Location
Key Information
| 105,559 km2 | MARINE AREA |
| 113,054 km2 | TOTAL AREA i |
- Commercial marine life removal is prohibited
- Both commercial and recreational marine life removal are heavily restricted
- Recreational marine life removal is prohibited, and commercial marine life removal is restricted
Boundary: Dpt of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (Unmodified)
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Purpose
To contribute to a national and global representative system of marine protected areas, by providing protection for unique species, habitats and ecosystem processes including foraging grounds and shelf areas with increased nutrients; to provide scientific reference points that can Inform the management of the area and to be able to understand better the impacts of Climate Change on the whole Southern Ocean; to facilitate integrated and ecologically sustainable management of marine resources of the area; and to reduce the ecological impacts of fisheries and other extractive industries including effects on by-catch species such as albatrosses and petrels.
Species of Concern: penguins, albatrosses, petrels, seals, orca, Patagonian toothfish
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
1. No person may fish or attempt to fish, except for toothfish and only if authorised in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act by the Minister responsible for Fisheries.
2. Fishing methods, including but not limited to bottom trawling and gillnetting, which may cause damage to benthic habitats, benthic species or seabirds are prohibited.
3. A fishing vessel authorised in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act to fish must carry a scientific observer on board.