Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p104
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 104/276)
Character Range: 425577–428544

vegetation, is an important seabird nesting site and a refuge for several threatened species lost from Norfolk Island itself. The gradual recovery of vegetation on Phillip Island following the eradication of pigs, goats and rabbits in 1986 provides an example of ecosystem redevelopment with great conservation and scientific value. Additionally, Phillip Island remains a refuge for several endemic invertebrates that are now believed to be extinct on Norfolk Island.
Phillip Island supports the only populations of several species covered by this plan and, being free of rats and cats, offers great potential as an 'island ark' for the conservation of additional species. Management priorities include:
    * maintaining biosecurity to prevent invasive species from establishing
    * maintaining control of swamphens to protect the island's important seabird colonies
    * maintaining nest sites for seabirds
    * continued restoration of native vegetation, with opportunities to take an experimental approach and study the ecosystem as it develops under a long-term vision for restoration of the island
    * potential introductions of species from Norfolk Island such as the Norfolk Island golden whistler, fantail and gerygone

Norfolk Marine Park
The Norfolk Marine Park is beyond the scope of this plan but is included here for completeness in outlining the management responsibilities of the Director of National Parks. The Norfolk Marine Park surrounds Norfolk Island, including Nepean Island Reserve and Phillip Island. The Marine Park spans 700 km in a north to south direction, covering an area of 188,444 sq km and a depth range of 5,000 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 Norfolk 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).
The park is recognised primarily for its conservation and commercial values. A series of prominent pinnacles and seamounts that protrude from the Norfolk Ridge act as biodiversity hotspots, attracting an abundance of fish species to the dense coral and sponge habitats. Norfolk Marine Park is also recognised for its cultural values, with several important archaeological sites within the park boundaries relating to its Polynesian heritage. The Park contains over 20 known shipwrecks listed under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 including the HMS Sirius, a flagship of the First Fleet that was wrecked on the coral reef off Slaughter Bay in 1790.

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (DITRDCA)

Legislative context

DITRDCA is responsible for the management of Commonwealth land outside the national park and botanic garden and the protection of Commonwealth Heritage values. Under the EPBC Act, Commonwealth