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and important cultural sites and knowledge.
South Australian Native Title Services is the native title service provider for South Australian region.
Heritage values
No international, Commonwealth or national heritage listings apply to the Marine Park at commencement of this plan.
Social and economic values
The South-west Network supports a range of social and economic activities that contribute to the wellbeing of regional communities and the prosperity of the nation. The remoteness of the Marine Park makes access difficult with most recreational and tourism activities confined to state waters. Commercial ships may pass through the Marine Park to and from the port of Ceduna.

Figure S2.4 Murat Marine Park
Great Australian Bight Marine Park
The Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Figure S2.5) is located approximately 12 km south-east of Eucla and 174 km west of Ceduna, adjacent to the South Australian Far West Coast and Nuyts Archipelago Marine Parks. The Marine Park covers an area of 45,822 km², extending from South Australian state water boundary to the edge of Australia's exclusive economic zone, and a water depth range between less than 15 m and 6000 m.
The Marine Park was proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 and renamed Great Australian Bight Marine Park on 9 October 2017. It includes the area of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) originally proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 on 17 April 1998. The Marine Park is assigned IUCN category VI and includes four zones assigned under this plan: National Park Zone (II), Multiple Use Zone (VI), Special Purpose Zone (Mining Exclusion) (VI) and Special Purpose Zone (VI).
Coordinates for the Great Australian Bight Marine Park and zones are provided in Figure S2.5 and Schedule 4.
Statement of significance
The Great Australian Bight Marine Park is significant because it contains habitats, species and ecological communities associated with two bioregions: Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition; and Southern Province. It includes three key ecological features: ancient coastline between 90 m and 120 m depth (valued for relatively high productivity, aggregations of marine life and high levels of biodiversity and endemism); benthic invertebrate communities of the eastern Great Australian Bight (valued as a species group or community that is nationally and regionally important to biodiversity); and small pelagic fish of the South-west Marine Region (valued as a species group which has a regionally important ecological role).
The Marine Park contains a number of prominent seafloor features including the Ceduna Terrace, an unusually large expanse of terrace that lies between the continental shelf and slope; Nullarbor Canyon, a large elongated canyon that cuts through the terrace; D'Entrecasteaux Reef (also known as Iles des Martins and Iles Montenotte), an emergent reef