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connect ocean and land. Artefacts from ancestors are abundant on islands in the adjacent state marine park.
The Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation is the Native Title Representative Body for the Yamatji region.
Heritage values
No international heritage listings apply to the Marine Park at the commencement of this plan, however, the Marine Park is adjacent to the Western Australian Shark Bay World Heritage Property, listed as an area of outstanding universal value under the World Heritage Convention in 1991, meeting world heritage listing criteria vii, viii, ix, and x.
No Commonwealth or national heritage listings apply to the Marine Park at the commencement of this plan; however the Marine Park is adjacent to the Western Australian Shark Bay National Heritage Place.
Historic shipwrecks
The Marine Park contains 11 known shipwrecks listed under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.
The Zuytdorp (wrecked in 1712) historic shipwreck protected zone lies in state waters adjacent to the northernmost part of the shelf component of the Marine Park, north of Kalbarri. The HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran Shipwreck Sites (1941) lie at 2500 m depth about 75 km east of the northern part of the Marine Park. This site is on the National Heritage List and a historic shipwreck protected zone. The Batavia (wrecked on the adjacent Abrolhos Islands in 1629) Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area are on the National Heritage List.
Social and economic values
Tourism, commercial fishing, mining, recreation including fishing, are important activities in the Marine Park. These activities contribute to the wellbeing of regional communities and the prosperity of the nation.

Figure S2.14 Abrolhos Marine Park
Schedule 3 Environmental features used in the design of the South-west Network
Four types of environmental features were used in the design of the Marine Parks of the South-west Network to help identify areas for protection. These features were identified based on the scientifically known relationships between biodiversity and the physical environment and include bioregions, water depth, seafloor features and key ecological features. They are identified below.
More information on these features can be found in the Marine bioregional plan for the South-west Marine Region (2012), the South-west marine bioregional plan: bioregional profile (2008), and the conservation values atlas on the Department's website.
Bioregions
Bioregions are identified in the Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA) as large areas of ocean with broadly similar characteristics that have been classified by scientists based on the distribution of fish and other marine species, seafloor types and ocean conditions. The South-west Network represents nine bioregions including all seven found in the region—Central Western Province, Southwest Shelf Transition, Southwest Transition, Southwest Shelf Province, Southern Province, Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition, Spencer Gulf Shelf Province—and the Central