TABLE 1 MANAGEMENT OVERLAY OVERLAY AREA/LOCATION VALUES GENERAL ACCESS MANAGEMENT AIM Special Areas detailed in Significant habitat Protect significant Motorised and non-motorised Protection figure 3, and all areas, including sea bird and vessels, including sea-kayaks, are Area islands, except the breeding areas for Australian Fur prohibited from: – Natural area). Island February to October (inclusive) Values from indicated (section 6.3). sea birds and by a Access is prohibited on all islands, beach Australian Fur Seals. permit or areas except beach areas on Great Glennie to other on Seal habitat areas and Rabbit Islands (section 6.2). This authority Great from impacts includes island areas above mean associated with and high water mark which are areas of and human disturbance. Wilsons Promontory National Park within 50 Rabbit (Parks Victoria 2002a). except m of Islands as within 200 m Kanowna (<2% of Kanowna Island from of & EGCMA 2005). The boundaries of the planning area and the overlay location are shown in figure 2. Details Compliance with legislated provisions that of the overlay are shown in figure 3. prohibit extractive activities, including fishing and shellfish collection in the Management directions Marine National Park, will be achieved through education, information, Major management directions for the planning community support, and improved area are outlined below. surveillance and enforcement. Natural values conservation Research and monitoring will be Natural processes, including competition, undertaken to improve the scientific basis predation, recruitment and disturbance, for the management of marine protected will be protected to ensure an overall areas, including baseline data collection, benefit to the biodiversity and variety of marine habitat mapping, and threat marine ecological communities in the assessment as outlined in the statewide planning area. Management Strategy (Parks Victoria 2003a), and through collaborative research Identified threats to the natural and cultural links. values of the planning area will be minimised through addressing the Cultural values conservation outcomes of ongoing monitoring, risk Indigenous places and objects will be assessment and, where feasible, protected from interference or damaging complementary adjacent, coastal and activities. catchment management. Existing populations of threatened species will be maintained, and where appropriate restored, in the long term. In the long term, the quality of water entering the planning area will be improved, in keeping with the West Gippsland Regional Catchment (WGCMA 2004), Strategy West Gippsland River Health Strategy (WGCMA 2005), and Gippsland’s (WGCMA Water Quality Action Plan
TABLE 1 MANAGEMENT OVERLAY OVERLAY AREA/LOCATION VALUES GENERAL MANAGEMENT AIM ACCESS Special Protection Area – Areas detailed in figure 3, and all islands, except the Significant habitat areas, including breeding areas for Protect significant sea bird and Australian Fur Motorised and non-motorised vessels, including sea-kayaks, are prohibited from: Natural Values beach areas on Great and Rabbit Islands (<2% of area). sea birds and Australian Fur Seals. Seal habitat areas from impacts associated with human disturbance. within 200 m of Kanowna Island from to except as indicated by a permit or other authority and within 50 m of Kanowna Island from February to October (inclusive) (section 6.3). Access is prohibited on all islands, except beach areas on Great Glennie and Rabbit Islands (section 6.2). This includes island areas above mean high water mark which are areas of Wilsons Promontory National Park (Parks Victoria 2002a). The boundaries of the planning area and the overlay location are shown in figure 2. Details of the overlay are shown in figure 3. Management directions Major management directions for the planning area are outlined below. Natural values conservation Natural processes, including competition, predation, recruitment and disturbance, will be protected to ensure an overall benefit to the biodiversity and variety of marine ecological communities in the planning area. Identified threats to the natural and cultural values of the planning area will be minimised through addressing the outcomes of ongoing monitoring, risk assessment and, where feasible, complementary adjacent, coastal and catchment management. Existing populations of threatened species will be maintained, and where appropriate restored, in the long term. In the long term, the quality of water entering the planning area will be improved, in keeping with the West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy (WGCMA 2004), West Gippsland River Health Strategy (WGCMA 2005), and Gippsland’s Water Quality Action Plan (WGCMA & EGCMA 2005). Compliance with legislated provisions that prohibit extractive activities, including fishing and shellfish collection in the Marine National Park, will be achieved through education, information, community support, and improved surveillance and enforcement. Research and monitoring will be undertaken to improve the scientific basis for the management of marine protected areas, including baseline data collection, marine habitat mapping, and threat assessment as outlined in the statewide Management Strategy (Parks Victoria 2003a), and through collaborative research links. Cultural values conservation Indigenous places and objects will be protected from interference or damaging activities.
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