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research into the effects of line fishing on the fish stocks and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef through the Effects of Line Fishing Experiment, which is being conducted by the Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The Experiment commenced in 1995 and is due to be completed in 2005, after which the Fisheries Experimental Areas will revert to their underlying zoning. The Fisheries Experimental Areas are described in Part 11 of Schedule 1 to this Zoning Plan.

Additional purposes for use or entry

28. Part 5 (Additional purposes for use or entry) of this Zoning Plan provides for use or entry to zones for purposes in addition to those for which provision is made in Part 2 (Zones), Part 3 (Remote Natural Area) and Part 4 (Designated Areas). Such purposes include access for the purposes of safety, emergencies, environmental monitoring, navigational aids, defence operations, government survey, and Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander custom or tradition.

Enforcement of this Zoning Plan

29. The provisions of this Zoning Plan are enforced by sections 38A to 38E of the Act (which set out offences relating to use or entry of a zone for purposes that are not permitted, or in contravention of permission requirements or conditions) and sections 38M to 38MB of the Act (which set out offences relating to the use of ships). Contravening notification requirements or directions of the Authority is also an offence.

    D Additional management provisions

30. In addition to this Zoning Plan, regard should be had to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975, the Regulations, and any plans of management or policies of the Authority in force from time to time. Additional restrictions or requirements may also apply with respect to a particular use or entry of a place or conduct of an activity under another law of the Commonwealth or under a Queensland law.

Plans of management

31. Under Part VB of the Act, the Authority may prepare plans of management, that are more detailed than this Zoning Plan, to provide for the management of natural and cultural heritage values, the use of particular areas of the Marine Park, or the conservation of species or ecological communities within the Marine Park.

32. Under Part VB of the Act, the Authority may enter into an agreement or arrangement with a community group (including an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander group) that has a special interest in an area of the Marine Park. The agreement or arrangement may relate to the development or implementation, or both, of a plan of management and may provide that the community group is to manage the area (or a species or an ecological community within