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1399 km² and water depths range from less than 15 m to 70 m.
The Marine Park was proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 and renamed Limmen Marine Park on 9 October 2017. The Marine Park is assigned IUCN category IV and includes one zone assigned under this plan: Habitat Protection Zone (IV).
Coordinates for the Limmen Marine Park and zones are provided in Figure S2.6 and Schedule 4.
Statement of significance
The Limmen Marine Park is significant because it contains habitats, species and ecological communities associated with the Northern Shelf. It includes one key ecological feature: the Gulf of Carpentaria coastal zone (valued for high productivity, aggregations of marine life biodiversity and endemism). It is near to important wetland systems including the Limmen Bight (Port Roper) Tidal Wetlands and provides important foraging habitat for seabirds.
The Marine Park includes habitats connecting to and complementing the adjacent Northern Territory Limmen Bight Marine Park.
Natural values
The Marine Park includes examples of ecosystems representative of the Northern Shelf Province—a dynamic region with gently sloping shelf, topped with a number of pinnacles at depths ranging from 5 m to 30 m. Tidal eddies induce localised upwellings and hotspots of productivity that correspond with aggregations of marine life within the Marine Park.
The key ecological feature in the Marine Park is the Gulf of Carpentaria coastal zone—nutrients from rivers flowing into the coastal zone support high productivity and some of the most diverse and abundant biota in the North Marine Region. A prominent seafloor feature within the Marine Park is the Labyrinthian Shoals, a group of sand banks, some with rocky heads, in depths of less than 1.8 m.
The Marine Park supports a range of species, including species listed as threatened, migratory, marine or cetacean under the EPBC Act. Biologically important areas within the Marine Park include internesting and foraging habitat for marine turtles.
Cultural values
Sea country is valued for Indigenous cultural identity, health and wellbeing. Across Australia, Indigenous people have been sustainably using and managing their sea country for tens of thousands of years.
The Marra people have responsibilities for sea country in the Marine Park, and share song-lines that travel through the Marine Park with the Yanyuwa People. The cultural values in Limmen Marine Park are provided in Figure S2.7. The Northern Land Council is the Native Title Representative Body for the Northern Territory's northern region.
Heritage values
No international, Commonwealth or national heritage listings apply to the Marine Park at commencement of this plan.
Social and economic values
Commercial fishing, tourism, and recreation, including fishing, are important activities in the Marine Park. These activities contribute to the wellbeing of regional communities and the prosperity of