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8 of the EPBC Regulations prescribes the Australian IUCN reserve management principles applicable to each category (Schedule 1).
This Part assigns an IUCN category to the Coral Sea Marine Park, divides it into zones with their own category and sets out the objectives for each zone (Table 3.1). Zoning takes into account the purposes for which the Marine Park was declared, the objectives of this plan (Section 1.4), the values of the Marine Park (Schedule 2), and the requirements of the EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations. Figure 3.1 and maps in Schedule 2 show the zones assigned to the Coral Sea Marine Park, Schedule 4 describes the zones assigned, and the management approach applied to activities within these zones is provided in Part 4. An overview of the Coral Sea Marine Park and zones is provided in Table S2.1.
Prescriptions
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         1. The Coral Sea Marine Park is assigned an IUCN category IV specified in column 2 of Table 3.1.
         2. The Coral Sea Marine Park is divided into the zones shown in Figure 3.1 and more specifically shown in maps in Schedule 2, and described in Schedule 4, and each zone is assigned to the IUCN category, and given the zone name, specified in column 3 of Table 3.1.
         3. The objective of the Special Purpose Zone (Trawl) (VI) is to provide for ecologically sustainable use and the conservation of ecosystems, habitats and native species, while applying special purpose management arrangements for specific activities.
         4. The objective of a Habitat Protection Zone (IV) is to provide for the conservation of ecosystems, habitats and native species in as natural a state as possible while allowing activities that do not harm or cause destruction to seafloor habitats.
Note: there are two types of Habitat Protection Zone (IV) in the Coral Sea Marine Park used to allow or prohibit certain commercial fishing activities.
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         1. The objective of the National Park Zone (II) is to provide for the protection and conservation of ecosystems, habitats and native species in as natural a state as possible.
Table 3.1 Coral Sea Marine Park zoning and marine park management categories
Column 1         Column 2                 Column 3
Marine park      IUCN category            Zone name and IUCN category
name
Special Purpose  Habitat Protection Zone  Habitat Protection Zone (Reefs)  National Park Zone
Zone (Trawl)     (IV)                     (IV)                             (II)
(VI)
Coral Sea        IV                       ✓                                ✓                   ✓  ✓

✓ Zone is assigned to the Coral Sea Marine Park. Section 3.1.2 of this plan explains the assignment of zones.
Note: The Coral Sea Marine Park has two types of Habitat Protection Zone (IV): Habitat Protection Zone (IV) and Habitat Protection Zone (Reefs) (IV). The variation in management approach for this zone is