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Guide to Marine Protected Areas Prepared in April 2000 by J. L. Baker B.Sc. M.Env.St. under contract to the Coast and Marine Section, Environment Protection Agency, Department for Environment and Heritage South Australia Government of South Australia Guide to Marine Protected Areas For further information please contact: Office for Coast and Marine Department for Environment and Heritage GPO Box 2607 Adelaide SA 5001 Telephone: (08) 8204 2139 Facsimile: (08) 8204 1806 DECEMBER 2000 ISBN 1 876562 24 2 © Department for Environment and Heritage This document may be reproduced in whole or part for the purpose of study or training, subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source and to its not being used for commercial purposes or sale. Reproduction for purposes other than those given above requires the prior written permission of the Department for Environment and Heritage. Editor: John Bridgland Cover design: RTFX Photographs: Marine Life Society of South Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printed by: Colour Tech Printed on recycled paper GUIDE TO MARINE PROTECTED AREAS CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................... 1 2 DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION AND TYPES OF MPAS......................................................................... 5 2.1 DEFINITION OF MPAs.............................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 CLASSIFICATION OF MPAs..................................................................................................................... 5 3 MPAS IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT ..............................................................................................7 3.1 BACKGROUND......................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 MAJOR EXAMPLES OF MPA TYPES....................................................................................................... 8 3.2.1 Marine biosphere reserves and multiple-use marine parks: two names for the same? ................... 8 3.2.2 MPAs for fisheries management: a global success story .............................................................. 10 3.3 MPAs FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION: A NEW PARADIGM, OR A REPACKAGING OF EXISTING MPAs?...................................................................................................16 3.4 INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL MPA ESTABLISHMENT.......................................... 19 3.4.1 MPAs for fisheries management and enhancement ...................................................................... 19 3.4.2 MPAs for ecosystem/habitat protection ......................................................................................... 22 3.4.3 MPAs for biodiversity conservation................................................................................................ 22 3.4.4 MPAs for rare/vulnerable/endangered species conservation ........................................................ 23 3.4.5 MPAs for tourism/recreation, education and/or research............................................................... 24 4 MPAS IN AUSTRALIA............................................................................................................................. 25 4.1 BACKGROUND....................................................................................................................................... 25 4.2 MPA PLANNING AND CLASSIFICATION IN AUSTRALIA PRIOR TO THE NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM (NRSMPA).................................................................... 28 4.3 MPA PLANNING AND CLASSIFICATION UNDER OCEAN RESCUE 2000 AND THE NRSMPA.......... 29 4.3.1 National guidelines for MPA establishment in Australia................................................................. 30 4.3.2 IMCRA: mapping bioregions for the NRSMPA............................................................................... 33 4.3.3 Progress at State level in defining representative areas................................................................ 34 4.3.4 NRSMPA and ‘MOMPAs’: multiple objective or multiple abuse marine protected areas? ............. 35 4.3.5 Will the NRSMPA protect biodiversity?.......................................................................................... 36 4.3.6 How ‘representative’ will new MPAs be? ....................................................................................... 39 4.4 NATIONAL EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL MPA ESTABLISHMENT .................................................... 39 4.4.1 MPAs for fisheries management and enhancement ...................................................................... 39 4.4.2 MPAs for ecosystem/habitat protection........................................................................................... 41 4.4.3 MPAs for biodiversity conservation................................................................................................ 42 4.4.4 MPAs for rare/vulnerable/endangered species conservation ........................................................ 42 4.4.5 MPAs for tourism/recreation, education and/or research............................................................... 44 5 MPAS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA ............................................................................................................... 47 5.1 BACKGROUND....................................................................................................................................... 47 5.2 EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL MPA ESTABLISHMENT ....................................................................... 48 5.2.1 MPAs for fisheries management and enhancement ...................................................................... 48 5.2.2 MPAs for ecosystem/habitat protection ......................................................................................... 49 5.2.3 MPAs for biodiversity conservation................................................................................................ 49 iii GUIDE TO MARINE PROTECTED AREAS 5.2.4 MPAs for rare/vulnerable/endangered species conservation ........................................................ 50 5.2.5 MPAs for tourism/recreation, education and/or research............................................................... 50 5.3 GAPS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S COASTAL-MARINE MPA NETWORK................................................. 51 5.3.1 Gaps in bioregional and ecosystems representation..................................................................... 51 5.3.2 Gaps in MPAs for fisheries management....................................................................................... 52 5.3.3 Gaps in MPAs for conserving vulnerable/rare/endangered species .............................................. 53 5.3.4 Gaps in MPAs for conserving biodiversity ..................................................................................... 54 5.3.5 Threats to South Australia’s near-shore marine ecosystems and biodiversity .............................. 54 5.3.6 A framework for establishing a representative system .................................................................. 56 6 MPA DESIGN AND SELECTION: NUMEROUS APPROACHES, NO CONSENSUS............................ 57 6.1 MPA DESIGNS FOR BIOGEOGRAPHIC AND ECOSYSTEM/HABITAT REPRESENTATION............... 58 6.1.1 International and national overview of mapping and classification ................................................ 58 6.1.2 Bioregionalisation as a basis for MPA design................................................................................ 60 6.1.3 State-level bioregionalisations....................................................................................................... 61 6.1.4 The role of the ‘delphic approach’ in bioregionalisation ................................................................. 62 6.1.5 Problems with bioregionalisation ................................................................................................... 63 6.1.6 Design criteria for representing biounits, ecosystems and communities ....................................... 63 6.1.7 The need for a network approach .................................................................................................. 64 6.1.8 Proportional representation of biounits/ecosystems/habitats: potential problems ......................... 66 6.2 MPA DESIGNS BASED UPON SINGLE-SPECIES POPULATION MODELS AND META-POPULATION THEORY ......................................................................................................68 6.2.1 Background.................................................................................................................................... 68 6.2.2 Data needs for designing fisheries MPAs ...................................................................................... 69 6.2.3 Design criteria for fisheries MPAs.................................................................................................. 78 6.2.4 Proportional representation for fisheries MPAs: potential problems .............................................. 87 6.3 SINGLE-SPECIES FISHERIES MPAs VERSUS MPAs FOR ECOSYSTEM REPRESENTATION.......... 87 6.4 MPA DESIGNS BASED UPON RESERVE SELECTION ALGORITHMS................................................ 88 6.5 MPA DESIGNS BASED UPON MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MODELLING.........................................