Draft management plan – consultation now open

Comments are invited on the draft management for the South-east Marine Parks Network.

The previous South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Management Plan expired on 30 June 2023. The Director of National Parks has prepared a new Draft Management Plan for the South-east Network.

Download

• South-east Marine Parks Network Draft Management Plan (PDF)
• South-east Marine Parks Network Draft Management Plan (Word)

Comments must be submitted in writing via the Have your say website no later than 11.30 pm AEDT on Thursday 14 November 2024.

The comments will be considered by the Director of National Parks when finalising the management plan, before providing it to the Minister for the Environment for approval.

The South-east Network is being managed under transitional arrangements until a new management plan is finalised.

The Draft Management Plan builds on the previous Management Plan (PDF) and has been informed by:

• South-East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Management Plan Evaluation: Summary report (PDF)
• South-East Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network Management Plan Evaluation: Full report (PDF)
• the first public comment period on the notice of intent to prepare a new management plan which took place on from 20 March 2023 to 22 May 2023. Read published submissions
• South-east Marine Parks Network State of Knowledge
• Australian Marine Parks Science Atlas.

The Draft Plan includes a disclaimer that it is not formally endorsed by Traditional Owners. Parks Australia will undertake targeted First Nations engagement in parallel to the public comment period to ensure First Nations are actively engaged in the public comment process.

Draft Management Plan - Maps

The draft management plan proposes zoning changes to 10 of the 14 marine parks in the South-east Network.

• Draft zoning map for the South-east Network (PDF)

Marine parks with proposed zoning changes

• Beagle Marine Park (PDF)
• Flinders Marine Park (PDF)
• Franklin Marine Park (PDF)
• Freycinet Marine Park (PDF)
• Huon Marine Park (PDF)
• Murray Marine Park (PDF)
• Nelson Marine Park (PDF)
• South Tasman Rise Marine Park (PDF)
• Tasman Fracture Marine Park (PDF)
• Zeehan Marine Park (PDF)

Marine parks with no proposed zoning change

• Apollo Marine Park (PDF)
• Boags Marine Park (PDF)
• East Gippsland Marine Park (PDF)
• Macquarie Island Marine Park (PDF)

Draft geospatial data

• South-east Network draft management plan dataset

Current South-east Network zoning

• South-east Marine Parks Network current zoning maps

Draft management plan - Class approvals

Changes to zoning and activity rules in Chapter 4 of the draft plan will require changes to the relevant class approvals. Draft class approvals for relevant activities are available at:

• Commercial fishing (PDF)
• Mining (PDF)

Fact sheets about changes in the draft management plan

The documents below summarise the key changes in the draft plan.

• Conservation (PDF)
• Mining activities (PDF)
• User guide (PDF)

Snapshot of the South-east Network