Section 3: Management of Commonwealth marine reserves and the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Archives | NERP Marine Biodiversity 2015 Final Report

The need: Management of Commonwealth marine reserves and the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Commonwealth marine reserves are areas established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (EPBC Act) to help conserve Australia’s spec...

Applying spatially balanced survey designs to monitor indicators in Commonwealth marine reserves

Australia’s Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) network covers 2.76 million km2 of continental shelf, slope, and abyssal habitat. The shelf provides a mosaic...

Valuing the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network

IMAGE: A seastar among deepwater corals at 1115m water depth in the Huon CMR, part of the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network. Image: CSIRO. Marine...

Surveys of Commonwealth marine reserves: Flinders

The Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) east of Tasmania’s Cape Barren Island stretches some 600 kilometres and covers an area of 27,000 km2. IMAGE ...

Feature: Southern Rock Lobster thrive in Tasman Fracture CMR

The Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) is the southernmost CMR of the continental Australian CMR network. It has been established for more than s...

Surveys of Commonwealth marine reserves: Geographe

The Geographe Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) lies within and adjacent to Geographe Bay south of Perth, Western Australia, and has a depth range of 15–70 ...

Feature: Sand and granite reef communities revealed at Freycinet CMR

Parts of the Freycinet Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) east of Tasmania were opportunistically mapped by the Marine Biodiversity Hub during transit voyages be...

Surveys of Commonwealth marine reserves: Coral Sea

Australia’a Coral Sea Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) covers an area of 989,842 km2 and is one of the largest marine protected areas in the world. IMAGE:...

Shaping integrated monitoring for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1981 in recognition of its outstanding universal value. IMAGE: Tourism is one of man...