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Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth waters)

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Ningaloo Marine Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Whale Shark Ningaloo.jpg
Male whale shark, about 6 metres (20 ft) long
Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth waters)
Map showing the Ningaloo Marine Park. The shaded area is a National Park Zone ('no take' zone). [1]
LocationAustralia
Coordinates 22°37′09″S113°32′46″E / 22.6191°S 113.5461°E / -22.6191; 113.5461 [2]
Area2,435 km2 (940 sq mi)
Established20 May 1987
Operator Parks Australia
Website parksaustralia.gov.au/marine/parks/north-west/ningaloo/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Ningaloo Marine Park (formerly known as the Ningaloo Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is an Australian marine park offshore of Western Australia, and west of the Ningaloo Coast. [3] [4]

Contents

The marine park covers an area of 2,435 km2 (940 sq mi) and is assigned IUCN category IV. It is one of the 13 parks managed under the North-west Marine Parks Network. [5]

A marine park of the same name lies directly east, but is managed by the Department of Parks & Wildlife of Western Australia.

Conservation values

Species and habitat

Bioregions and ecology

The reserve includes shallow shelf environments and provides protection for shelf and slope habitats, as well as pinnacle and terrace seafloor features. Examples of the seafloor habitats and communities of the Central Western Shelf Transition provincial bioregion. [7]

Conservation Issues

Climate change is of high concern within this marine park due to effects such as ocean acidification, flooding, storms, and increased wave energy. [6]

History

The marine park was originally proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 on 20 May 1987 as the Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters). The marine park was proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 as a Commonwealth Marine Reserve and renamed Ningaloo Marine Park on 9 October 2017. [5]

Summary of protection zones

The Ningaloo Marine Park has been assigned IUCN protected area category IV. However, within the marine park there are two protection zones, each zone has an IUCN category and related rules for managing activities to ensure the protection of marine habitats and species. [5]

The following table is a summary of the zoning rules within the Ningaloo Marine Park: [5]

ZoneIUCNActivities permittedTotal area
(km2)
Vessel transitingRecreational fishingCommercial fishingCommercial aquacultureCommercial tourismMining
National ParkIIYesNoNoNoexcludes fishing, with approvalNo36,050
Recreational UseIIYesYesNoNoexcludes fishing, with approvalNo1,170
External link: Zoning and rules for the North-west Marine Parks Network Archived 14 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine

See also

References

  1. ↑ Map data: Sanctuary IUCN Ia and National Park IUCN II zones ('no take' zones) from Australian Marine Parks, (2018) Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. CC BY 4.0. http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BCD8877F3-8C39-4A20-A53F-070FBEE5AF3C%7D
  2. ↑ "Relation: Ningaloo Marine Park (8426821)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Ningaloo Marine Park (PDF) (Map). Parks Australia. 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)" (PDF). Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts. June 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "North-west Marine Parks Network Management Plan 2018" (PDF). Parks Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Ningaloo Coast, Australia" , Dictionary of Geotourism, Singapore: Springer Singapore, p. 439, 11 November 2019, doi:10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1746, ISBN   978-981-13-2537-3 , retrieved 11 February 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  7. 1 2 "Ningaloo Commonwealth Marine Reserve". environment.gov.au. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water . Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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