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is occurring, restrictions on access through no-anchoring areas and the addition of public moorings may be implemented through site plans.

 (6) Information about the best environmental practices, with particular emphasis on corals and associated biota, will be widely disseminated so that the practices can be adopted when anchoring in the Planning Area.

 (7) The restrictions on anchoring mentioned in this clause will not apply in a situation in which human safety is at risk or vessels are seeking a safe anchorage for protection from adverse weather.

Subdivision 4 Bird conservation

1.23 General intent

  The Authority intends that birds will be protected, especially during their breeding season, by the introduction of complementary provisions with Queensland National Park Management Plans, because seabirds use extensive areas of the Planning Area and are especially dependent on the beaches, foreshores and vegetation on the adjacent islands for breeding and roosting sites.

1.24 Bird conservation values

  Values relating to the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Planning Area are:
 (a) birds are an important and integral part of the ecosystems that exist within the Planning Area; and
 (b) the stopover area for migratory birds that is in the Planning Area is recognised as important for birds such as seabirds, shorebirds and the Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolour).

1.25 Bird conservation issues

  Issues relating to the conservation of birds and their habitats in the Planning Area are that:
 (a) seabirds that are nesting and roosting are susceptible to disturbance from human activity in waters adjacent to islands, rocks, sandbars, mudflats and beaches; and
 (b) the following species, found within the Planning Area, are, or may become, threatened:
 (i) beach stone-curlew (Esacus neglectus);
 (ii) sooty oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus);
 (iii) little tern (Sterna albifrons).

1.26 Bird conservation strategies

  Strategies to reduce or eliminate the threats to birds and their habitats in the Planning Area include requiring that a person must not operate:
 (a) an aircraft below 1 500 feet (above ground or water) to approach within 1 000 metres lateral distance of a significant bird site during the restriction period mentioned in Schedule 5 for the site; or
 (b) a vessel at more than 6 knots within:
 (i) 100 metres of the Mound (Purtaboi) Island bird site; or
 (ii) 200 metres of any other significant bird site;
  during the restriction period mentioned in Schedule 5 for the site.

Division 4 Use of the Planning Area

1.27 Use of the Planning Area — general strategies

General

 (1) This Plan focuses on the protection and conservation of specific ecosystems and species through the management of use, including tourism operations, where activities take place in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park waters of the Planning Area (see Map 1 in Schedule