Proclamation - Huon Marine Park

Proclamation ‑ Huon Marine Park

made under subsection 344(1) of the

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date:   11 October 2017

Includes amendments up to: F2017L01337

Registered:    7 November 2017

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I, PROFESSOR MARIE BASHIR, AC, CVO, Deputy for the Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 344(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999:

 (a) declare the area specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Proclamation to be a Commonwealth reserve for the purposes of protecting and maintaining biological diversity and contributing to the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas; and

 (b) specify that the seabed to a depth of 100 metres, is included in the reserve; and

 (c) give the reserve the name “Huon Marine Park”; and

 (d) assign the reserve to the IUCN category of managed resource protected area; and

 (e) divide the reserve into zones and assign an IUCN category to each zone, as follows:

 (i) Benthic Sanctuary Area Zone being the area specified in Part 2 of the Schedule and assigned to the IUCN category Strict Nature Reserve; and

 (ii) Special Purpose Area Zone being the area specified in Part 3 of the Schedule and assigned to the IUCN category Managed Resource Protected Area.

Schedule—Huon Marine Park

Part 1—Huon Marine Park

All of that area within the Southern Ocean and Tasman Sea, excluding any coastal waters* in relation to the State of Tasmania, contained within and bounded as follows**:

 (i) commencing at the intersection of the meridian of longitude 146 degrees 56 minutes 17 seconds east, with the outer limit of the coastal waters* of Tasmania at approximate latitude 43 degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds south;

 (ii) then generally easterly along the outer limit of the coastal waters* of Tasmania to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 13 minutes 6 seconds east;

 (iii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 34 minutes 44 seconds south, longitude 148 degrees 49 minutes 41 seconds east;

 (iv) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 53 minutes 5 seconds south, longitude 147 degrees 22 minutes 17 seconds east;

 (v) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 30 minutes south, longitude 147 degrees 14 minutes east;

 (vi) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds south, longitude 147 degrees 10 minutes east; and

 (vii) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

Part 2—Benthic Sanctuary Area Zone (IUCN Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve)

All of that area within the Southern Ocean contained within and bounded as follows**:

 (i) commencing at the point of latitude 44 degrees 30 minutes south, longitude 147 degrees 14 minutes east;

 (ii) then east along the parallel of latitude 44 degrees 30 minutes south, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 25 minutes east;

 (iii) then north along the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 25 minutes east, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 44 degrees 16 minutes south;

 (iv) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds south, longitude 147 degrees 15 minutes 50 seconds east;

 (v) then west along the parallel of latitude 44 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds south, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 10 minutes east; and

 (vi) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

Part 3—Special Purpose Area Zone (IUCN Category VI – Managed Resource Protected Area)

All of that area within the Southern Ocean and Tasman Sea, excluding any coastal waters* in relation to the State of Tasmania, contained within and bounded as follows**:

 (i) commencing at the intersection of the meridian of longitude 146 degrees 56 minutes 17 seconds east, with the outer limit of the coastal waters* of Tasmania at approximate latitude 43 degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds south;

 (ii) then generally easterly along the outer limit of the coastal waters* of Tasmania to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 13 minutes 6 seconds east;

 (iii) then south‑easterly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 34 minutes 44 seconds south, longitude 148 degrees 49 minutes 41 seconds east;

 (iv) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 53 minutes 5 seconds south, longitude 147 degrees 22 minutes 17 seconds east;

 (v) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 30 minutes south, longitude 147 degrees 14 minutes east;

 (vi) then east along the parallel of latitude 44 degrees 30 minutes south, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 25 minutes east;

 (vii) then north along the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 25 minutes east, to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 44 degrees 16 minutes south;

 (viii) then south‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of latitude 44 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds south, longitude 147 degrees 15 minutes 50 seconds east;

 (ix) then west along the parallel of latitude 44 degrees 18 minutes 50 seconds south, to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 147 degrees 10 minutes east; and

 (x) then north‑westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.

* The coastal waters are defined in relation to each State and the Northern Territory by the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 and Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980.

** All geographic coordinates are expressed in terms of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) as described in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette GN35 of 6 September 1995.

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