Fisher Island (Tasmania)

Fisher Island (Tasmania)

Fisher Island is a small granite island, with an area of 0.9 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. It is the site of a long-term, ongoing study of Short-tailed Shearwaters.

Fauna

Apart from the Shearwaters, recorded breeding seabird species are Little Penguin, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pacific Gull and Caspian Tern. The Southern Grass Skink is present and occasional visits are made by White-lipped Snake, Lowland Copperhead and Rakali.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). "Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features". Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X]

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