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Australian marine parks

January 01, 1970

Australian marine parks (formerly Commonwealth marine reserves) are marine protected areas located within Australian waters and are managed by the Australian government. These waters generally extend from three nautical miles off the coast to the outer limit of Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone at 200 nautical miles while marine protected areas located closer in-shore are the responsibility of the states or the Northern Territory.

Map showing Australian marine parks, colour-coded by network group. Darker areas highlight Sanctuary or National Park zones ("no take" zones).[1]
Green sea turtle coming up for air at the Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia within an Australian marine park.

History edit

Under the Howard government the world’s first Oceans Policy was developed.[2] It included the creation of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park in 1998, greatly increased protection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and in 2007, established a series of large marine parks in Australia's south-east, now collectively known as the South-east Marine Parks Network.[3][4][5]

2012 marine parks edit

 
Map of the Commonwealth marine reserves announced in 2012, showing the original scheduled zoning rules.

In 2012, the Australian government under Labor/Kevin Rudd revealed plans to create the world's largest marine reserve network, made up of five main zones in offshore waters surrounding every state and territory.[6] The number of marine reserves off the Australian coast would increase from 27 to 60 and would cover 3,100,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi) of ocean including the entire Coral Sea.[7]

The plans were met with criticism by commercial and recreational fishers, for being too restrictive, and by environment groups for skirting areas of potential oil and gas prospectively, and that just a small amount of the total area completely off-limits fishing.[6][8]

Suspension and review edit

In the lead-up to the 2013 Australian federal election, the Liberal–National Coalition opposition led by Tony Abbott pledged to stop the expansion of marine protection parks announced during Labor's tenure.[9] Following the election of the Abbott government in September, the reserves announced in 2012 were re-proclaimed new Commonwealth marine reserves, invalidating the management plans and exclusion zones before they came into effect the following year on 1 July 2014.[10][11][12] As such, the suspension left the reserves as "paper parks" with no effective protection measures.[13][14]

A review into the 40 Commonwealth Marine Reserves that were announced in 2012 began in September 2014. This included the reserves of the South-west, North-west, North, Temperate East and Coral Sea marine regions.[10]

The results of the review were released in September 2016, which recommended zoning changes to 26 of 40 reserves and reductions to the area available to mining, while reducing the impact on commercial fisheries.[15][16] A later release of draft management plans showed further reductions in no-take zones, including six of the largest marine parks that had the area of their Marine National Park Zones (IUCN II) reduced by between 42% and 73%.[17]

The new management plans for the 40 marine parks came into effect on 1 July 2018, bringing all marine parks under protection.[18]

Renaming edit

During a period of 2017, feedback was sought for the draft management plans of the 2012 Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review. The consultation process included a proposal to rename Commonwealth marine reserves. On 11 October 2017, the 58 Commonwealth Marine Reserves managed by Parks Australia were renamed as "Marine Parks".[19][20]

Protection zones edit

Individual marine parks are assigned an IUCN category. However, each marine park may have one or multiple protection zones, each zone has an IUCN protected area category and related rules for managing activities to ensure the protection of marine habitats and species

The following table is a summary of the zoning rules of Australian marine parks:[21]

Zone IUCN Activities permitted
Vessel transiting Recreational fishing Commercial fishing Commercial aquaculture Commercial tourism Mining
Sanctuary Zone Ia No No No No aviation only, with approval No
National Park II Yes No No No excludes fishing, with approval No
Recreational Use II Yes Yes No No excludes fishing, with approval No
Habitat Protection IV Yes Yes most, with approval with approval with approval No
Multiple Use VI Yes Yes most, with approval with approval with approval with approval
Special Purpose VI Yes Yes most, with approval with approval with approval with approval
Note: A summary of zones and permitted activities only.

List of marine parks edit

 
Australian marine parks networks

The Australian marine parks are managed in groups of reserves called "networks", except for the Coral Sea Marine Park and the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve.

New parks are in the process of being created around Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.[22][23]

Coral Sea Marine Park edit

The Coral Sea Marine Park covers 989,836 km2 (382,178 sq mi), it is the largest of Australia's marine parks and is located off the coast of Queensland in the Coral Sea.[24]

Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve edit

The Heard Island and McDonald Islands are located in the southern Indian Ocean, approximately 4,100 kilometres south-west of Perth, Western Australia. The marine reserve covers an area of approximately 71,200 km2 (27,500 sq mi).[25]

North Network edit

The North Marine Parks Network contains 8 marine parks covering 157,480 km2 (60,800 sq mi), located off the coast of the Northern Territory and Queensland.[26]

North-west Network edit

The North-west Marine Parks Network contains 13 marine parks covering 335,341 km2 (129,476 sq mi), located off the north-west coast of Western Australia.[27]

