Marine bioregional planning
About marine bioregional planning The Australian Government's Marine Bioregional Planning Program is supporting the conservation and sustainable use of Australia's oceans. It is doing this by building a better understanding of our unique marine environment, the life it supports and those things that are putting the health of our oceans at risk. The Australian Government is committed to improving protection our marine environment, while also supporting the sustainable use of marine resources. More... Planning regions |
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| South-west | North-west | North |
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The South-west Marine Region covers more than 1.3 million square kilometres of ocean adjacent to the eastern tip of Kangaroo Island off the South Australian coast to waters off Shark Bay, Western Australia. More... |
The North-west Marine Region covers more than 1 million square kilometres of ocean adjacent to Western Australia from Kalbarri to the Western Australia and Northern Territory border. More... | The North Marine Region covers more than 625 000 square kilometres of ocean from the Gulf of Carpentaria adjacent to Queensland to the Northern Territory and Western Australian border. More |
| Coral Sea | Temperate East | South-east |
| The Coral Sea covers approximately 972,000 square kilometres of Australian waters and seabed east of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, out to the edge of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone. More... |
The Temperate East Marine Region covers 1.47 million square kilometres of ocean from the southern boundary of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park to Bermagui in southern New South Wales. More... |
The South-east Marine Region covers more than 1.6 million square kilometres of ocean adjacent to Victoria, Tasmania (including Macquarie Island), southern New South Wales, and eastern South Australia. More... |
Public consultation
Coral Sea region
Submissions are invited on the Commonwealth marine reserve proposal for the Coral Sea. Comments close 24 February 2012
Temperate East Marine Region
Submissions are invited on the Draft temperate East Bioregional Plan and the Temperate East Commonwealth marine reserves network proposal. Comments close 21 February 2012
Information for media
Now closed
The public consultation period on the draft North and North-west Marine Bioregional Plans and Commonwealth marine reserves network proposals has now closed.
