Coral Sea Marine Park Management Plan 2018 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

APPROVAL OF THE CORAL SEA MARINE PARK 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 Coral Sea Marine Park 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, Coral Sea Marine Park 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 Coral Sea Marine Park 203 Channel Highway Hobart TAS 7050 Photography credits Front cover Noble feather star, Marion Reef (Nigel Marsh) Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 4 Part 1. Managing Australian Marine Parks 5 1.1 Introductory provisions 5 1.2 Australian Marine Parks 5 1.3 Australian Marine Parks vision and objectives 6 1.4 Management plan 6 1.5 Legislation and policy supporting marine park management 7 1.6 Approach to managing Australian Marine Parks 9 1.7 Ways of working 9 1.8 Partnerships 10 1.9 Management programs and actions 12 1.10 Zones 12 1.11 Implementation plans 13 1.12 Adaptive management 13 Part 2. The Coral Sea Marine Park 14 2.1 The Coral Sea Marine Park 15 2.2 Values of the Coral Sea Marine Park 17 2.3 Pressures in the Coral Sea Marine Park 19 2.4 Management programs and actions in the Coral Sea Marine Park 22 Chapter 2 Management and prescriptions 29 Part 3. Zoning 30 3.1 Zone categories, names and objectives 31 Part 4. Managing activities 33 4.1 Outline of Part 4 34 4.2 Rules for activities 34 4.2.1 General use, access, and waste management 36 4.2.2 Commercial shipping (other than commercial fishing and aquaculture vessels) 37 4.2.3 Commercial fishing 38 4.2.4 Commercial aquaculture 42 4.2.5 Commercial media 43 4.2.6 Commercial tourism (includes charter fishing tours, scuba diving, nature watching tours) 44 4.2.7 Recreational fishing 45 4.2.8 Mining operations (includes exploration) 46 4.2.9 Structures and works 47 4.2.10 Research and monitoring 49 4.2.11 National security and emergency response 51 4.2.12 New activities and authorisations 52 4.3 Making decisions about activities 53 4.3.1 Decision-making 53 4.3.2 Assessments under other processes 53 4.3.3 Review of decisions 54 4.4 Authorisation of allowable activities 54 4.4.1 Permits 54 4.4.2 Class approvals 55 4.4.3 Activity licences and leases 57 4.4.4 Publication of authorisations 58 Glossary 59 Schedule 1 Summary of legislative and policy contexts 65 S1.1 The EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations 65 S1.2 Other relevant legislation 72 S1.3 International agreements 73 Schedule 2 Coral Sea Marine Park overview and values 76 S2.1 Coral Sea Marine Park overview 77 S2.2 Coral Sea Marine Park values 78 Coral Sea Marine Park 78 Schedule 3 Environmental features used in the design of the Coral Sea Marine Park 100 Schedule 4 Coral Sea Marine Park and zone boundary descriptions 106 Schedule 5 Supporting information 123 Map data sources 124 Chapter 1 Introduction Red-tail tropic birds (Parks Australia)