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activities unless authorised for research and monitoring.
Sanctuary Zone (IUCN category Ia)—managed to conserve ecosystems, habitats and native species in as natural and undisturbed a state as possible. The zone allows only authorised scientific research and monitoring.

Implementation plans
The Director will work closely with stakeholders and the advisory committee to develop detailed implementation plans. Three stages of implementation plans will be developed to set out the management actions that will occur in the North-west Network and identify performance indicators.
  * Implementation plan 1—Foundation (years 1–4). To be developed in the first year and include foundational management actions and development of robust natural, social and economic baselines.
  * Implementation plan 2—Consolidation (years 5–8). To be developed following a review of the first implementation plan, and considering lessons learnt. To continue any ongoing foundational management actions.
  * Implementation plan 3—Finalisation and review (years 9–10). To set out arrangements to review the lessons learnt from implementing this management plan over the first eight years, and to inform the development of the next management plan for the North-west Network.
Adaptive management
Regular monitoring, evaluation, reporting and review of the implementation of this management plan will be essential to achieve the vision for Australian Marine Parks and the objectives for this plan. The Director will undertake periodic monitoring, evaluation, review and reporting on the implementation of this plan to:
  * evaluate the effectiveness of this plan in achieving its objectives;
  * track progress in meeting performance indicators identified in implementation plans;
  * review the effectiveness of zoning and other management arrangements to protect and conserve marine park values;
  * identify changes in management context and priorities;
  * consider the adequacy of knowledge of marine park values, uses, pressures, social and economic benefits and impacts;
  * consider the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation, and the appropriateness of key indicators and performance measures;
  * identify and prioritise future management actions;
  * provide information to enable adaptive management; and
  * inform the development of a new management plan for the North-west Network at the conclusion of this plan.
The North-west Marine Parks Network
Christmas tree worms (Parks Australia)
The North-west Marine Region
The North-west Marine Region (region) extends from the Western Australia–Northern Territory border to Kalbarri, south of Shark Bay. The region covers approximately 1.07 million km2 of sub-tropical and tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and Timor Sea (Figure 2.1).
Traditional owners have managed and used sea country within the region for tens of thousands of years. They use and actively manage the coastal and marine environments of the region as a resource and to maintain cultural identity, health and wellbeing. Fishing, hunting and the maintenance of culture and heritage through ritual, stories and traditional knowledge