South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

APPROVAL OF THE SOUTH-WEST MARINE PARKS NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN 2018 I, JOSH FRYDENBERG, Minister for the Environment and Energy, acting pursuant to section 370 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby approve the South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018. Dated this ……......25............. day of ……………January…………., 2018 Josh Frydenberg Minister for the Environment and Energy © Director of National Parks 2018 This document may be cited as: Director of National Parks 2018, South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018, Director of National Parks, Canberra. ISBN: This management plan is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Director of National Parks. Requests and enquires concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the: Manager South-west Marine Parks Network 203 Channel Highway Hobart TAS 7050 Photography credits Front cover Nudibranch (Parks Australia) Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 5 Part 1. Managing Australian Marine Parks 6 1.1 Introductory provisions 7 1.2 Australian Marine Parks 7 1.3 Australian Marine Parks vision and objectives 8 1.4 Management plan overview 8 1.5 Legislation and policy supporting marine park management 9 1.6 Approach to managing Australian Marine Parks 11 1.7 Ways of working 11 1.8 Partnerships 12 1.9 Management programs and actions 14 1.10 Zones 14 1.11 Implementation plans 15 1.12 Adaptive management 15 Part 2. The South-west Marine Parks Network 16 2.1 The South-west Marine Region 17 2.2 The South-west Marine Parks Network 19 2.3 Values of the South-west Network 21 2.5 Pressures in the South-west Network 24 2.6 Management programs and actions in the South-West Network 27 Chapter 2 Management and prescriptions 34 Part 3. Zoning 35 3.1 Zone categories, names and objectives 36 Part 4. Managing activities 39 4.1 Outline of Part 4 40 4.2 Rules for activities 40 4.2.1 General use, access, and waste management 42 4.2.2 Commercial shipping (other than commercial fishing and commercial aquaculture vessels) 44 4.2.3 Commercial fishing 45 4.2.4 Commercial aquaculture 48 4.2.5 Commercial media 50 4.2.6 Commercial tourism (includes charter fishing tours, scuba diving, nature watching tours) 51 4.2.7 Recreational fishing 53 4.2.8 Mining operations (includes exploration) 54 4.2.9 Structures and works 57 4.2.10 Research and monitoring 60 4.2.11 National security and emergency response 61 4.2.12 New activities and authorisations 63 4.3 Making decisions about activities 63 4.3.1 Decision-making 63 4.3.2 Assessments under other processes 64 4.3.3 Review of decisions 64 4.4 Authorisation of allowable activities 65 4.4.1 Permits 65 4.4.2 Class approvals 65 4.4.3 Activity licences and leases 68 4.4.4 Publication of authorisations 68 Glossary 69 Schedule 1 Summary of legislative and policy contexts 75 S1.1 The EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations 75 S1.2 Other relevant legislation 82 S1.3 International agreements 83 Schedule 2 South-west Network overview and values 86 S2.1 South-west Network overview 87 S2.2 South-west Network values 89 Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park 90 Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park 92 Western Eyre Marine Park 95 Murat Marine Park 98 Great Australian Bight Marine Park 101 Twilight Marine Park 104 Eastern Recherche Marine Park 106 South-west Corner Marine Park 109 Bremer Marine Park 112 Geographe Marine Park 115 Perth Canyon Marine Park 118 Two Rocks Marine Park 121 Jurien Marine Park 124 Abrolhos Marine Park 127 Schedule 3 Environmental features used in the design of the South-west Network 131 Schedule 4 South-west Network marine parks and zone boundary descriptions 136 Part 1 — Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park 136 Part 2 — Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park 136 Part 3 — Western Eyre Marine Park 139 Part 4 — Murat Marine Park 145 Part 5 — Great Australian Bight Marine Park 145 Part 6 — Twilight Marine Park 149 Part 7 — Eastern Recherche Marine Park 151 Part 8 — South‑west Corner Marine Park 154 Part 9 — Bremer Marine Park 164 Part 10 — Geographe Marine Park 166 Part 11 — Perth Canyon Marine Park 169 Part 12 — Two Rocks Marine Park 173 Part 13 — Jurien Marine Park 175 Part 14 — Abrolhos Marine Park 176 Schedule 5 Supporting information 183 Map data sources 184 Chapter 1 Introduction Sea lion (Kathy Zwick)