Marine Bioregional Planning publications
General
Books and reports
- Benthic marine bioregionalisation of Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone
- Beyond biodiversity: Sustainable conservation and development of the oceans using Ecosystem Based Management (EBM)
- Collation and analysis of oceanographic datasets for National Marine Bioregionalisation
- Collation and analysis of oceanographic datasets for National Marine Bioregionalisation: the Northern Large Marine Domain
- Collation and validation of museum collection databases related to the distribution of marine sponges in northern Australia
- Economic contribution of Australia's marine industries 1995-96 to 2002-03
- Geomorphic features of the continental margin of Australia
- Goals and principles for the establishment of the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas in Commonwealth waters
- Guidance on achieving comprehensiveness, adequacy, and representativeness in the Commonwealth waters component of the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
- Marine Bioregional Planning: A new focus for Australia’s marine planning
- National Marine Atlas: Non-fisheries uses in Australia's marine jurisdiction
- National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia - Summary report
- National Marine Sediments database and Seafloor Characteristics Project - Final report
- Pelagic regionalisation: National Marine Bioregionalisation Integration Project report
- PILOT: Atlas of Australian marine fishing and coastal communities
- Stocktake of environmental, socio-economic and governance performance assessment systems in use by Australian Governments
- Validation of the national demersal fish datasets for the regionalisation of the Australian continental slope and outer shelf (>40 m depth)
- Workshop on the governance of High Seas biodiversity conservation
Brochures and fact sheets
- Benthic fact sheets - National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia
- Pelagic fact sheets - National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia
Maps
- Benthic maps - National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia
- Pelagic maps - National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia
South-east Marine Region
Books and reports
- Communities: Connecting with the ocean
- A discussion paper for advancing the South-east Regional Marine Plan
- Ecosystems: Nature's diversity
- Impact from the ocean/land interface
- Impact of aquaculture
- Impacts: Identifying disturbances
- Impacts of shipping
- Impacts on the natural system - Chapter 4: Impacts of petroleum
- Interim Bioregionalisation for the continental slope and deeper waters of the South-East Marine Region of Australia
- Key economic issues facing marine based industries in the South East Marine Region
- Maps of the South-east Marine Region
- Marine Matters: Atlas of marine activities and coastal communities in Australia's South-East Marine Region
- Marine Matters: Social contributions of marine uses to communities in the south east region of Australia
- Non-market economic values and the South-east Marine Region
- Ocean management: the legal framework
- Pressures on uses in the South-east Marine Region
- Resources: Macquarie Island's picture
- Resources: Using the ocean
- The right bait: Social contributions of tourism charter operation to St Helens, Tasmania
- Risk assessment for environmental management of the marine environment
- Sea Country: an Indigenous perspective
- South-east Regional Marine Plan - Scoping paper
- Snapshot of the South-east
- A summary paper: Glimpses of the South-east Marine Region
- Targeted review of biological and ecological information from fisheries research in the South-east Marine Region
- Technical review of impacts matrices - Final report
Brochures and fact sheets
Plans
- Kooyang Sea Country Plan
- The South-east Regional Marine Plan: Implementing Australia's oceans policy in the South-east Marine Region
South-west Marine Region
Books and reports
- A Socio-economic Analysis and Description of the Marine Industries of Australia's South-west Marine Region
- Characterisation of the marine environment of the South-west Marine Region
- Ecological importance of small pelagic fishes in the Flinders Current System
- Geomorphology and sedimentology of the South Western Planning Area of Australia
- Patterns of future developments in the South-west Marine Region
- Sedimentology and Geomorphology of the South West Planning Region of Australia - A spatial analysis
- South-west Marine Bioregional Plan Bioregional Profile
- The South-west Marine Region: Ecosystems and Key Species Groups
- Understanding areas of high productivity within the South-west Marine Region
- Western rock lobster in ecosystem processes of south-western Australia
Brochures and fact sheets
Updates
North-west Marine Region
Reports
- The development, status and socio-economic linkages of key industries within and adjacent to the North-west Marine Region
- A characterisation of the marine environment of the North-west Marine Region
- Petroleum and minerals industries in the North-west Marine Region
- Sea countries of the North-west
- Sedimentology and geomorphology of the North-west Marine Region
- A socio-economic overview of the coastal communities adjacent to the North-west Marine Region
- Trophic systems of the North-west Marine Region
Brochures and fact sheets
Northern Marine Region
Books and reports
- Age, growth and reproductive dynamics of the Talang Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus) in Northern Australia
- Biological survey of the Arafura Sea
- Characterisation of the marine environment of the North Marine Region
- Coral survey at selected sites in Arnhem Land
- 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
- 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
Brochures and fact sheets
East Marine Region
Books and Reports
- Ecosystems of the East Marine Region
- Characterisation of the marine environment of the East Marine Region
- Assessment of the conservation values of the Norfolk Seamounts area
- Description of Key Species Groups in the East Marine Region
- Description of commercial, recreational and charter fishing activities in the East Marine Region
- Non-fisheries Resource Use Activities in the East Marine Planning Region
- As Far as the Eye Can See: Indigenous Interests in the East Marine Planning Region
Brochures and fact sheets
Newsletters
IMCRA
Books and reports
- A guide to The Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia - version 4.0
- The Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia - version 3.3
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