Marine protected area publications
Most publications are only available online. Hardcopies of publications marked Order printed copy can be ordered online.
On this page:
- Establishing and managing Commonwealth marine protected areas
- Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
- Cartier Island Marine Reserve
- Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve
- Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve
- Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park
- Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve
- Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
- Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve
- Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
- Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters)
- South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network
- Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve
- List of management plans in operation
- List of visitor information brochures
- National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
Establishing and managing Commonwealth marine protected areas
- 5th IUCN World Parks Congress - Durban, South Africa - 2003
Discussion papers for the marine theme workshops: - Data Layers and Metadata to Assist in the Selection of Candidate MPAs in the SEMR - Draft - 2003
- Australia's South-east Marine Region: A User's Guide to Identifying Candidate Areas for a Regional Representative System of Marine Protected Areas- 2003
- The Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas Program - 2003
- Australian IUCN Reserve Management Principles for Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas - 2002
- Assessment of the Conservation Values of the Bonney Upwelling (Blue Whale Aggregation) Area - 2002
- Assessment of the Conservation Values of the Bass Strait Sponge Beds Area - 2002
- Crossing Borders: Implications of the Memorandum of Understanding on Bajo fishing activity in northern Australian waters - 2001
- Rapid Assessment of Australian MPAs using Satellite Remote Sensing - 2001
Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
- Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve Management Plans - 2002
- Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island Reserves Brochure - 2005
- Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve marine and terrestrial introduced species prevention and management strategy - 2004
- The Corals Collected During September/October 1997 at Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea — A report to Parks Australia
- Management and Research Issues at Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve - 2002
- Population genetics of Southeast Asian and Western Pacific green turtles, Chelonia mydas - 2002
- Survey 2000: Bęche-de-mer and trochus populations at Ashmore Reef - 2000
- Survey and Stock Size Estimates of the Shallow Reef (0-15 m Deep) and Shoal Area (15-50 m Deep) Marine Resources and Habitat Mapping Within the Timor Sea MOU74 Box - 1999
- Understanding the Cultural, Natural Heritage Values & Management Challenges of the Ashmore Region - 2001
- Surveys of Trochus, Holothuria, Giant Clams and the Coral Communities at Ashmore Reef, Cartier Reef and Mermaid Reef, Northwestern Australia - 2003
Cartier Island Marine Reserve
- Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve marine and terrestrial introduced species prevention and management strategy - 2004
- Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve Management Plans - 2002
- Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island Reserves Brochure - 2002
- Stocks of Trochus and Bęche-de-mer at Cartier Reef: 2001 surveys - 2002
- Surveys of Trochus, Holothuria, Giant Clams and the Coral Communities at Ashmore Reef, Cartier Reef and Mermaid Reef, Northwestern Australia - 2003
Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve Commonwealth Waters - Swath Survey and Habitat classification - June 2008
- Information for users of the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve - brochure - May 2007
- Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Map and boundary description - May 2007
- Grey Nurse Sharks in the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Videos - May 2007
- Fishing prohibitions in the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Determination notices - May 2007
Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve & Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve
- Coringa–Herald National Nature Reserve – Identification of invertebrates collected on the 2007 invertebrate survey - 2008
- Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve & Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve Management Plan - 2001
- Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve Marine Survey 2007 - 2008
- Coral Sea National Nature Reserves Brochure - 2002
- Marine surveys undertaken in the Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve - March-April 2003
- Report on levels of scale insect pulvinaria urbicola and its natural enemies - March 2001
- Report on visit to the Coringa - Herald Nature Reserve 30 July - 10 August, 2001: with regard to the releasing of parasitoids and ladybird predators of the pest scale Pulvinaria urbicola on Pisonia grandis - August 2001
- Report On Visit to the Coringa - Herald Nature Reserve 17-21 December 2001: with regard to the releasing of parasitoids and ladybird predators of the pest scale Pulvinaria urbicola on Pisonia grandis - 2001
- Report On Visit to the Coringa - Herald Nature Reserve and SE Magdelaine Cay 15-22 March, 2002: with regard to the releasing of parasitoids and ladybird predators of the pest scale Pulvinaria urbicola on Pisonia grandis and the assessment of biocontrol options for hawkmoths - 2002
- Marine surveys undertaken in the Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve - March 2004
Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park
- Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve Plan of Management - 1993
- Marine Surveys undertaken in the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve - December 2003
