Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00100:front:0:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00100
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Character Range: 3471–10784

Values of the South-east Network.......................................29
2.3.1 Natural values........................................................29
2.3.2 First Nations values....................................................33
2.3.3 Other Protected Matters.................................................34
2.3.4 Social and economic benefits.............................................34
2.4 Pressures in the South-east Network.....................................35
2.4.1 Climate change.......................................................35
2.4.2 Extraction of living resources.............................................36
2.4.3 Physical disturbance...................................................36
2.4.4 Invasive species.......................................................36
2.4.5 Marine pollution.......................................................37
3. Approach to management...............................................38
3.1 Park management overview...........................................39
3.2 Ways of working....................................................40
3.3 Partnerships.......................................................40
3.4 Desired outcomes and management programs.............................41
3.5 Monitoring and evaluation.............................................44
4. Zoning and activity prescriptions.........................................45
4.1 Zone categories, names and objectives...................................46
4.2 Managing activities..................................................50
4.2.1 Environmental approvals and other applicable laws............................50
4.3 Prescriptions for activities.............................................51
4.3.1 General use, access and waste management................................53
4.3.2 Commercial fishing.....................................................57
4.3.3 Commercial aquaculture.................................................60
4.3.4 Commercial tourism (includes charter fishing tours)............................61
4.3.5 Commercial media.....................................................63
4.3.6 Recreational use (including fishing)........................................64
4.3.7 Offshore wind energy operations..........................................65
4.3.8 Mining operations (including exploration)....................................66
4.3.9 Offshore geological storage of carbon dioxide................................70
4.3.10 Space activities.......................................................71
4.3.11 Structures and works...................................................73
4.3.12 Research and monitoring................................................75
4.3.13 National security and emergency response..................................77
4.3.14 New activities and authorisations..........................................78
4.4 Making decisions about activities........................................78
4.4.1 Decision-making.......................................................78
4.4.2 Assessments under other processes.......................................79
4.4.3 Review of decisions....................................................79
4.5 Authorisation of activities..............................................81
4.5.1 Authorised activities....................................................81
4.5.2 Permits..............................................................81
4.5.3 Class approvals.......................................................82
4.5.4 Activity licences and leases..............................................84
4.5.5 Publication of authorisations..............................................85
Schedule 1: South-east Marine Parks overview..................................86
S1.1 South-east Network overview............................................87
S1.2 Key natural values of the South-east Network................................88
S1.3 Overview of marine parks of the South-east Network..........................92
East Gippsland Marine Park.................................................92
Beagle Marine Park.......................................................94
Flinders Marine Park.......................................................97
Freycinet Marine Park.....................................................100
Huon Marine Park........................................................103
South Tasman Rise Marine Park.............................................106
Tasman Fracture Marine Park...............................................108
Zeehan Marine Park......................................................111
Franklin Marine Park......................................................114
Boags Marine Park.......................................................117
Nelson Marine Park......................................................122
Murray Marine Park......................................................124
Macquarie Island Marine Park...............................................127
Schedule 2: Summary of legislative and policy contexts.........................130
S2.1 The EPBC Act and EPBC Regulations....................................131
S2.2 Other relevant legislation – Commonwealth................................134
S2.3 Other relevant legislation – state.........................................135
S2.4 International agreements..............................................135
Schedule 3: South-East Marine Parks Network zone boundary descriptions..........136
1. East Gippsland Marine Park..........................................137
2. Beagle Marine Park.................................................138
3. Flinders Marine Park................................................139
4. Freycinet Marine Park...............................................142
5. Huon Marine Park..................................................146
6. South Tasman Rise Marine Park.......................................148
7. Tasman Fracture Marine Park.........................................148
8. Zeehan Marine Park................................................152
9. Franklin Marine Park................................................155
10. Boags Marine Park.................................................156
11. Apollo Marine Park.................................................157
12. Nelson Marine Park.................................................158
13. Murray Marine Park.................................................158
14. Macquarie Island Marine Park.........................................163
Schedule 4: Supporting information..........................................167
S4.1 Supporting information................................................168
S4.2 Map data sources....................................................171
Glossary................................................................173

Foreword
The establishment of the South-east Marine Parks Network (the South-east Network) in 2007 was a historic step for marine conservation, both in Australia and globally, creating the first
large-scale representative network of marine protected areas in the world.
For over 60,000 years before this, the Sea Country of the south-east marine region – of which the South-east Network is only a part – has been cared for and sustainably