Location
Key Information
| 0.28 km2 | MARINE AREA |
| 0.35 km2 | TOTAL AREA i |
Boundary: Departement of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Unmodified)
2.0
October 2022
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Purpose
To provide for the conservation of areas of the Marine Park, while providing opportunities for reasonable use.
Species of Concern: corals, dugong, humpback whale, Australian snubfin dolphin, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, helmet shell, triton shell, tridacnid clam, seahorse, pipefish, sea dragon, potato cod, Queensland grouper, barramundi cod, Maori wrasse, groupers, whale shark, grey nurse shark, great white shark, freshwater sawfish, green sawfish, sea snakes, crocodiles, green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback turtle, olive ridley sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
The chief executive may grant a permission to a person for an area within the general use zone only for the following purposes:
a) a purpose for which the Commonwealth general use zone may be used or entered with written permission of the Marine Park Authority;
b) for an area that is within the prescribed exploration area:
i) exploration of, or mining for, minerals by a holder of a lease, licence, permit or other authority under the Mineral Resources Act 1989 that authorises the exploration or mining; or
ii) exploration or extraction of petroleum by a holder of a lease, licence, permit or other authority under the Petroleum Act 1923 that authorises the exploration or extraction.
Allowed
A person may enter or use an area within the general use zone without permission for the following purposes:
a) a purpose for which the Commonwealth general use zone may be used or entered without permission of, or notification to, the Marine Park Authority;
b) bait gathering;
c) oyster gathering.