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Shipwrecks Act 1976—India (wrecked in 1884).
Social and economic values
Commercial fishing, tourism and recreation, including fishing, are important activities in the Marine Park. These activities contribute to the wellbeing of regional communities and the prosperity of the nation.

Figure S2.7 Hunter Marine Park
Jervis Marine Park
The Jervis Marine Park (Figure S2.8) is located approximately 20 km offshore, adjacent to the New South Wales Jervis Bay Marine Park and Commonwealth Booderee National Park. The Marine Park covers an area of 2473 km² and a depth range between 120 m and 5000 m.
The Marine Park was proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 and renamed Jervis Marine Park on 9 October 2017. The Marine Park is assigned IUCN category IV and includes two zones assigned under this plan: Habitat Protection Zone (IV) and Special Purpose Zone (Trawl) (VI).
Coordinates for the Jervis Marine Park and zones are provided in Figure S2.8 and Schedule 4.
Statement of significance
The Jervis Marine Park is significant because it contains habitats, species and ecological communities associated with the Central Eastern Province and the Southeast Shelf Transition. It includes two key ecological features: canyons on the eastern continental slope; and shelf rocky reefs (both valued as unique seafloor features with ecological properties of regional significance).
Natural values
The Marine Park includes examples of ecosystems representative of:
  * Central Eastern Province—includes canyons along the edge of the continental shelf that interact with ocean currents and gyres resulting in plankton blooms associated with upwellings.
  * Southeast Shelf Transition—includes upwellings caused by the East Australian Current crossing the continental shelf and river sediments that influence biological productivity in this region.
Key ecological features of the Marine Park are:
  * Canyons on the eastern continental slope—canyons enhance diversity and abundance of species, driven by the combined effects of steep and rugged topography, ocean currents, seafloor types and nutrient availability. Canyons also create localised changes in productivity in the water column above them, providing feeding opportunities for a range of species.
  * Shelf rocky reefs—which have a complex range of benthic habitat that supports diverse benthic communities.
The Marine Park supports a range of species, including species listed as threatened, migratory, marine or cetacean under the EPBC Act. Biologically important areas within the Marine Park include foraging habitat for seabirds, foraging habitat for grey nurse sharks, and a foraging habitat for humpback whales.
Cultural values
Sea country is valued for Indigenous cultural identity, health and wellbeing. Across Australia, Indigenous people have been sustainably managing their sea country for tens of thousands of years. At the commencement of this plan, there is limited information about the cultural significance of this Marine Park.
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