Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network
Resources
Maps and datasets
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Publications
General
- Commonwealth Marine Reserves Indigenous Forum Outcomes Report
- Fisheries Adjustment Assistance Package for new Commonwealth Marine Reserves - Discussion Paper - 2012
- Fisheries Adjustment Policy
- Notice of proposed proclamations - Commonwealth reserves
- Report of the Director of National Parks - November 2012
Fact sheets
- Fisheries Adjustment Assistance Package
- Marine reserves and recreational fishing
- ABARES assessment of the proposed marine reserve networks (PDF - 107KB) | (Word - 47KB)
- Understanding Australian fisheries and marine reserve impacts (PDF - 61KB) | (Word - 103KB)
- Possible impacts of the proposed Commonwealth marine reserves networks (PDF - 83KB) | (Word - 125KB)
Scientific and expert reports
National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
- 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 - 2006
- Guidelines for Establishing the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas - ANZECC, 1998
- Interim Marine Bioregionalisation for Australia - Towards a National System of Marine Protected Areas - 1996
- Progress in implementing the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (NRSMPA) - 2008
- Rapid Assessment of Australian MPAs using Satellite Remote Sensing - 2001
- 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 - ANZECC, 1999
- Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas in Australia - 1997
- Understanding and Applying the Principles of Comprehensiveness, Adequacy and Representativeness for the NRSMPA - 1999
- 5th IUCN World Parks Congress - Durban, South Africa - 2003
Discussion papers for the marine theme workshops:
Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA)
- 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
National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia
- Benthic fact sheets - 2005
- Benthic maps - 2005
- Benthic Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia’s Exclusive Economic Zone - 2005
- Bioregionalisation of Australian waters using brittle stars Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), a major group of marine benthic invertebrates - 2008
- Bioregionalisation of the waters around Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands using brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) - 2008
- Collation and analysis of oceanographic datasets for National Marine Bioregionalisation - 2005
- Collation and analysis of oceanographic datasets for National Marine Bioregionalisation: the Northern Large Marine Domain - 2005
- Collation and validation of museum collection databases related to the distribution of marine sponges in northern Australia - 2004
- Geomorphic features of the continental margin of Australia - 2005
- National Marine Sediments database and Seafloor Characteristics Project - Final report - 2005
- Pelagic fact sheets - 2005
- Pelagic maps - 2005
- Pelagic regionalisation: National Marine Bioregionalisation Integration Project report - 2005
- Validation of the national demersal fish datasets for the regionalisation of the Australian continental slope and outer shelf (>40 m depth) - 2005
Publications archive
Previous public consultation documents and submissions are available in our Publications archive
Network management plans finalised
- Management plans and explanatory statements
- Media release - 12 March 2013