Home›Questions on Notice›QoN 327

❓ Hon. Sophie McNeill asks about endangered species at Scott Reef and measures to protect the dusky sea snake. The Minister provides a list of conservation-listed species and details regarding the dusky sea snake's threatened status and future consideration for listing.

AnsweredQoN 327Legislative Assembly

Asked

17 June 2025

Member

Hon Sophie McNeill

Portfolio

the Environment

QuestionView source ↗

Environment—Endangered species—Scott Reef
327. Hon Sophie McNeill to the Minister for the
Environment:
(1) Can the minister please explain what
critically endangered, vulnerable, specially protected or priority species the
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions has confirmed are
found at Scott Reef?
(2) Are any of the species referred to in (1)
endemic to Scott Reef?
(3) What measures is the department taking to
monitor, conserve and protect the dusky sea snake, which was added to the
department's threatened and priority fauna list in March this year?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation
and Attractions has the following 27 conservation-listed species recorded as
being observed at Scott Reef. The following part of the answer is in tabular
form, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted for
the following material to be incorporated.
Scientific Name
Common Name
CLASS
WA
Conservation Status
Hirundo
rustica
barn swallow
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Onychoprion
anaethetus
bridled tern
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Sula
leucogaster
brown booby
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Bulweria
bulwerii
Bulwer's
petrel
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Anous
stolidus
common noddy
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Actitis
hypoleucos
common
sandpiper
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Sterna
hirundo
common tern
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Thalasseus
bergii
crested tern
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Apus
pacificus
fork-tailed
swift
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Charadrius
leschenaultii
greater sand
plover, large sand plover
BIRD
Threatened -
Vulnerable
Chelonia
mydas
green turtle
REPTILE
Threatened -
Vulnerable
Pluvialis
squatarola
grey plover
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Tringa
brevipes
grey-tailed
tattler
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory & Priority
Eretmochelys
imbricata
hawksbill
turtle
REPTILE
Threatened -
Vulnerable
Megaptera
novaeangliae
humpback
whale
MAMMAL
Specially
Protected - Conservation Dependent & Migratory
Fregata ariel
lesser
frigatebird
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Charadrius
mongolus
lesser sand
plover
BIRD
Threatened -
Endangered
Sternula
albifrons
little tern
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Stercorarius
longicaudus
long-tailed
jaeger, long-tailed skua
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Charadrius
veredus
oriental
plover
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Pluvialis
fulva
Pacific
golden plover
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Calidris
ruficollis
red-necked
stint
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Sterna
dougallii
roseate tern
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Arenaria
interpres
ruddy
turnstone
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Stenella
longirostris
spinner
dolphin
MAMMAL
Specially
Protected - Migratory & Priority
Ardenna
pacifica
wedge-tailed
shearwater
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
Chlidonias
leucopterus
white-winged
black tern
BIRD
Specially
Protected - Migratory
(2) No.
(3) The dusky sea snake, Aipysurus fuscus , was listed as threatened under
the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC act) on 24 September 2024, in the category
of "endangered". The species is not currently listed under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 but a
nomination for listing the species as threatened will be considered at the next
Threatened Species Scientific Committee meeting in 2025.

View on Parliament of WA