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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

APPROVAL OF THE CORAL SEA MARINE PARK 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 Coral Sea Marine Park 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, Coral Sea Marine Park 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
Coral Sea Marine Park
203 Channel Highway
Hobart TAS 7050
Photography credits
Front cover
Noble feather star, Marion Reef (Nigel Marsh)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 4
Part 1. Managing Australian Marine Parks 5
1.1 Introductory provisions 5
1.2 Australian Marine Parks 5
1.3 Australian Marine Parks vision and objectives 6
1.4 Management plan 6
1.5 Legislation and policy supporting marine park management 7
1.6 Approach to managing Australian Marine Parks 9
1.7 Ways of working 9
1.8 Partnerships 10
1.9 Management programs and actions 12
1.10 Zones 12
1.11 Implementation plans 13
1.12 Adaptive management 13
Part 2. The Coral Sea Marine Park 14
2.1 The Coral Sea Marine Park 15
2.2 Values of the Coral Sea Marine Park 17
2.3 Pressures in the Coral Sea Marine Park 19
2.4 Management programs and actions in the Coral Sea Marine Park 22
Chapter 2 Management and prescriptions 29
Part 3. Zoning 30
3.1 Zone categories, names and objectives 31
Part 4. Managing activities 33
4.1 Outline of Part 4 34
4.2 Rules for activities 34
4.2.1 General use, access, and waste management 36
4.2.2 Commercial shipping (other than commercial fishing and aquaculture vessels) 37
4.2.3 Commercial fishing 38
4.2.4 Commercial aquaculture 42
4.2.5 Commercial media 43
4.2.6 Commercial tourism (includes charter fishing tours, scuba diving, nature watching tours) 44
4.2.7 Recreational fishing 45
4.2.8 Mining operations (includes exploration) 46
4.2.9 Structures and works 47
4.2.10 Research and monitoring 49
4.2.11 National security and emergency response 51
4.2.12 New activities and authorisations 52
4.3 Making decisions about activities 53
4.3.1 Decision-making 53
4.3.2 Assessments under other processes 53
4.3.3 Review of decisions 54
4.4 Authorisation of allowable activities 54
4.4.1 Permits 54
4.4.2 Class approvals 55
4.4.3 Activity licences and leases 57
4.4.4 Publication of authorisations 58
Glossary 59
Schedule 1 Summary of legislative and policy