Temperate East Network edit

The Temperate East Marine Parks Network contains 8 marine parks covering 383,339 km2 (148,008 sq mi), located off the coast of New South Wales.[28]

South-east Network edit

The South-east Marine Parks Network contains 14 marine parks covering 388,464 km2 (149,987 sq mi), located off the coasts of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.[29]

South-west Network edit

The South-west Network contains 14 marine parks covering 508,371 km2 (196,283 sq mi), located off the coast of South Australia and Western Australia.[30]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Map data: Sanctuary IUCN Ia and National Park IUCN II zones ('no take' zones) from Australian Marine Parks, (2018) Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. CC BY 4.0. http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BCD8877F3-8C39-4A20-A53F-070FBEE5AF3C%7D
  2. ^ Siegel, Matt (14 June 2012). "Australia Plans World's Largest Marine Reserve". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  3. ^ "South-east Marine Region". marineconservation.org.au. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Abbott turns back on marine legacy for votes". smh.com.au. Fairfax Media. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review – Recommended zoning for Australia's network of Commonwealth marine reserves". environment.gov.au. Commonwealth of Australia. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b Duffy, Connor (14 June 2012). "World's largest marine reserve network unveiled". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Australia creates world's largest marine reserve network". theguardian.com. Guardian News (Associated Press). 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  8. ^ Milman, Oliver (15 June 2012). "Does Australia's marine reserve plan justify the grand rhetoric?". theguardian.com. The Guardian News. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Abbott pledges to curb marine parks". smh.com.au. Fairfax Media. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  10. ^ a b "About the Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review". marinereservesreview.gov.au. Australian Government. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  11. ^ Lawler, Susan (16 December 2013). "Without management plans, marine parks will not provide environmental benefits". theconversation.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Labor, Greens slam marine park decision". news.com.au. News Limited. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Abbott government blasted for stalling on marine parks". smh.com.au. Fairfax Media. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  14. ^ Butterly, Lauren; Richardson, Benjamin (14 October 2014). "Marine park review looks set to repeat past mistakes". theconversation.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  15. ^ Voyer, Michelle; Kenchington, Richard (6 September 2017). "Government review supports Australia's marine reserves — now it is time to move on". theconversation.com (Australia). The Conversation Media Group Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  16. ^ Smail, Stephanie (6 September 2016). "Conservationists critical of plan to reduce Coral Sea marine park protection". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  17. ^ Meeuwig, Jessica (21 September 2017). "More than 1,200 scientists urge rethink on Australia's marine park plans". theconversation.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  18. ^ "New protections for Australia's world class marine parks". sail-world.com. Sail-World Australia. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  19. ^ "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming) Proclamation 2017". Federal Register of Legislation. Australian Government. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Explanatory Statement - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming) Proclamation 2017". Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Management Plans of Australian Marine Parks". parksaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  22. ^ Readfearn, Graham (12 May 2021). "Huge marine parks off Christmas and Cocos islands target illegal foreign fishing". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  23. ^ "Process to create Australian Marine Parks in the Indian Ocean Territories". Australian Marine Parks. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  24. ^ "Australian Marine Parks - Coral Sea Park". parksaustralia.gov.au. Parks Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  25. ^ "Location and boundaries". heardisland.antarctica.gov.au. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  26. ^ "Australian Marine Parks - North Marine Parks Network". parksaustralia.gov.au. Parks Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  27. ^ "Australian Marine Parks - North-west Marine Parks Network". parksaustralia.gov.au. Parks Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  28. ^ "Australian Marine Parks - Temperate East Marine Parks Network". parksaustralia.gov.au. Parks Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  29. ^ "Australian Marine Parks - South-east Marine Parks Network". parksaustralia.gov.au. Parks Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  30. ^ "Australian Marine Parks - South-west Marine Parks Network". parksaustralia.gov.au. Parks Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy - Australian marine parks

