Moreton Bay marine park zoning 2008

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This dataset has been developed as part of the Moreton Bay Marine Park zoning plan review process.The method for analysing more than 200 datasets used a process of continual review and refinement to ensure all social, economic, cultural and environmental information was considered against the series of 13 Scientific Guiding Principles - provided by an independent Expert Advisory Panel - being followed for the zoning plan review.The placement of zones was directly influenced by environmental (or "bio-physical") requirements as well as existing activities in the marine park. Mapping these existing activities was a major task during the first "information-gathering" stage of the zoning plan review, used to highlight areas where increased protection could not be achieved because significant economic costs would be passed on to the community or because of existing environmental conditions. Examples of these activities include shipping channels, boat ramps, anchorages, dredge disposal sites, sand extraction sites, major fishing grounds (both recreational and commercial) and aquaculture sites. The remaining areas were then investigated, using the Scientific Guiding Principles, to determine how each of the 16 broad-scale habitat types in the marine park could be best protected while limiting the impacts to users. DERM analysed this information to produce 35 candidate areas for higher protection, which were used to consult with key stakeholders at a series of workshops. Through these workshops, stakeholders provided information about how each candidate area would affect their particular interests. The workshops also provided stakeholder groups with the opportunity to propose alternative or modified candidate areas that they believed delivered better environmental or social outcomes. DERM used this feedback, together with the Scientific Guiding Principles, to add and remove candidate areas and to redefine the areas' boundaries to improve environmental outcomes or reduce the impacts on existing user groups as far as possible. The refined list of candidate areas was then analysed to determine the percentage of each habitat type that was represented in marine national park (green) zones. The remaining area of the marine park was then reviewed to determine what level of zoning would best connect the proposed marine national park (green) zones or protect ecological processes while minimising the impacts on users. The outcome of this data collection and analysis process was the draft zoning plan, which was released for formal public consultation on 3 December 2007 until 7 March 2008. The draft zoning plan proposed that 15 per cent of the marine park be protected in marine national park (green) zones. This included protecting all broad-scale habitat types in the marine park in these zones, with particular emphasis on habitats that support threatened species, such as turtles and dugong. More than 8000 submissions were received in response to the draft zoning plan. Information from these submissions was then assessed and considered against the Scientific Guiding Principles used for the review to develop the final zoning plan - the Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008. A total of 55 boundary changes were made to different zones in response to public submissions to ensure that the impacts on marine park users are minimised to the greatest possible extent.The Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 comes into effect on 1 March 2009. For more information please visit www.derm.qld.gov.au

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