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support jobs and businesses, providing multiple benefits to regional communities and the economy;
  * people have opportunities to enjoy marine parks;
  * visitors and tourists can enjoy world-class nature-based experiences in marine parks; and
  * Indigenous people and marine park users are partners in managing marine parks.

The objectives of this plan are to provide for:
 1. the protection and conservation of biodiversity and other natural, cultural and heritage values of marine parks in the North-west Network; and
 2. ecologically sustainable use and enjoyment of the natural resources within marine parks in the North-west Network, where this is consistent with objective (a).
Management plan overview
  * This plan is structured into two chapters and five schedules (Table 1.1). Chapter 1 provides an introduction to how Australian Marine Parks are managed, and Chapter 2 provides for the management of the North-west Marine Parks Network (North-west Network).
Several inputs have contributed to the preparation of this plan, including:
  * public consultation during the preparation of this plan;
  * knowledge and expertise of marine park users and traditional owners;
  * the independent Commonwealth marine reserves review (publicly released in 2016);
  * the best available science and information on marine parks and approaches to marine park management, including insights from management of the South-east Network, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and state and territory marine parks;
  * the Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA) framework;
  * the Marine bioregional plan for the North-west Marine Region (2012);
  * the North-west marine bioregional plan: bioregional profile (2008); and
  * Government policies and commitment to competitive and sustainable fisheries.
Legislation and policy supporting marine park management
The EPBC Act is Australia's primary environmental legislation. In recognition of the importance of the marine environment, it is listed as a matter of national environmental significance under the EPBC Act. Under the Act, the Director is responsible for managing marine parks (supported by Parks Australia), and is required to make management plans for marine parks. Other parts of the Australian Government must not perform functions or exercise powers in relation to these parks that are inconsistent with management plans (s.362 of the EPBC Act).
This plan complements a range of Commonwealth, state and territory laws, as well as international conventions and agreements that relate to protection of the marine environment (Schedule 1). Some of the ways in which the Australian Government protects the marine environment through national environmental law include management plans for Australian Marine Parks; marine bioregional plans for the Commonwealth marine environment; recovery plans for threatened species; and threat abatement plans for key threats, such as invasive species and marine debris.
Other Australian, state and territory government agencies also have statutory roles in managing fisheries,