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of species of native plants, of which many are endemic to Lord Howe Island, and colonies of endangered seabirds.
National heritage
The Lord Howe Island Group was included in the National Heritage List in 2007.
Historic shipwrecks
The Marine Park contains over 25 known shipwrecks listed under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.
Social and economic values
Tourism, commercial fishing, recreation, including fishing, and scientific research, are important activities in the Marine Park. These activities contribute to the wellbeing of regional communities and the prosperity of the nation.

Figure S2.3 Lord Howe Marine Park
Central Eastern Marine Park
The Central Eastern Marine Park (Figure S2.4) is located approximately 30 km east of Coffs Harbour at the edge of the continental shelf. It extends to deep ocean waters approximately 200 km offshore of New South Wales. The Marine Park covers an area of 70,054 km2 and water depths ranging from 120 m to 6000 m.
The Marine Park was proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 and renamed Central Eastern Marine Park on 9 October 2017. The Marine Park is assigned IUCN category IV and includes three zones assigned under this plan: National Park Zone (II), Habitat Protection Zone (IV) and Multiple Use Zone (VI).
Coordinates for the Central Eastern Marine Park and zones are provided in Figure S2.4 and Schedule 4.
Statement of significance
The Central Eastern Marine Park is significant because it includes habitats, species and ecological communities associated with the Central Eastern Province, the Central Eastern Shelf Transition and the Tasman Basin Province. It includes three key ecological features: canyons on the eastern continental slope (valued as a unique seafloor feature with ecological properties of regional significance); the Tasmantid Seamount Chain; and the Tasman Front and eddy field (both valued for high productivity, aggregations of marine life, biodiversity and endemism).
Natural values
The Marine Park includes examples of ecosystems representative of:
  * Central Eastern Province—includes canyons along the continental shelf that interact with currents and ocean gyres resulting in upwellings that influence biological productivity. Plankton blooms associated with the upwellings attract aggregations of tuna, whales and albatrosses and support over 50 fish species endemic to the area.
  * Central Eastern Shelf Transition—upwellings caused by the East Australian Current crossing the continental shelf, and river sediment influence biological productivity in this area.
  * Tasman Basin Province—interactions between currents, eddies and seamounts and the movements of the deep sub-Antarctic water mass influence biological productivity in this area. The deep-reef coral communities on seamounts are dominated by filter feeders and provide stepping stones for large oceanic species moving between breeding, nesting, calving and foraging sites.
Key ecological features of the Marine Park are:
  * Tasmantid Seamount Chain—a series of underwater