- A report on the ecological surveys undertaken at Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs - February 2006
- Genetic connectedness between black cod collections along the NSW coast and Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Reserve - June 2007
- Population genetic structure of Australian Galapagos reef sharks Carcharhinus galapagensis at Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve and Lord Howe Island Marine Park - 2008
Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
- Great Australian Bight Marine Park(Commonwealth and State Waters) - A Description Of Values And Uses - 2005
- Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Plan of Management - 2005-2012
- Great Australian Bight Marine Park: Information for Park Users - Prepared by SA Government on behalf of GABMP Steering Committee
- The potential sensitivity of marine mammals to mining and exploration in the Great Australian Bight Marine park Marine Mammal Protection Zone: An independent review and risk assessment report to the Department of the Environment and Heritage - 2003
- Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park - 2003
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve
Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
- Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan - 2002
- Deeper water fish and benthic surveys in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park - February 2004
Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve
- Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve - Information for visitors - 2009
- Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Plan of Management - 2000
- Surveys of Trochus, Holothuria, Giant Clams and the Coral Communities at Ashmore Reef, Cartier Reef and Mermaid Reef, Northwestern Australia - 2003
- Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Brochure - 2005
Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)
- Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) - Literature Review - 2000
- Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan - 2002
- Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters): Information for commercial fishers and commercial charter fishing operators - 2002
- Ningaloo Marine Park - Initial survey of seabed biodiversity in intermediate and deeper waters - March 2004
Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters)
- Solitary Islands Marine Park and Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters) zoning summary and user guide - 2007
- Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters): Management Plan - 2001
South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network
Brochures and fact sheets
Newsletters
Approval application forms
- Commercial fishing user guide - includes registration form
- Commercial tourism (including charter fishing) user guide - includes registration form
- Mining - Seismic survey and transit
- Mining - All other mining
- Recreational activities
- Scienitifc research
- Shipping (Commercial vessel transit)
Maps
- South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network
- Geomorphic features in the South-east Marine Planning Region
- Apollo Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Boags Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- East Gippsland Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Franklin Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Murray Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Nelson Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- South Tasman Rise Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
- Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve
List of management plans in operation
- Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Cartier Island Marine Reserve Management Plans - 2002
- Cartier Island Marine Reserve Management Plan see above
- Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve & Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve Management Plan - 2001
- Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve Plan of Management - 1993
- Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Plan of Management - 2000
- Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan - 2002
- Macquarie Island Marine Park Management Plan - 2001
- Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Plan of Management - 2000
- Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters) Management Plan - 2002
- Solitary Islands Marine Reserve (Commonwealth Waters): Management Plan - 2001
List of Visitor information brochures
- Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island Reserves Brochure - 2002
- Coral Sea National Nature Reserves Brochure - 2002
- Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve Brochure - 2002
- Great Australian Bight Marine Park: Information for Park Users - Prepared by SA Government on behalf of GABMP Steering Committee
- Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve Brochure - 2005
- Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters): Information for commercial fishers and commercial charter fishing operators - 2002
National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
- Australia's Marine Protected Areas: Protecting our Coasts and Oceans
- Interim Marine Bioregionalisation for Australia - Towards a National System of Marine Protected Areas - 1996
- Guidelines for Establishing the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas - 1998
- Progress in implementing the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (NRSMPA) - 2008
- Socio-economic Impact Assessment Toolkit; A guide to assessing the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas in Australia - 2005
- Strategic Plan of Action for the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas - 1999
- Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas in Australia - 1997
- Understanding and Applying the Principles of Comprehensiveness, Adequacy and Representativeness for the NRSMPA - 1999
Permits
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