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Character Range: 229941–233038

(Commonwealth managed)

       * Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery

       * Tasmanian Octopus Fishery

       * Tasmanian Giant Crab Fishery

       * Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery.

This park is one of the parks in the South-east Network most used by recreational fishers due to its proximity to the coastal town of Bicheno, but use is low relative to state waters nearer shore. Recreational fishing is focused on the shelf, shelf break and upper slope areas of the park.

The spectacular Joe's Reef is occasionally dived by deepwater technical recreational
scuba divers.

Figure S1.4 Freycinet Marine Park
Huon Marine Park
Proclaimed   28 June 2007 and came into effect on 1 September 2007.                                                          Incorporated the entire Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve                                                         proclaimed on19 May 1999.

Assigned zones in park National Park Zone (II) 1,433 km²

    Multiple Use Zone (VI) 8,558 km²

Depth range   50 m–4,040 m

Total area   9,991 km²

Overview and summary of values

Huon Marine Park (Figure S1.5) lies south-east of Tasmania and extends from the outer limit of state coastal waters to abyssal depths over 4,000 m. It protects a range of ecosystems, including mesophotic (middle-light) reefs; rariphotic (rare-light) reefs; shelf sediments; upper-, mid-, and lower-slope reefs and sediments; and Australia's largest known cluster of seamounts. The area is dominated by cool sub-Antarctic waters in winter but by subtropical waters in summer, when the East Australian Current extends further south.

In the north-east of the park in depths of 35 m to 100 m are medium- to high-profile mesophotic (middle-light) and rariphotic (rare-light) reefs, which provide habitat for rock lobster. The shallowest parts of the reef support small patches of golden kelp with an understory of red algae. The deeper areas of the reef support an extensive low-profile sessile invertebrate matrix and soft bryozoans, gorgonian and bramble corals, sea whips, colonial anemones and a diverse range of sponges. The fish community is dominated by butterfly perch, cosmopolitan leather jacket, splendid perch, jackass morwong, morid cod species, ocean perch, rosy wrasse, striped trumpeter and draughtboard shark.

Handfish have been recorded in the park. Species identifications are yet to be confirmed but appear to include the vulnerable Ziebell's handfish and the pink handfish and potentially other species, some of which may be undescribed species new to science.

Approximately 150 seamounts (undersea ancient volcanoes) occur in the park. They rise several hundred metres above the seafloor, with their summits reaching between 600 m and 2,400 m below the sea surface. Benthic communities are dominated by fragile, slow-growing deep-sea coral communities on seamounts shallower than 1,350 m and by urchins in deeper waters. The deep-sea coral communities, globally recognised for their diversity, include stony reef building corals and octocorals, which provide habitat for a variety of other species. Some of