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Marine protected area publications

Hard copies of some of these publications are available free of charge from the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Community Information Unit. Other coastal and marine publications are available from the coasts and oceans web site.

On this page:

• Establishing and managing Commonwealth marine protected areas
• Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
• Cartier Island Marine Reserve
• Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve
• Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve
• Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park
• Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve
• Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
• Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve
• Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
• Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters)
• South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network
• Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve
• List of management plans in operation
• List of visitor information brochures
• National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas

Establishing and managing Commonwealth marine protected areas

• 5th IUCN World Parks Congress - Durban, South Africa - 2003
  Discussion papers for the marine theme workshops:
  • Benefits of marine protected areas - Discussion paper
  • Benefits of marine protected areas - Technical paper
  • Marine protected areas in ecosystem-based management of fisheries
• Data Layers and Metadata to Assist in the Selection of Candidate MPAs in the SEMR - Draft - 2003
• Australia's South-east Marine Region: A User's Guide to Identifying Candidate Areas for a Regional Representative System of Marine Protected Areas- 2003
• The Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas Program - 2003
• Australian IUCN Reserve Management Principles for Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas - 2002
• Assessment of the Conservation Values of the Bonney Upwelling (Blue Whale Aggregation) Area - 2002
• Assessment of the Conservation Values of the Bass Strait Sponge Beds Area - 2002
• Crossing Borders: Implications of the Memorandum of Understanding on Bajo fishing activity in northern Australian waters - 2001
• Marine Protected Areas and Displaced Fishing: A Policy Statement
• Rapid Assessment of Australian MPAs using Satellite Remote Sensing - 2001
  • Part 2: Validation of Biological Response to Physical Environment - 2001

Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve

• Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve Management Plans - 2002
• Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island Reserves Brochure - 2005
• Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve marine and terrestrial introduced species prevention and management strategy - 2004
• The Corals Collected During September/October 1997 at Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea — A report to Parks Australia
• Management and Research Issues at Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve - 2002
• Population genetics of Southeast Asian and Western Pacific green turtles, Chelonia mydas - 2002
• Survey 2000: Bêche-de-mer and trochus populations at Ashmore Reef - 2000
• Survey and Stock Size Estimates of the Shallow Reef (0-15 m Deep) and Shoal Area (15-50 m Deep) Marine Resources and Habitat Mapping Within the Timor Sea MOU74 Box - 1999
  • Volume 1: Stock Estimates and Stock Status
  • Volume 2: Habitat Mapping and Coral Dieback
  • Volume 3: Seabirds and Shorebirds of Ashmore Reef
• Understanding the Cultural, Natural Heritage Values & Management Challenges of the Ashmore Region - 2001
• Surveys of Trochus, Holothuria, Giant Clams and the Coral Communities at Ashmore Reef, Cartier Reef and Mermaid Reef, Northwestern Australia  - 2003

Cartier Island Marine Reserve

• Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve marine and terrestrial introduced species prevention and management strategy - 2004
• Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve Management Plans - 2002
• Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island Reserves Brochure - 2002
• Stocks of Trochus and Bêche-de-mer at Cartier Reef: 2001 surveys - 2002
• Surveys of Trochus, Holothuria, Giant Clams and the Coral Communities at Ashmore Reef, Cartier Reef and Mermaid Reef, Northwestern Australia  - 2003

Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve

• Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve Commonwealth Waters - Swath Survey and Habitat classification - June 2008
• Information for users of the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve - brochure - May 2007
• Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Map and boundary description - May 2007
• Grey Nurse Sharks in the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Videos - May 2007
• Fishing prohibitions in the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Determination notices - May 2007

Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve & Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve

• Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve & Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve Management Plan - 2001
• Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve Marine Survey 2007 - 2008
• Coral Sea National Nature Reserves Brochure - 2002
• Marine surveys undertaken in the Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve  - March-April 2003
• Report on levels of scale insect pulvinaria urbicola and its natural enemies - March 2001
• Report on visit to the Coringa - Herald Nature Reserve 30 July - 10 August, 2001: with regard to the releasing of parasitoids and ladybird predators of the pest scale Pulvinaria urbicola on Pisonia grandis - August 2001
• Report On Visit to the Coringa - Herald Nature Reserve 17-21 December 2001: with regard to the releasing of parasitoids and ladybird predators of the pest scale Pulvinaria urbicola on Pisonia grandis - 2001
• Report On Visit to the Coringa - Herald Nature Reserve and SE Magdelaine Cay 15-22 March, 2002: with regard to the releasing of parasitoids and ladybird predators of the pest scale Pulvinaria urbicola on Pisonia grandis and the assessment of biocontrol options for hawkmoths - 2002
• Marine surveys undertaken in the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve  - March 2004

Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park

• Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve Plan of Management - 1993
• Marine Surveys undertaken in the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve  - December 2003
• A report on the ecological surveys undertaken at Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs - February 2006
• Genetic connectedness between black cod collections along the NSW coast and Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Reserve  - June 2007
• Population genetic structure of Australian Galapagos reef sharks Carcharhinus galapagensis at Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve and Lord Howe Island Marine Park - 2008

Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)

• Great Australian Bight Marine Park(Commonwealth and State Waters) - A Description Of Values And Uses - 2005
• Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Plan of Management - 2005-2012
• Great Australian Bight Marine Park: Information for Park Users  - Prepared by SA Government on behalf of GABMP Steering Committee
• The potential sensitivity of marine mammals to mining and exploration in the Great Australian Bight Marine park Marine Mammal Protection Zone: An independent review and risk assessment report to the Department of the Environment and Heritage - 2003
• Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park - 2003

Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Proposal - 2002

Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)

• Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan - 2002
• Deeper water fish and benthic surveys in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park  - February 2004

Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve

• Macquarie Island Marine Park Management Plan - 2001

Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve

• Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Plan of Management - 2000
• Surveys of Trochus, Holothuria, Giant Clams and the Coral Communities at Ashmore Reef, Cartier Reef and Mermaid Reef, Northwestern Australia  - 2003
• Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Brochure - 2005

Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)

• Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) - Literature Review - 2000
• Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan - 2002
• Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters): Information for commercial fishers and commercial charter fishing operators - 2002
• Ningaloo Marine Park - Initial survey of seabed biodiversity in intermediate and deeper waters  - March 2004

Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters)

• Solitary Islands Marine Park and Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters) zoning summary and user guide - 2007
• Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters): Management Plan - 2001

South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network

Brochures and fact sheets

• Beyond and beneath the blue horizon - An introduction to the Commonwealth Marine Reserves of South-east Australia - 2007

Newsletters

• South-east region commercial fishing industry bulletin

Approval application forms

• Commercial fishing user guide - includes registration form
• Commercial tourism (including charter fishing) user guide - includes registration form
• Mining - Seismic survey and transit
• Mining - All other mining
• Recreational activities
• Scienitifc research
• Shipping (Commercial vessel transit)

Maps

• South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network
• Geomorphic features in the South-east Marine Planning Region
• Apollo Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Boags Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• East Gippsland Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Franklin Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Nelson Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• South Tasman Rise Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
• Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve

List of management plans in operation

• Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve Management Plans - 2002
• Cartier Island Marine Reserve Management Plan see above
• Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve & Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve Management Plan - 2001
• Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve Plan of Management - 1993
• Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Plan of Management - 2000
• Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan - 2002
• Macquarie Island Marine Park Management Plan - 2001
• Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Plan of Management - 2000
• Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan - 2002
• Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters): Management Plan - 2001

List of Visitor information brochures

• Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island Reserves Brochure - 2002
• Coral Sea National Nature Reserves Brochure - 2002
• Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve Brochure - 2002
• Great Australian Bight Marine Park: Information for Park Users  - Prepared by SA Government on behalf of GABMP Steering Committee
• Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Brochure - 2005
• Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters): Information for commercial fishers and commercial charter fishing operators - 2002

National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas

• Australia's Marine Protected Areas: Protecting our Coasts and Oceans
• Interim Marine Bioregionalisation for Australia - Towards a National System of Marine Protected Areas  - 1996
• Guidelines for Establishing the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas - 1998
• Progress in implementing the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (NRSMPA) - 2008
• Socio-economic Impact Assessment Toolkit; A guide to assessing the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas in Australia - 2005
• Strategic Plan of Action for the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas - 1999
  • Action 6: Status of Ecosystem Mapping for NRSMPA - 2000
  • Action 8: Review of Methods for Ecosystem Mapping for NRSMPA - 2000
• Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas in Australia - 1997
• Understanding and Applying the Principles of Comprehensiveness, Adequacy and Representativeness for the NRSMPA - 1999