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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

APPROVAL OF THE SOUTH-WEST MARINE PARKS NETWORK MANAGEMENT PLAN 2018
I, JOSH FRYDENBERG, Minister for the Environment and Energy, acting pursuant to section 370 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby approve the South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018.
Dated this ……......25............. day of ……………January…………., 2018
Josh Frydenberg
Minister for the Environment and Energy
© Director of National Parks 2018
This document may be cited as:
Director of National Parks 2018, South-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018, Director of National Parks, Canberra.
ISBN:
This management plan is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Director of National Parks. Requests and enquires concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the:
Manager
South-west Marine Parks Network
203 Channel Highway
Hobart TAS 7050
Photography credits
Front cover
Nudibranch (Parks Australia)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 5
Part 1. Managing Australian Marine Parks 6
1.1 Introductory provisions 7
1.2 Australian Marine Parks 7
1.3 Australian Marine Parks vision and objectives 8
1.4 Management plan overview 8
1.5 Legislation and policy supporting marine park management 9
1.6 Approach to managing Australian Marine Parks 11
1.7 Ways of working 11
1.8 Partnerships 12
1.9 Management programs and actions 14
1.10 Zones 14
1.11 Implementation plans 15
1.12 Adaptive management 15
Part 2. The South-west Marine Parks Network 16
2.1 The South-west Marine Region 17
2.2 The South-west Marine Parks Network 19
2.3 Values of the South-west Network 21
2.5 Pressures in the South-west Network 24
2.6 Management programs and actions in the South-West Network 27
Chapter 2 Management and prescriptions 34
Part 3. Zoning 35
3.1 Zone categories, names and objectives 36
Part 4. Managing activities 39
4.1 Outline of Part 4 40
4.2 Rules for activities 40
4.2.1 General use, access, and waste management 42
4.2.2 Commercial shipping (other than commercial fishing and commercial aquaculture vessels) 44
4.2.3 Commercial fishing 45
4.2.4 Commercial aquaculture 48
4.2.5 Commercial media 50
4.2.6 Commercial tourism (includes charter fishing tours, scuba diving, nature watching tours) 51
4.2.7 Recreational fishing 53
4.2.8 Mining operations (includes exploration) 54
4.2.9 Structures and works 57
4.2.10 Research and monitoring 60
4.2.11 National security and emergency response 61
4.2.12 New activities and authorisations 63
4.3 Making decisions about activities 63
4.3.1 Decision-making 63
4.3.2 Assessments under other processes 64
4.3.3 Review of decisions 64
4.4 Authorisation of allowable activities 65
4.4.1 Permits 65
4.4.2 Class approvals 65
4.4.3 Activity licences and leases 68
4.4.4 Publication of authorisations 68
Glossary 69
Schedule 1 Summary of legislative and policy contexts 75