Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
State of the Great Barrier Reef with respect to sea snakes

The State of the Marine Environment report has a section dedicated to what is known, or more to the point what is not known, about sea snakes in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. This report is the first ever attempt to synthesise information on the state of the environment, human pressures on the environment and management responses to those pressures for the whole World Heritage Area. It represents an important step forward in our understanding of how humans affect the natural environment of the World Heritage Area and what we can do to minimise those effects. This report will also provide a guide to where we should be going in the future in order to ensure the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area keeps its status as the premier natural World Heritage Area.

Environment Australia
Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999)
Listed Marine Species

This Environment Australia website will provide you with information on all aspects of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The Commonwealth legislation provides a national framework for environment protection through a focus on protecting matters of national environmental significance and on the conservation of Australia's biodiversity. One aspect of the EP&BC Act 1999 is a list of marine species that require special conservation which includes sea snakes.

CSIRO
Ecological Sustainability of Bycatch in Prawn Trawl Fisheries

This webpage gives summary information regarding a recent trawler bycatch study that specifically investigated the impacts on sea snakes of the bycatch of commercial trawl fishers. This webpage is embedded within the CSIRO website that provides information on other research and links to reports and other CSIRO publications.