery Management Plan (Department of Primary Industries)

Fisheries Victoria - Positioning Statement (Department of Primary Industries)

Protecting our Little Penguins (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Rutherford Inlet Water Ski Zone Proposal (Parks Victoria)

Beach Report 2005 - 2006 (Environemnt Protection Authority)

West Coast Beach and Estuary Water Quality Summer 2005-06 (Environemnt Protection Authority)

Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide 2006 - 2007 (Department of Primary Industries)

Minister's Award for Coastal Custodians (Department of Environment and Heritage)


September 2006

Mallacoota Inlet Fisheries Reserve Management Plan (Department of Primary Industries)

Coastal Spaces Landscape Assessment Study (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Frankston Safe Harbour and Regional Boat Ramp (Boating Industry Association of Victoria)


August 2006

Melbourne Atlas 2006 - Sustaining the Environment (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Port of Melbourne - Draft Port Development Plan (Port of Melbourne Corporation)

Point Cooke Marine Sanctuary Draft Management Plan (Comments closing date 30 October)

Yaringa Marine National Park, French Island Marine National Park and Churchill Island Marine National Park Draft Management Plan (Comments closing date 30 October)

Strategic Framework and Business Plan 2006-2009 (Sustainability Victoria)

Channel Deepening Project - Port Phillip Bay - Final Audit report into the Trial Dredge Program undertaken by Port of Melbourne Corporation (EPA)


July 2006

National Whale and Dolphin Research Centre Established (Department of Environment and Heritage)

Ocean Biogeographic Information System (Department of Environment and Heritage)

Our Environment, Our Future - Sustainability Action Statement 2006 (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Corner Inlet Environmental Audit (Gippsland Coastal Board)

Marine Aquaculture Fisheries Reserves - Opportunities and Developments (Department of Primary Industries)

Point Nepean National Park and Point Nepean Quarantine Station Draft Management Plan Released for Public Comment (Parks Victoria)


June 2006

Waste Management Policy (Ships' Ballast Water) (EPA)

Victoria's new Environmental Impact Assessment System (DSE)

Victoria's Heritage - Strengthening Our Communities

Coastal Spaces Recommendations Report Released (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Point Nepean added to National Heritage List (Minister for Environment and Heritage)

Parks Victoria – Coastal CRC Marine Habitat Mapping Project (Parks Victoria)

International Whaling Commission (IWC)

Barwon Heads Bridge Redevelopment


May 2006

Fishery Committee Appointments - Fisheries Co-Management Council

Coast to Coast 2006 Conference (Victorian Coastal Council)

Tourist Signing Guidelines Review 2006

Curdies River Estuary Management Plan Project (Moyne Shire Council)

Wyndham Cove Marina

Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (DSE)


April 2006

Coastal Spaces Recommendations Report (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Caravan and Camping Parks on Coastal Crown Land Caucus Reference Group Report (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Round 2 of the Recreational Fishing Community Grants Programme (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)

Forest Management Plan for the Portland-Horsham Forests (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

Anderson Inlet Fisheries Reserve Management Plan (Department of Primary Industries)

Beacon Cove - Princes Pier (Major Projects Victoria)




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