Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00100:reg:15:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00100
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 7/13)
Character Range: 355313–359339

large area that has similar types of plants, animals and ocean conditions compared with other similarly sized areas and, in this document, those bioregions as defined in the Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia Version 4.0.
                                                                              Australia's marine environment is divided into 41 provincial bioregions in waters deeper than 200 m, and 60 mesoscale bioregions in waters shallower than 200 m.
bioregional plan                                                              Has the meaning given by section 528 of the EPBC Act.
CAR                                                                           Comprehensiveness – includes the full range of ecosystems recognised at an appropriate scale within and across each bioregion.
                                                                              Adequacy – the maintenance of the ecological viability and integrity of populations, species and communities.
                                                                              Representativeness – those marine areas that are selected for inclusion in reserves should reasonably reflect the biotic diversity of the marine ecosystems from which they derive.
class approval                                                                As described in Section 4.5.3 (Class approvals) of this plan.
climate change                                                                A change in the Earth's long-term climate conditions and patterns caused by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, altering the composition of the global atmosphere.
commercial aquaculture                                                        Farming and culturing of aquatic organisms, such as fish, crustaceans and molluscs.
commercial fishing                                                            Has the meaning given by section 390SC(1A) of the EPBC Act: a fishing activity that is engaged in for a commercial purpose and, to avoid doubt, does not include an activity that constitutes recreational fishing.
Commonwealth marine area                                                      Has the meaning given by section 24 of the EPBC Act.
Commonwealth marine environment                                               The environment in the Commonwealth marine area.
Commonwealth reserve                                                          A reserve established and managed under Division 4 of Part 15 of the EPBC Act, including Australian Marine Parks.
Commonwealth waters                                                           Commonwealth waters that start at the outer edge of state and territory waters, generally 3 nm (approximately 5.5 km) from the shore and extend to the outer boundary of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone, 200 nm (approximately 370 km) from the shore.
Cultural values                                                               Cultural values are broadly understood to be the tangible and intangible aspects of culture that people may want to protect, maintain, and pass on to future generations – including places, objects, collections and archives, knowledge and cultural practices.
department                                                                    The Australian Government department responsible for administering the EPBC Act. At the time of preparing this plan, this is the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water or such other department or agency that succeeds to the functions of the department.
Director of National Parks (Director)                                         The Director of National Parks (Director) as established under section 514A of the EPBC Act and described in Section 1.4 of this plan, including any person to whom the Director has delegated powers and functions under the EPBC Act in relation to the
                                                                              South-east Marine