January 01, 1970
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Australian marine parks formerly Commonwealth marine reserves are marine protected areas located within Australian waters and are managed by the Australian government These waters generally extend from three nautical miles off the coast to the outer limit of Australia s Exclusive Economic Zone at 200 nautical miles while marine protected areas located closer in shore are the responsibility of the states or the Northern Territory Map showing Australian marine parks colour coded by network group Darker areas highlight Sanctuary or National Park zones no take zones 1 Green sea turtle coming up for air at the Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia within an Australian marine park Contents 1 History 1 1 2012 marine parks 1 1 1 Suspension and review 1 2 Renaming 2 Protection zones 3 List of marine parks 3 1 Coral Sea Marine Park 3 2 Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve 3 3 North Network 3 4 North west Network 3 5 Temperate East Network 3 6 South east Network 3 7 South west Network 4 See also 5 References 6 Further readingHistory editUnder the Howard government the world s first Oceans Policy was developed 2 It included the creation of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park in 1998 greatly increased protection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and in 2007 established a series of large marine parks in Australia s south east now collectively known as the South east Marine Parks Network 3 4 5 2012 marine parks edit nbsp Map of the Commonwealth marine reserves announced in 2012 showing the original scheduled zoning rules In 2012 the Australian government under Labor Kevin Rudd revealed plans to create the world s largest marine reserve network made up of five main zones in offshore waters surrounding every state and territory 6 The number of marine reserves off the Australian coast would increase from 27 to 60 and would cover 3 100 000 km2 1 200 000 sq mi of ocean including the entire Coral Sea 7 The plans were met with criticism by commercial and recreational fishers for being too restrictive and by environment groups for skirting areas of potential oil and gas prospectively and that just a small amount of the total area completely off limits fishing 6 8 Suspension and review edit In the lead up to the 2013 Australian federal election the Liberal National Coalition opposition led by Tony Abbott pledged to stop the expansion of marine protection parks announced during Labor s tenure 9 Following the election of the Abbott government in September the reserves announced in 2012 were re proclaimed new Commonwealth marine reserves invalidating the management plans and exclusion zones before they came into effect the following year on 1 July 2014 10 11 12 As such the suspension left the reserves as paper parks with no effective protection measures 13 14 A review into the 40 Commonwealth Marine Reserves that were announced in 2012 began in September 2014 This included the reserves of the South west North west North Temperate East and Coral Sea marine regions 10 The results of the review were released in September 2016 which recommended zoning changes to 26 of 40 reserves and reductions to the area available to mining while reducing the impact on commercial fisheries 15 16 A later release of draft management plans showed further reductions in no take zones including six of the largest marine parks that had the area of their Marine National Park Zones IUCN II reduced by between 42 and 73 17 The new management plans for the 40 marine parks came into effect on 1 July 2018 bringing all marine parks under protection 18 Renaming edit During a period of 2017 feedback was sought for the draft management plans of the 2012 Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review The consultation process included a proposal to rename Commonwealth marine reserves On 11 October 2017 the 58 Commonwealth Marine Reserves managed by Parks Australia were renamed as Marine Parks 19 20 Protection zones editIndividual marine parks are assigned an IUCN category However each marine park may have one or multiple protection zones each zone has an IUCN protected area category and related rules for managing activities to ensure the protection of marine habitats and speciesThe following table is a summary of the zoning rules of Australian marine parks 21 Zone IUCN Activities permitted Vessel transiting Recreational fishing Commercial fishing Commercial aquaculture Commercial tourism Mining Sanctuary Zone Ia No No No No aviation only with approval No National Park II Yes No No No excludes fishing with approval No Recreational Use II Yes Yes No No excludes fishing with approval No Habitat Protection IV Yes Yes most with approval with approval with approval No Multiple Use VI Yes Yes most with approval with approval with approval with approval Special Purpose VI Yes Yes most with approval with approval with approval with approval Note A summary of zones and permitted activities only List of marine parks edit nbsp Australian marine parks networks The Australian marine parks are managed in groups of reserves called networks except for the Coral Sea Marine Park and the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve New parks are in the process of being created around Christmas Island and the Cocos Keeling Islands 22 23 Coral Sea Marine Park edit The Coral Sea Marine Park covers 989 836 km2 382 178 sq mi it is the largest of Australia s marine parks and is located off the coast of Queensland in the Coral Sea 24 Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve edit The Heard Island and McDonald Islands are located in the southern Indian Ocean approximately 4 100 kilometres south west of Perth Western Australia The marine reserve covers an area of approximately 71 200 km2 27 500 sq mi 25 North Network edit The North Marine Parks Network contains 8 marine parks covering 157 480 km2 60 800 sq mi located off the coast