INVITATION TO COMMENT
DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR COMMONWEALTH MARINE RESERVES
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Subsection 368(5)
As the Director of National Parks, I invite your comments on draft management plans for Australian Marine Parks (formally called Commonwealth Marine Reserves) in the North; North-west; South-west; Temperate East; and the Coral Sea (listed in Schedule 1 to this notice).
Australian Marine Parks are in Commonwealth waters, more than three nautical miles from the coast. Parks Australia manages these on behalf of the Australian Government.
The five draft plans set out the approach Parks Australia proposes to take to manage 44 Australian Marine Parks over the next ten years. In developing the draft plans, we have been careful to put provisions in place to protect important marine habitats and features, while providing opportunities for people to continue to enjoy these unique areas. It is important for marine parks to contribute to Australia’s wellbeing – the social, cultural and economic fabric of local and regional communities in particular.
The plans have benefitted from many inputs, including feedback from the public on the independent review released in 2016; the advice and expertise of traditional owners on managing sea country; lessons learnt from managing Australian and international marine parks and the best available science.
It's your passion and commitment that will make marine parks work in the longer term and I value your views on the approach we have proposed in the draft plans.
Please send your comments on draft management plans by:
1. Filling in our feedback form, available at www.parksaustralia.gov.au/marine
2. Emailing: managementplanning.marine@environment.gov.au
3. Writing (free of charge) to: Australian Marine Parks Management Planning Comments
Department of the Environment and Energy
Reply Paid 787
Canberra ACT 2601
To help us to consider your feedback, please:
- Say what you would like to see kept or changed in the plan/s and why
- Refer your points to a specific marine park or use, where appropriate
- Give sources of any information you refer to, where possible.
Please note, comments sent after 11.59 pm AEST Wednesday 20 September 2017 or to an address other than those listed above cannot be considered.
Comments may be made public. Personal information provided to us will be dealt with in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles. Further information and our privacy notice is available at www.parksaustralia.gov.au/marine. Your personal information may be disclosed to the Minister, relevant government agencies, the Australian Parliament and where required by law.
Your submission may also be published online. Please tell us in your submission if you do not want it published. Your submission will still be considered in the Director’s Report on the Preparation of the Management Plans, and may be provided to the Minister and tabled before Parliament.
For more information, visit www.parksaustralia.gov.au/marine or call 1800 069 352.
Sally Barnes
Director of National Parks
Schedule 1 - Commonwealth Marine Reserves for which draft management plans have been prepared
Draft management plans have been prepared for the Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve and each of the following Commonwealth Marine Reserves Networks:
North Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Arafura Commonwealth Marine Reserve Arnhem Commonwealth Marine Reserve Gulf of Carpentaria Commonwealth Marine Reserve Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Commonwealth Marine Reserve Limmen Commonwealth Marine Reserve Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve Wessel Commonwealth Marine Reserve West Cape York Commonwealth Marine Reserve
North-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Argo-Rowley Terrace Commonwealth Marine Reserve Ashmore Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve Carnarvon Canyon Commonwealth Marine Reserve Cartier Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve Dampier Commonwealth Marine Reserve Eighty Mile Beach Commonwealth Marine Reserve Gascoyne Commonwealth Marine Reserve Kimberley Commonwealth Marine Reserve Mermaid Reef Commonwealth Marine Reserve Montebello Commonwealth Marine Reserve Ningaloo Commonwealth Marine Reserve Roebuck Commonwealth Marine Reserve Shark Bay Commonwealth Marine Reserve
| South-west Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Abrolhos Commonwealth Marine Reserve Bremer Commonwealth Marine Reserve Eastern Recherche Commonwealth Marine Reserve Geographe Commonwealth Marine Reserve Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve Jurien Commonwealth Marine Reserve Murat Commonwealth Marine Reserve Perth Canyon Commonwealth Marine Reserve Southern Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve South-west Corner Commonwealth Marine Reserve Twilight Commonwealth Marine Reserve Two Rocks Commonwealth Marine Reserve Western Eyre Commonwealth Marine Reserve Western Kangaroo Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Temperate East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Central Eastern Commonwealth Marine Reserve Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve Gifford Commonwealth Marine Reserve Hunter Commonwealth Marine Reserve Jervis Commonwealth Marine Reserve Lord Howe Commonwealth Marine Reserve Norfolk Commonwealth Marine Reserve Solitary Islands Commonwealth Marine Reserve |