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on values (also on the Department's website) include:
  * Species profile and threats database for protected species;
  * Directory of important wetlands in Australia;
  * Australian heritage database for natural, historic and Indigenous heritage places;
  * Australian national shipwreck database for known shipwrecks;
  * National Conservation Values Atlas;
  * Marine bioregional plan for the Temperate East Marine Region (2012); and
  * East marine bioregional plan: bioregional profile (2009).
Table 2.1 Summary of values in the Temperate East Network
Statement of significance
The Temperate East Network was designed to protect representative examples of the region's ecosystems and biodiversity in accordance with the Goals and principles for the establishment of the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas in Commonwealth waters (ANZECC, 1998).
Natural values
Bioregions—the Temperate East Marine Region is divided into areas of ocean with broadly similar characteristics based on the distribution of marine species and seafloor features. The Network represents examples of the region's marine environments including ecosystems, species and habitats. There are seven bioregions represented in the Temperate East Network (Schedule 2).
Key ecological features—elements of the marine environment considered to be of importance for biodiversity or ecosystem function and integrity, represented in the Network are:
  * Lord Howe seamount chain;
  * Tasmantid seamount chain;
  * Norfolk Ridge;
  * Shelf rocky reefs;
  * Tasman Front and eddy field; and
  * Canyons on the eastern continental slope.
Species and habitats—all species and habitats are important components of the ecosystems represented in the Temperate East Network. Many species are protected under the EPBC Act and international agreements such as the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention), the Japan– Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA), the China–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA), and the Republic Of Korea–Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (ROKAMBA). Further information on these agreements is in Schedule 1.
The Temperate East Network supports important habitats, including biologically important areas, for a range of protected species. Biologically important areas are where aggregations of individuals of a protected species breed, forage or rest during migration. More information on protected species and biologically important areas can be found in the Marine bioregional plan for the Temperate East Marine Region (2012) and the conservation values atlas on the Department's website.
The coral reefs of Emily Bay and Slaughter Bay in the Norfolk Marine Park are the eastern-most coral reefs in Australian waters, and contain a unique reef fish assemblage of endemic, sub-tropical and temperate species.
Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Ramsar site
The Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Ramsar site is located within the Lord Howe Marine Park. The site was listed under the Ramsar Convention in 2002 and is a wetland of international importance under the EPBC Act. The reefs form