  Shag Island
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| Location | Spencer Gulf |
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Shag Island is a low island located at the mouth of Fisherman BayinSpencer Gulf, South Australia. It is approximately 22 ha (54 acres) in size[1] with a peak elevation of approximately 4 metres (13 feet).[2] It is uninhabited by humans but is home to thousands of cormorants which roost and breed there. It is also an important nursery-ground for fish.[3] In April 2013, the discovery of several sick and dead cormorants near Fisherman Bay raised public concerns for the health of the Shag Island colony.[4] The discovery coincided with significant fish and dolphin mortality events around the state, mostly concentrated in Spencer Gulf and Gulf St. Vincent.[5]
The following birds have been recorded at Shag Island: great cormorant, little black cormorant, pied cormorant, little pied cormorant, red-necked stint, sharp-tailed sandpiper, red-capped plover, banded stilt, bar-tailed godwit, grey plover, common greenshank and masked lapwing.[6]
33°33′30″S 137°55′09″E / 33.55833°S 137.91917°E / -33.55833; 137.91917
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| West coast of Eyre Peninsula |
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| Spencer Gulf |
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| Investigator Strait |
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| Kangaroo Island |
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| Gulf St Vincent |
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| Backstairs Passage |
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| Encounter Bay and adjoining waters |
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| South east coast |
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| Mainland |
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