of the Northern Territory and Queensland 26 Arafura Arnhem Gulf of Carpentaria Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Limmen Oceanic Shoals West Cape York Wessel North west Network edit The North west Marine Parks Network contains 13 marine parks covering 335 341 km2 129 476 sq mi located off the north west coast of Western Australia 27 Argo Rowley Terrace Ashmore Reef Carnarvon Cartier Island Dampier Eighty Mile Beach Gascoyne Kimberley Mermaid Reef Montebello Islands Marine Park Ningaloo Roebuck Bay Shark Bay Temperate East Network edit The Temperate East Marine Parks Network contains 8 marine parks covering 383 339 km2 148 008 sq mi located off the coast of New South Wales 28 Central Eastern Cod Grounds Gifford Hunter Jervis Lord Howe Norfolk Solitary Islands South east Network edit The South east Marine Parks Network contains 14 marine parks covering 388 464 km2 149 987 sq mi located off the coasts of Victoria Tasmania and South Australia 29 Apollo Beagle Boags East Gippsland Flinders Franklin Freycinet Huon Macquarie Island Murray Nelson South Tasman Rise Tasman Fracture Zeehan South west Network edit The South west Network contains 14 marine parks covering 508 371 km2 196 283 sq mi located off the coast of South Australia and Western Australia 30 Abrolhos Bremer Eastern Recherche Marine Park Geographe Great Australian Bight Jurien Murat Perth Canyon South west Corner Southern Kangaroo Island Twilight Two Rocks Western Eyre Western Kangaroo IslandSee also editProtected areas managed by the Australian governmentReferences edit Map data Sanctuary IUCN Ia and National Park IUCN II zones no take zones from Australian Marine Parks 2018 Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy CC BY 4 0 http www environment gov au fed catalog search resource details page uuid 7BCD8877F3 8C39 4A20 A53F 070FBEE5AF3C 7D Siegel Matt 14 June 2012 Australia Plans World s Largest Marine Reserve The New York Times Retrieved 2 May 2017 South east Marine Region marineconservation org au Retrieved 15 July 2018 Abbott turns back on marine legacy for votes smh com au Fairfax Media 11 August 2010 Retrieved 15 July 2018 Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review Recommended zoning for Australia s network of Commonwealth marine reserves environment gov au Commonwealth of Australia 16 September 2016 Retrieved 2 May 2017 a b Duffy Connor 14 June 2012 World s largest marine reserve network unveiled abc net au Australian Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved 2 May 2017 Australia creates world s largest marine reserve network theguardian com Guardian News Associated Press 14 June 2012 Retrieved 2 May 2017 Milman Oliver 15 June 2012 Does Australia s marine reserve plan justify the grand rhetoric theguardian com The Guardian News Retrieved 2 May 2017 Abbott pledges to curb marine parks smh com au Fairfax Media 28 July 2010 Retrieved 15 July 2018 a b About the Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review marinereservesreview gov au Australian Government Retrieved 15 July 2018 Lawler Susan 16 December 2013 Without management plans marine parks will not provide environmental benefits theconversation com Retrieved 15 July 2018 Labor Greens slam marine park decision news com au News Limited 14 December 2013 Retrieved 15 July 2018 Abbott government blasted for stalling on marine parks smh com au Fairfax Media 14 November 2014 Retrieved 15 July 2018 Butterly Lauren Richardson Benjamin 14 October 2014 Marine park review looks set to repeat past mistakes theconversation com Retrieved 15 July 2018 Voyer Michelle Kenchington Richard 6 September 2017 Government review supports Australia s marine reserves now it is time to move on theconversation com Australia The Conversation Media Group Pty Ltd Retrieved 2 May 2017 Smail Stephanie 6 September 2016 Conservationists critical of plan to reduce Coral Sea marine park protection abc net au Australian Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved 2 May 2017 Meeuwig Jessica 21 September 2017 More than 1 200 scientists urge rethink on Australia s marine park plans theconversation com Retrieved 16 July 2018 New protections for Australia s world class marine parks sail world com Sail World Australia 3 July 2018 Retrieved 15 July 2018 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming Proclamation 2017 Federal Register of Legislation Australian Government 11 October 2017 Retrieved 5 July 2018 Explanatory Statement Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming Proclamation 2017 Retrieved 15 August 2018 Management Plans of Australian Marine Parks parksaustralia gov au Retrieved 14 August 2018 Readfearn Graham 12 May 2021 Huge marine parks off Christmas and Cocos islands target illegal foreign fishing The Guardian Retrieved 2 February 2022 Process to create Australian Marine Parks in the Indian Ocean Territories Australian Marine Parks Retrieved 2 February 2022 Australian Marine Parks Coral Sea Park parksaustralia gov au Parks Australia Retrieved 5 July 2018 Location and boundaries heardisland antarctica gov au Commonwealth of Australia Retrieved 2 May 2017 Australian Marine Parks North Marine Parks Network parksaustralia gov au Parks Australia Retrieved 5 July 2018 Australian Marine Parks North west Marine Parks Network parksaustralia gov au Parks Australia Retrieved 5 July 2018 Australian Marine Parks Temperate East Marine Parks Network parksaustralia gov au Parks Australia Retrieved 5 July 2018 Australian Marine Parks South east Marine Parks Network parksaustralia gov au Parks Australia Retrieved 5 July 2018 Australian Marine Parks South west Marine Parks Network parksaustralia gov au Parks Australia Retrieved 5 July 2018 Further reading editAustralian Government Department of the Environment and Energy Australian marine parks Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Australian marine parks amp oldid 1158902998, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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