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Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth waters)

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The marine park was originally proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 on 20 May 1987 as the Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters). The marine park was proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 as a Commonwealth Marine Reserve and renamed Ningaloo Marine
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The reserve includes shallow shelf environments and provides protection for shelf and slope habitats, as well as pinnacle and terrace seafloor features. Examples of the seafloor habitats and communities of the Central Western Shelf Transition
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IV. However, within the marine park there are two protection zones, each zone has an IUCN category and related rules for managing activities to ensure the protection of marine habitats and species.
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Map data: Sanctuary IUCN Ia and National Park IUCN II zones ('no take' zones) from Australian Marine Parks, (2018) Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. CC BY 4.0.
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http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7BCD8877F3-8C39-4A20-A53F-070FBEE5AF3C%7D
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Map showing the Ningaloo Marine Park. The shaded area is a National Park Zone ('no take' zone).
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The following table is a summary of the zoning rules within the Ningaloo Marine Park:
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Climate change is of high concern within this marine park due to effects such as
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A marine park of the same name lies directly east, but is managed by the
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Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy (2018).
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Has a high abundance of Manta Rays within lagoons and outer reef areas.
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Australian marine park west of the Ningaloo Coast of Western Australia
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North-west Marine Parks Network - environment.gov.au (outdated)
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands Commonwealth Marine Reserve
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Foraging areas and adjacent to important nesting sites for
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Zoning and rules for the North-west Marine Parks Network
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Includes part of the migratory pathway of the protected
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Protected areas managed by the Australian Government
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IUCN category

22°37′09″S 113°32′46″E / 22.6191°S 113.5461°E / -22.6191; 113.5461
Parks Australia
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Australian marine park
Western Australia
Ningaloo Coast
IUCN category
North-west Marine Parks Network
Department of Parks and Wildlife
whale sharks
marine turtles
humpback whale
provincial bioregion
ocean acidification
IUCN protected area category
Zoning and rules for the North-west Marine Parks Network
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Protected areas managed by the Australian government
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"Relation: Ningaloo Marine Park (8426821)"
Ningaloo Marine Park
"Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters)"


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