Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00070:body:0:p41
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00070
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 135060–138421

communities, 16, 23
   fishing, 23
   maritime skills and traditions, 23
   oral histories and stories, 23
  Christmas Island
   Administrator, 11
   cemeteries on, 17
   community of, 16
   fisheries on, 11
   government, 11
   history of, 16
   Ocean Territory, 11
   people of, 16
  Christmas Island frigate bird, 22
  Christmas Island Marine Park
   access, 40
   biological processes in, 13
   Commonwealth Reserve, 10
   coral reefs, 13
   description of, 13
   drivers, 26
   establishment, 10
   fish species in, 13
   general use, 40
   'green' National Park Zone (IUCN II), 13, 14
   hybrid marine fish, 13
   IUCN zoning, 37
   management plan overview, 10
   national park, adjoining, 29, 30
   objectives, 6
   offshore deep-sea environment, 13
   pressures, 26
   values see values
   vision statement,
   'yellow' Habitat Protection Zone (Christmas Island) (IUCN IV), 13, 15, 24, 28, 41
  Christmas Island National Park, 13, 18, 22, 29, 30, 43
  climate change, 26
  coastal development, 28
  Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park
   establishment, 10
  commercial activities, 24
  Commonwealth Director of National Parks, 10
  Community Advisory Committee
   establishment, 11, 34
   meetings, 35
   role, 34
  coral bleaching, 18, 26, 27, 33
  coral reefs, 13
   climate and environmental change, 26
   ecosystems, 18
   endemic and hybrid fish, 18
   marine life in, 18
   reef fish communities, 18
  cultural values, 23

  D
  Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (DITRDCA), 11, 24
  Director of National Parks
   management plans, preparing, 11
  disease, 27
  dogtooth tuna, 23
  drivers
   Christmas Island Marine Park, on, 26
   definition, 26
   management of, 29
  drones, 47

  E
  education, 26
  emergency responses, 46
  employment, 26
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act), 9, 10, 37, 45
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Christmas Island Marine Park Management Plan) Instrument 2025
   authority, 9
   commencement, 9
   name, 9
  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations (EPBC Regulations)
   activities governed by, 48
   summary of, 48
  Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981, 51
  Exclusive Economic Zone, 28, 40

  F
  fisheries
   Christmas Island, on, 11
   Fisheries Management Committee, 24, 28
   management, 24
  fishing
   commercial, 24, 28, 41
   discarded gear, 29
   illegal, 28
   Malay and Chinese culture and lifestyle, 23
   pressure, 28
   recreational, 28, 43
  flying fish, 22
  Flying Fish Cove, 13, 23, 28

  G
  golden bosun, 22

  I
  Indian Ocean Territories
   administration of, 11
  infrastructure, 28
  international agreements, 54
  International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), 40, 46
  International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 36
  invasive species, 27–8

  L
  land crabs, 13, 19

  M
  Malay community see Chinese and Malay communities
  management plans
   evaluation, 34
   marine parks, for, 11
   monitoring, 34
   reporting, 34
  management programs
   goals and desired outcomes, 31–3
  marine debris, 27
  marine environments
   healthy and thriving, 5
  marine parks
   Australia, in, 10
   management plans for, 11
  maritime skills and traditions, 23
  media, commercial, 43
  mining,