Marine Protected Areas

Management of Lihou Reef and Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserves

A beach on Lorna Cay, Photo by: Mark Hallam.

The Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve was proclaimed on 16 August 1982 in order to protect the Reserve's natural communities and species, and to maintain and protect all natural processes in an undisturbed state.

The Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve is managed under a joint management plan with the nearby Coringa-Herald Reef National Nature Reserve.

The most recent management plan was prepared in 2001 under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and assigns the reserves to an IUCN category 1a — strict nature reserve. This management plan expires on 4 September 2008 and interim management arrangements will apply until a new management plan is in place.

See also

• Management Plan for Coringa-Herald Nature Reserve and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve
• Management Arrangements for activities in the Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reef National Nature Reserves
• Interim management arrangements
• Permits and Approvals
• Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve