]]
Marine Protected Areas
Most publications are available as PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files.
If you are unable to access a publication, please contact us to organise a suitable alternative format.
Links to another web site
Opens a pop-up window
Environment Australia, 2001
ISBN 0 642 54761 0
The Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve Management Plan expired on the 25th of September 2008.
Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, approval from the Director of National Parks is required to allow existing commercial and recreational activities to legally continue.
Interim Management Arrangements will apply until a new management plan has been put in place.
This the first management plan for Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve, which expired on 25 September 2008.
The Macquarie Island Commonwealth Marine Reserve (the Reserve) is part of the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (NRSMPA). Delivery of the NRSMPA is a major focus of Australia’s Oceans Policy.
This draft Plan assists in fulfilling Australia’s responsibilities under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The establishment of the Reserve assists Australia in meeting its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity, the World Heritage Convention, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) and the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. The Reserve lies just outside the area covered by the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). However, Australia must harmonise with CCAMLR measures, with any conservation measures for harvesting in areas adjacent to the area covered by CCAMLR, and must also ensure any harvesting is conducted in a responsible manner.
Under the EPBC Act, administration, management and control of Commonwealth reserves is the responsibility of the Director of National Parks. The Director’s functions and powers in relation to the Reserve have been delegated to the First Assistant Secretary, Marine and Biodiversity Division, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.