North Marine Region
North Marine Region resources
North Marine Bioregional Planning public consultation
The public consultation period on the North draft Marine Bioregional Plan and Commonwealth marine reserves network proposal is now closed.
Analysis of Social and Economic Impacts
- Interim estimates of potential catch and gross value of production impacts of draft marine reserves in the North Marine Region (PDF - 1174KB) | (Word - 1198KB) - ABARES, November 2011
Brochures and fact sheets
Books and reports
- Age, growth and reproductive dynamics of the Talang Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus) in Northern Australia
- Assessment of risks that commercial fishing methods may pose to conservation values in the North and North-west Marine Regions (PDF - 970 KB) | (Word - 1.1 MB)
- Bioregional profile - North Marine Bioregional Plan - Bioregional Profile - 2008
- Biological survey of the Arafura Sea
- Characterisation of the marine environment of the North Marine Region
- Coral survey at selected sites in Arnhem Land
- Crossing Borders: Implications of the Memorandum of Understanding on Bajo fishing activity in northern Australian waters - 2001
- Description paper for Areas for Further Assessment in the North Marine Region - 2009
- Determining feasibility of acoustic tag attachment and documenting short-term movements in Pristis zijsron
- Finding solutions: Derelict fishing gear and other marine debris in Northern Australia
- Key Species: a description of Key Species groups in the Northern Planning Area
- Living on Saltwater Country: Cape York Peninsula Sea Country Management, needs and issues
- Living on Saltwater Country: Goulburn Island to the QLD Border Sea Country Management, needs and issues
- Living on Saltwater Country: Review of literature about Aboriginal rights, use, management and interests in northern Australian marine environments
- Living on Saltwater Country: Southern Gulf of Carpentaria Sea Country Management, needs and issues
- Northern Marine Atlas: Fisheries uses and social indicators in Australia’s marine jurisdiction
- Northern Marine Atlas: Non-fisheries uses in Australia's marine jurisdiction
- Northern Scoping Report
- Northern Snapshot
- Remote sensing for light attenuation mapping in the North Marine Region
- Scoping report for the Northern Planning Area
- Snapshot of the Northern Planning Area
- Socio-economic overview of the Northern Planning Area
- A survey of intertidal seagrass from Van Diemen Gulf to Castlereagh Bay, Northern Territory, and from Gove to Horn Island, Queensland
- Torres Strait Islanders and fisheries: an analysis of economic development programs
- Torres Strait seabed & water-column data collation, bio-physical modeling and characterization
- Tradition and legislation: Analysis of Torres Strait Treaty and Fisheries Act terms
National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
Public consultation
North Marine Region
The public consultation period on the draft North Marine Bioregional Plan and Commonwealth marine reserves network proposal has now closed.
About marine bioregional planning
Marine bioregional planning is being implemented in five large marine regions.
