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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

APPROVAL OF THE NORTH-WEST MARINE PARKS NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN 2018
I, JOSH FRYDENBERG, Minister for the Environment and Energy, acting pursuant to section 370 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby approve the North-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018.
Dated this ……......25............. day of ……………January…………., 2018
Josh Frydenberg
Minister for the Environment and Energy
© Director of National Parks 2018
This document may be cited as:
Director of National Parks 2018, North-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018, Director of National Parks, Canberra.
ISBN:
This management plan is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Director of National Parks. Requests and enquires concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the:
Manager
North-west Marine Parks Network
203 Channel Highway
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Photography credits
Front cover
Coral at Rowley Shoals (Michelle Glover)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 5
Part 1. Managing Australian Marine Parks 6
1.1 Introductory provisions 7
1.2 Australian Marine Parks 7
1.3 Australian Marine Parks vision and objectives 8
1.4 Management plan overview 8
1.5 Legislation and policy supporting marine park management 9
1.6 Approach to managing Australian Marine Parks 11
1.7 Ways of working 11
1.8 Partnerships 12
1.9 Management programs and actions 14
1.10 Zones 14
1.11 Implementation plans 15
1.12 Adaptive management 15
Part 2. The North-west Marine Parks Network 17
2.1 The North-west Marine Region 18
2.2 The North-west Marine Parks Network 20
2.3 Values of the North-west Network 22
2.4 Pressures in the North-west Network 27
2.5 Management programs and actions in the North-West Network 30
Chapter 2 Management and prescriptions 37
Part 3. Zoning 38
3.1 Zone categories, names and objectives 39
Part 4. Managing activities 42
4.1 Outline of Part 4 43
4.2 Rules for activities 43
4.2.1 General use, access, and waste management 45
4.2.2 Commercial shipping (other than commercial fishing, pearling and aquaculture vessels) 47
4.2.3 Commercial fishing 48
4.2.4 Commercial pearling 51
4.2.5 Commercial aquaculture 53
4.2.6 Commercial media 54
4.2.7 Commercial tourism (includes charter fishing tours, scuba diving, nature watching tours) 55
4.2.8 Recreational fishing 57
4.2.9 Mining operations (includes exploration) 58
4.2.10 Structures and works 61
4.2.11 Research and monitoring 63
4.2.12 National security and emergency response 65
4.2.13 New activities and authorisations 66
4.3 Making decisions about activities 66
4.3.1 Decision-making 66
4.3.2 Assessments under other processes 67
4.3.3 Review of decisions 67
4.4 Authorisation of allowable activities 68
4.4.1 Permits 68
4.4.2 Class approvals 69
4.4.3 Activity licences and leases 71
4.4.4 Publication of authorisations 71
Glossary 72
Schedule 1.