Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (South-east Marine Parks Network Management Plan) Instrument 2025 (Cth)

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (South-east Marine Parks Network Management Plan) Instrument 2025

I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, approve, under subparagraph 370(3)(b)(i) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, this instrument, that is a legislative instrument made by me on the day of this approval under subsection 371(1) of that Act.

Dated 4 February 2025

Tanya Plibersek Minister for the Environment and Water

This management plan has been prepared by the Director of National Parks (Director) and sets out how the South-east Marine Parks Network will be managed from 2025 to 2035. How to cite this document Director of National Parks, South-east Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2025 Director of National Parks Australian business number: 13051 694 693 This plan is available online at parksaustralia.gov.au. ISBN: 978-0-646-71138-6 The material in this document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Director of National Park's logo, and content supplied by a third party including all images. For licence conditions see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction rights can be addressed to: Director of National Parks GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601

Photo credits Front Cover – Large black coral, jackass morwong and school of butterfly perch at Joe's Reef, Freycinet Marine Park (James Parkinson)

Acknowledgement of Country We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the south-east region and their unbroken and continuing connection to land, sea, sky and community. We recognise that at least 17 different language groups continue to care for, manage, and maintain deep relationships with coastal land and seas in the region, safeguarding for Sea Country and keeping it healthy, since time immemorial. Their knowledge, understanding and relationships to Sea Country are fundamental to the health and resilience of the South-east Marine Parks Network and the success of this management plan. We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to their Elders both past and present. Image: Mutton bird – short-tailed shearwater (Wild Ocean Tasmania)