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country and all living things. The Wunambal Gaambera, Dambimangari and the Bardi and Jawi people have had native title determined over parts of their sea country included in this Park. The native title holders for these people are represented by the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation, Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation and Bardi Jai Niimidiman Aboriginal Corporation. These Prescribed Body Corporates are the points of contact for their respective areas of sea country for the Marine Park.
The Kimberley Land Council is the Native Title Representative Body for Kimberley region.
Heritage values
No international, Commonwealth or national heritage listings apply to the Marine Park at commencement of this plan, however the Marine Park is adjacent to the national heritage place of The West Kimberley.
Historic shipwrecks
The Marine Park contains more than 40 known shipwrecks listed under the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.
Social and economic values
Tourism, commercial fishing, mining, recreation, including fishing, and traditional use are important activities in the Marine Park. These activities contribute to the wellbeing of regional communities and the prosperity of the nation.

Figure S2.11 Kimberley Marine Park
Ashmore Reef Marine Park
The Ashmore Reef Marine Park (Figure S2.12) is located approximately 630 km north of Broome and 110 km south of the Indonesian island of Roti. The Marine Park is located in Australia's External Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands and is within an area subject to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indonesia and Australia, known as the MoU Box. The Marine Park covers an area of 583 km² and water depths from less than 15 m to 500 m. The Marine Park contains three vegetated sand cays that are permanently above water: West, Middle and East islands.
The Marine Park was originally proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 on 16 August 1983 as the Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve, and proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 and renamed Ashmore Reef Marine Park on 9 October 2017. The Marine Park is assigned IUCN category Ia and includes two zones assigned under this plan: Sanctuary Zone (Ia) and Recreational Use Zone (IV).
Coordinates for the Ashmore Reef Marine Park and zones are provided in Figure S2.12 and Schedule 4.
Statement of significance
The Ashmore Reef Marine Park is significant because it includes habitats, species and ecological communities associated with the Timor Province. It includes two key ecological features: Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island and surrounding Commonwealth waters (valued for high productivity and breeding aggregations of birds and other marine life); and continental slope demersal fish communities (valued for high levels of endemism).
Ashmore Reef is the largest of three emergent oceanic reefs in the region and the only one with