Great Australian Bight Marine Park (2017)

Marine protected area in the Great Australian Bight off South Australia

Not to be confused with Great Australian Bight Marine Park, a collective name used for a group of marine protected areas located in both state and Commonwealth waters.

Great Australian Bight Marine Park
Australia

Great Australian Bight Marine Park

Nearest town or city| Ceduna, South Australia
Coordinates| 33°24′00″S 130°23′00″E﻿ / ﻿33.40000°S 130.38333°E﻿ / -33.40000; 130.38333
Established| 8 December 2012 (2012-12-8)[1]
Area| 45,926 km2 (17,732.1 sq mi)[2]
Managing authorities| Director of National Parks
Website| Great Australian Bight Marine Park

Great Australian Bight Marine Park (formerly Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is a marine protected area located in the Great Australian Bight south of South Australia in waters within the Australian Exclusive economic zone.[3]

It was gazetted in November 2012 to replace the Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth waters).[1] It was renamed on 11 October 2017.[4]

The marine park consists of three zones - a marine national park zone (IUCN Category II) with an area of 7,728 square kilometres (2,984 square miles), a multiple use zone (IUCN Category VI) with an area of 22,682 square kilometres (8,758 square miles) and a special purpose zone (IUCN Category VI) which occupies three separate areas of ocean with a total area of 15,516 square kilometres (5,991 square miles).[2][3]

The purpose of the marine park is to protect habitat used for calving by the Southern right whale and as a feeding area for the following species - Australian sea lion, sperm whale, short-tailed shearwater and great white shark.[2]

It is part of a group of Australian marine parks known as the South-west Marine Parks Network.[2] It is also part of the group of marine protected areas which are located together in waters within Australian and South Australian jurisdictions within the Great Australian Bight and which were collectively known as the Great Australian Bight Marine Park as recently as 2005.[5]

It lies to the west of the Western Eyre Marine Park.[citation needed]

The South-west Corner Marine Reserves Network, including the Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve

## See also

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* Protected areas of Australia

## Citations and references

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Citations

1. ^ a b Comlaw, 2012
2. ^ a b c d DoE, 2015
3. ^ a b DoE (map), 2015
4. ^ "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Commonwealth Marine Reserves Renaming) Proclamation 2017". Federal Register of Legislation. Australian Government. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
5. ^ Director of National Parks, 2005, page iii

References

* "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Commonwealth Marine Reserves) Proclamation 2012 - F2012L02188". Commonwealth of Australia, Comlaw. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
* Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan 2005-2012. Director of National Parks, Commonwealth of Australia. 2005. ISBN 0 642 550794.
* "Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve". Department of the Environment (DoE). Retrieved 19 March 2015.
* "Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Maps". Department of the Environment (DoE). Retrieved 19 March 2015.

## External links

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* Official webpage
* Webpage for the Great Australian Bight Commonwealth Marine Reserve on the Protected Planet website

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Protected areas managed by the Australian Government

Botanical gardens & national parks|

| Botanical gardens|

* Australian National Botanic Gardens

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National parks|

* Booderee
* Christmas Island
* Kakadu
* Norfolk Island
* Pulu Keeling
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Australian marine parks|

| South-west Marine Park Network|

* Abrolhos
* Jurien
* Two Rocks
* Perth Canyon
* Geographe
* South-west Corner
* Eastern Recherche
* Twilight
* Bremer
* Great Australian Bight
* Murat
* Western Eyre
* Western Kangaroo Island
* Southern Kangaroo Island

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North-west Marine Park Network|

* Carnarvon Canyon
* Shark Bay
* Gascoyne
* Ningaloo
* Montebello
* Dampier
* Rowley Shoals
* Eighty Mile Beach
* Argo-Rowley Terrace
* Mermaid Reef
* Roebuck
* Kimberley
* Ashmore Reef
* Cartier Island

North Marine Park Network|

* Oceanic Shoals
* Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
* Arafura
* Arnhem
* Wessel
* Limmen
* Gulf of Carpentaria
* West Cape York

Coral Sea Marine Park|

* Coral Sea

Temperate East Marine Park Network|

* Jervis
* Hunter
* Cod Grounds
* Solitary Islands
* Central Eastern
* Gifford
* Lord Howe
* Norfolk

South-east Marine Parks Network|

* Apollo
* Beagle
* Boags
* East Gippsland
* Flinders
* Franklin
* Freycinet
* Huon
* Macquarie Island
* Murray
* Nelson
* South Tasman Rise
* Tasman Fracture
* Zeehan

Commonwealth Marine Reserves|

* Heard Island and McDonald Islands Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Marine parks|

* Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas|

* Amanda Bay
* Ardery Island and Odbert Island
* Clark Peninsula
* Frazier Islands
* Hawker Island
* Marine Plain
* Mawson's Huts
* North-eastern Bailey Peninsula
* Rookery Islands
* Scullin and Murray Monoliths
* Stornes
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Reserves held in trust|

* Calperum Station (reserve)
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Managing authorities|

* Director of National Parks (Parks Australia)
* Australian Antarctic Division
* Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

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