Biologically important areas for 6 species Commercial fishing. Shark Bay – breeding area for fairy and roseate terns and the Recreational and charter fishing. wedge-tailed shearwater, inter-nesting area for loggerhead turtles and migration area for humpback and pygmy blue whales. 3 seafloor habitats including slope, terrace and shelf. South-west Network Biologically important areas for 16 species Deep valley seafloor habitat and the Commercial fishing, including the Abrolhos – foraging areas for 12 species of seabird, Australian marine environment surrounding the Western Australia Rock Lobster Fishery. sea lions and white sharks, migration area for Houtman Abrolhos Islands key Recreational fishing and charter humpback and pygmy blue whales. ecological feature, and marine fishing. biodiversity in the Zuytdorp and Abrolhos 13 seafloor habitats abyssal plain, shoals, – Islands bioregions. canyon, continental rise, deep valley, escarpment, pinnacle, plateau, reef, saddle, slope, terrace and shelf. ancient coastline at 6 key ecological features – depth, the marine environment surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Perth Canyon and adjacent shelf break and other coast canyons, the Wallaby Saddle, Western demersal slope and associated fish communities and Western rock lobster. Biologically important areas for 15 species Commercial fishing. Jurien – foraging area for 11 species of seabird, Australian Recreational fishing. sea lions and white sharks, and migration area for Charter fishing tourism. humpback and pygmy blue whales. 2 seafloor habitats shelf and slope. –
Shark Bay Biologically important areas for 6 species – breeding area for fairy and roseate terns and the wedge-tailed shearwater, inter-nesting area for loggerhead turtles and migration area for humpback and pygmy blue whales. 3 seafloor habitats including slope, terrace and shelf. Commercial fishing. Recreational and charter fishing. South-west Network Abrolhos Biologically important areas for 16 species – foraging areas for 12 species of seabird, Australian sea lions and white sharks, migration area for humpback and pygmy blue whales. 13 seafloor habitats – abyssal plain, shoals, canyon, continental rise, deep valley, escarpment, pinnacle, plateau, reef, saddle, slope, terrace and shelf. 6 key ecological features – ancient coastline at depth, the marine environment surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Perth Canyon and adjacent shelf break and other coast canyons, the Wallaby Saddle, Western demersal slope and associated fish communities and Western rock lobster. Deep valley seafloor habitat and the marine environment surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands key ecological feature, and marine biodiversity in the Zuytdorp and Abrolhos Islands bioregions. Commercial fishing, including the Western Australia Rock Lobster Fishery. Recreational fishing and charter fishing. Jurien Biologically important areas for 15 species – foraging area for 11 species of seabird, Australian sea lions and white sharks, and migration area for humpback and pygmy blue whales. 2 seafloor habitats – shelf and slope. Commercial fishing. Recreational fishing. Charter fishing tourism.