Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00321:front:0:p75
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as threatened, migratory, marine or cetacean under the EPBC Act. Biologically important areas within the Marine Park include foraging habitat for seabirds and a migratory pathway for humpback whales.
Cultural values
Sea country is valued for Indigenous cultural identity, health and wellbeing. Across Australia, Indigenous people have been sustainably managing their sea country for tens of thousands of years. At the commencement of this plan, there is limited information about the cultural significance of this Marine Park.
The Native Title Services Corporation is the Native Title Service Provider for the New South Wales region.
Heritage values
No international, Commonwealth or national heritage listings apply to the Marine Park at commencement of this plan.
Social and economic values
Commercial fishing is an important activity in the Marine Park that contributes to the wellbeing of regional communities and the prosperity of the nation.

Figure S2.1 Gifford Marine Park
Norfolk Marine Park
The Norfolk Marine Park (Figure S2.2) is around Norfolk Island, including Nepean Island Reserve and Phillip Island, approximately 1400 km offshore from Evans Head in New South Wales. The Marine Park spans 700 km in a north–south direction, covering an area of 188,444 km² and a depth range of 5000 m up to the high water mark.
The Marine Park was proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 and renamed Norfolk Marine Park on 9 October 2017. The Marine Park is assigned IUCN category IV and includes three zones assigned under this plan: National Park Zone (II), Habitat Protection Zone (IV) and Special Purpose Zone (Norfolk) (VI).
Coordinates for the Norfolk Marine Park and zones are provided in Figure S2.2 and Schedule 4.
Statement of significance
The Norfolk Marine Park is significant because it contains habitats, species and ecological communities associated with the Norfolk Island Province. It includes two key ecological features: Norfolk Ridge, and the Tasman Front and eddy field, both valued for high productivity, aggregations of marine life, biodiversity and endemism.
Natural values
The Marine Park includes examples of ecosystems representative of the Norfolk Island Province. The mixing of warm-water and cold-water currents and eddies, and their interactions with seamounts influence biological productivity, with east-moving eddies associated with the Tasman Front transporting Coral Sea biota including corals, crustaceans and molluscs to the area. The shallow-water habitats of Norfolk Island support diverse tropical and temperate species of fish, corals and other marine organisms similar to those found in the reefs surrounding Lord Howe Island, but with a unique reef fish assemblage of endemic, sub-tropical and temperate species. Coral reefs in Emily Bay and Slaughter Bay are the eastern-most coral reefs in Australian waters.
Key ecological features of the Marine Park are:
  * Tasman Front and eddy field—a region