Progressing a coordinated national research framework to conserve the Australian snubfin dolphin and the newly described Australian humpback dolphin and other tropical inshore dolphins.

The inshore waters of tropical Australia support two newly-described endemic species of dolphins: the Australian snubfin dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni) and the Australian humpback dolphin Sousa sahulensis ), both of which are matters of national environmental significance as listed migratory species. This project will progress a coordinated national research framework to conserve these species and other tropical inshore dolphins by: (a) refining the coordinated research framework to assess their national conservation status, and (b) progressing the implementation research identified as high priority for their conservation management