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AMSA Position Statements and Submissions

AMSA Position Paper/Statements

 

AMSA reviewed its 2002 statement on marine protected areas in 2008, and replaced the statement with two documents: a short 'statement' and a longer 'position paper'. The longer document contains a discussion of the science underlying the recommendations contained in the short statement.

 

AMSA Position Paper on Marine Protected Areas (MPA's) (10/12/2008; 295kb, pdf)

AMSA Position Statement on Marine Protected Areas (MPA's) (138kb, pdf)

 

AMSA Position Statement on Introduced Marine Pests

IAP (Interacademy Panel) position statement on Ocean Acidification (adopted by AMSA as the AMSA position)

 

AMSA Submissions

AMSA Submission on the Review of the National Biodiversity Strategy, Australia?s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, 2010 - 2020 May 2009
AMSA-ACRS MPA Consensus Statement September 2007 (92kb, pdf)
Science_and_Innovation_Study_submission_July2006.pdf (5pp, 99kb, pdf)
AMSA_Senate_MPA_Inquiry_submission_final_14Mar06.pdf (20pp, 234kb, pdf)
AMSA_South East Marine Regional Plan submission -1Mar06.pdf (11pp, 120kb, pdf)
Marine Taxonomy in the New Millennium: A Discussion Paper for the Oceans Policy Science Advisory Group (April 2005) (118kb, pdf)
Draft Implementation Framework for the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy. AMSA Letter & Submission (April 2005) (180kb, pdf)
Letter and comments on Draft Strategic Assessment of Offshore Petroleum Exploration and Appraisal Activities April 2005 (59kb, pdf)
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Draft Zoning Plan August 2003 (3pp, 178kb, pdf)
AMSA's National Research Priorities Submission - August 2002 (12pp, 168kb, pdf)

AMSA Branch Submissions

Representative Areas Program AMSA NQ Branch Submission (August 2003) (9pp, 271kb, pdf)
Ecological Assessment of the Qld East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery - AMSA NQ AMSA Branch (January 2003) (7pp, 118kb, pdf)