Determination Prohibiting Anchoring of Commercial Fishing Vessels South-west Network of Marine Parks – Parks and Park Zones Assigned to IUCN Category II (National Park) (Cth)

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000

Subregulation 12.56(2)

DETERMINATION PROHIBITING ANCHORING OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS SOUTH-WEST NETWORK OF MARINE PARKS – PARKS AND PARK ZONES ASSIGNED TO IUCN CATEGORY II (NATIONAL PARK)

I, JASON MUNDY, Acting Director of National Parks, under subregulation 12.56(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, HEREBY DETERMINE that each of:

1. Murat Marine Park; and

2. the zones within Western Kangaroo Island, Western Eyre, Great Australian Bight, Twilight Marine Park, Eastern Recherche, South-west Corner, Bremer, Geographe, Perth Canyon, Two Rocks, Jurien, and Abrolhos Marine Parks that are assigned to IUCN category II (national park), being the areas shown in marine park maps in Schedule 2 and described in Schedule 4 to the South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018, as specified in the Schedule hereto, is an area of water where vessels used in connection with commercial fishing activities cannot be anchored.

Note : This determination does not prevent anchoring in the areas described in the Schedule hereto due to circumstances of force majeure or distress or for the purposes of rendering assistance to persons, vessels or aircraft in danger or distress.

Dated this 27 th day of June 2018

SIGNED

Jason Mundy

SCHEDULE SOUTH-WEST NETWORK OF MARINE PARKS– PARKS AND PARK ZONES ASSIGNED TO IUCN CATEGORY II (NATIONAL PARK) List of relevant zone and clause numbers in Schedule 4 to the South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018: Marine Park Zone Number/s Clause describing the area boundary Western Kangaroo Island Marine Park 1 2.3 Western Eyre Marine Park 3, 4, 6 3.5, 3.6, 3.8 Murat Marine Park Entire area of marine park 4.1 Great Australian Bight Marine Park 2 5.4 Twilight Marine Park 3 6.5 Eastern Recherche Marine Park 2, 3 7.4, 7.5 South-west Corner Marine Park 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 15, 16 8.3, 8.6, 8.7, 8.9, 8.11, 8.17, 8.18 Bremer Marine Park 1 9.3 Geographe Marine Park 4 10.6 Perth Canyon Marine Park 2, 6 11.4, 11.8 Two Rocks Marine Park 2 12.4 Jurien Marine Park 2 13.4 Abrolhos Marine Park 3, 6, 9 14.5, 14.8, 14.11