The proposed marine park could result in a variety of benefits to the people of NSW including:
- reduced site-based threats and additional protection for some of the best examples of the bioregion’s marine biodiversity and habitats
- conserving marine biodiversity for current and future generations
- benefiting local business owners by allowing them to promote the marine park as a tourism drawcard
- allowing for a range of activities and uses, depending on the management objectives for each site.
Have Your Say
The consultation on the Hawkesbury shelf marine bioregion marine park proposal is now closed.
The information you have provided will inform the final marine park proposal to be considered by the NSW Government later in 2018. Existing management rules remain in place, and none of the proposals will be implemented until the NSW Government announces the outcome.
Discussion paper and supporting information
The discussion paper is in two parts:
- Part 1 – outlines the context and approach for enhancing marine biodiversity in the bioregion (PDF, 5MB)
- Part 2 – is the marine park proposal which describes the proposed management at 25 distinct sites in the bioregion (PDF, 12MB)
Additional information :
- FAQ – A marine park proposal for Hawkesbury Shelf marine bioregion (Phase 3) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Overview map of proposed marine park (PDF, 834 KB)
- Aboriginal factsheet (PDF, 194 KB)
Site based information (listed from north to south)
- Bird Island (PDF, 431 KB)
- Norah Head (PDF, 459 KB)
- Tuggerah Bay (PDF, 540 KB)
- Forresters (PDF, 806 KB)
- Ex-HMAS Adelaide (PDF, 467 KB)
- Bouddi (PDF, 1 MB)
- Lion Island (PDF, 603 KB)
- Barrenjoey Head (PDF, 849 KB)
- Narrabeen Head (PDF, 381 KB)
- Long Reef (PDF, 982 KB)
- Cabbage Tree Bay (PDF, 1 MB)
- North Harbour (PDF, 1 MB)
- Chowder Bay (PDF, 675 KB)
- Camp Cove (PDF, 570 KB)
- Nielsen Park (PDF, 693 KB)
- Bronte-Coogee (PDF, 983 KB)
- Cape Banks (PDF, 829 KB)
- Towra Point (PDF, 2 MB)
- Boat Harbour (PDF, 566 KB)
- Shiprock (PDF, 552 KB)
- Cabbage Tree Creek (PDF, 749 KB)
- Offshore Artificial Reefs (PDF, 751 KB)
- Royal National Park (PDF, 691 KB)
- Five Islands (PDF, 943 KB)
- Intertidal Protected Areas (PDF, 734 KB)
Multicultural translated fact sheets - Hawkesbury Shelf marine bioregion proposed marine park
- نشرة معلومات باللغة العربية - Arabic Fact Sheet (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- 한국어 안내문 - Korean Fact sheet (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- 繁體中文情況說明書 - Chinese traditional Fact Sheet (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- 简体中文情况说明书 - Chinese simplified Fact Sheet (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- Tờ Thông tin Tiếng Việt - Vietnamese Fact Sheet (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Lembar Fakta Bahasa Indonesia - Indonesian Fact Sheet (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- เอกสารข้อมูลภาษาไทย - Thai Fact Sheet (PDF, 1.6 MB)