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brittle stars, sea cucumbers and crabs.

Based on the limited animal tracking data available at the time of making the plan, several seabird species that breed on Macquarie Island during the summer likely forage in the Macquarie Island Marine Park. The vulnerable black-browed albatross tend to forage in the parts of the park closest to Macquarie Island or travel further offshore through the north‑eastern sector of the park. The vulnerable wandering albatrosses tend to predominantly use the northern sector of the park. The endangered grey-headed albatrosses tend to use areas due east of the island to the outer boundary of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone and light-mantled sooty albatrosses tend to use the south-western sector of the park. Royal penguins, which are endemic to Macquarie Island, and king penguins both tend to forage in and transit through the south-eastern sector of the park.

Grey petrels, which breed during winter, tend to forage and transit through the northern sector of the park, particularly in the ridge area north of the island.

Seals breeding on Macquarie Island also utilise the marine park. During the summer breeding season, Antarctic fur seals tend to forage around the islands and in an area within about 200 km to the north-east of the islands. During the spring/early summer breeding season, adult vulnerable southern elephant seals transit through most areas of the park on their way to their main foraging grounds outside the park. However, during the moulting season, in January to March, they tend to use the southern sector of the park.

Humpback whales and endangered southern right whales have been recorded migrating through the marine park during November to December and winter, respectively.

Parts of Macquarie Island Marine Park, from the inshore boundary out to about 16.7 km (the edge of the territorial seas), intersect with the Macquarie Island World Heritage Area, which was listed for its outstanding geological values and wild natural beauty, including large aggregations of king penguins, elephant seals and royal penguins – a species endemic to Macquarie Island and the nearby Bishop and Clerk Islets. This area is also on the National Heritage List.
The shipwreck of Nella Dan, a 75 m supply and research ship used by Australia's Antarctic research program between 1961 and 1987, lies at 5,000 m depth within the Sanctuary Zone.

Social and economic benefits

At the time of making this plan, the only commercial fishery operating in the park is the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery  a sustainable demersal longline fishery for Patagonian toothfish. The fishery has been operating since 1994, initially as a trawl fishery, but it has only used longline since 2010. Only 2 companies have a right of access to the fishery. At the