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Nations values, such as areas now under sea that were part of the landscape used by First Nations people during the late Pleistocene (the last ice age)
      * regulating human use to ensure activities are undertaken in an ecologically
        sustainable manner.
Over 2 decades ago, all governments in Australia committed to a National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (NRSMPA). The primary goal of the NRSMPA is to establish and manage a comprehensive, adequate and representative system of marine protected areas. Broadly, this means ensuring the system of marine parks includes all of Australia's marine bioregions and that the range of different ecosystems and biological features within these bioregions are adequately represented in marine parks to ensure their long-term viability.
At the time of making this plan, the Australian Government's contribution to the NRSMPA includes 60 Australian Marine Parks, managed by the Commonwealth Director of National Parks (supported by Parks Australia); the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority; and the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve, managed by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Marine parks have also been established by state and territory governments in their respective waters under the NRSMPA.
The 60 Australian Marine Parks are spread across 5 networks (South-east, South-west, North-west, North and Temperate East), the Coral Sea and the Indian Ocean Territories. At the time of making this plan, they collectively cover 3.8 million km2, or 43%, of Australian waters.

    1.5           Vision and objectives
Management of Australian Marine Parks requires a balance between protection of our marine environment and opportunities for sustainable use and enjoyment of these special places.
The vision of the Director of National Parks is that the South-east Marine Parks Network is healthy and resilient for current and future generations.

The objectives of the South-east Network are to provide for:
      * the protection and conservation of biodiversity and other natural and cultural values of marine parks in the South-east Network[2]
      * ecologically sustainable use and enjoyment of the natural resources within marine parks in the South-east Network, where this is consistent with the objective above.
These objectives are broadly applied across all Australian Marine Parks. A set of more specific desired outcomes have been identified in Chapter 3 of this plan for the South-east Network.

    1.6           Changes from the previous management plan
This is the second management plan for the South-east Network and builds on significant advances in the scientific knowledge about the region's ecosystems; lessons learned from managing the marine parks since 2007; findings from the independent evaluation of the 20132023 management plan; and comments received through statutory public consultation processes. This plan