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Marine Park 6 Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park Marine Park 6 6 Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park Park at a glance • The habitats inside Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park provide critical baselines to measure any changes Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park is in lower to the State’s marine ecosystems that may arise over western Spencer Gulf and includes waters adjacent time from, for example, pollution or climate change. to Tumby Bay, the islands of the Sir Joseph Banks Group and Dangerous Reef. • The mouth of Spencer Gulf represents a transition zone between the influences of the Gulf and the At 2,627 km2, it represents 10% of South Australia’s influences of the oceanic waters to the south. marine parks network. • Land and sea are also linked at important sites, Community and industry including the islands in the Sir Joseph Banks Group • The Nauo-Barngarla Aboriginal people have and the Tumby Island Conservation Parks. traditional associations with the region. Boundary description • Commercial fishers target pilchards, abalone, The Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park comprises rock lobster and scalefish species. the area (exclusive of Spillsby Island above median • Aquaculture, such as tuna sea-cages, is also high water) bounded by a line commencing on the economically important to the region. coastline at median high water at a point 136°13’33.52”E, • Also featured in the park are numerous 34°18’7.57”S, then running progressively: sites of historical significance such as the ○ easterly along the geodesic to a point Governor Gawler and Eleanor shipwrecks. 136°45’44.94”E, 34°18’7.57”S; • The region is a major tourism destination. ○ southerly along the geodesic to a point • Sailing, fishing, swimming, snorkelling, diving and 136°45’44.94”E, 34°32’56.4”S; kayaking are popular, with the Sir Joseph Banks Group ○ westerly along the geodesic to a point Islands a well known destination for scuba divers. 136°25’8.4”E, 34°32’56.4”S; Fauna and flora ○ southerly along the geodesic to a • Dangerous Reef hosts one of the largest point 136°25’8.4”E, 34°51’26.1”S; breeding colonies of Australian sea lions. ○ westerly along the geodesic to a point • It is also an important feeding area for the protected 136°5’20.36”E, 34°51’26.1”S; great white shark, particularly for breeding females. ○ northerly along the geodesic to its intersection with the • A range of seabirds nest on many of the coastline at median high water at a point 136°5’20.36”E, islands in the Sir Joseph Banks Group. 34°32’37.8”S (at or about Point Bolingbroke); and Habitat ○ generally north-easterly along the coastline at median high water (inclusive of all bays, lagoons • This marine park includes parts of the Eyre and Spencer and headlands) to the point of commencement. Gulf Bioregions. • Habitats typical of this region include: NOTE: This boundary description is indicative only. It does not describe inclusions and exclusions of specific land parcels. ○ the islands, For this detailed information, please refer to the DEH website: shallow reefs, sheltered sandy bays ○ www.marineparks.sa.gov.au or Surveyor-General’s office for and rocky limestone shores, the relevant marine park plan (known as a Rack Plan). ○ seagrass meadows, saltmarsh communities and ○ deep water in lower Spencer Gulf, at the park’s 6 eastern end. For more information visit: FIS 90349 www.marineparks.sa.gov.au or call 1800 006 120 Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park 136°0'0"E 136°10'0"E 136°20'0"E 136°30'0"E 136°40'0"E 0 3 - LIPSON ISLAND Marine Park State Waters Jurisdiction 0 -3 Parks and Reserves 34°20'0"S 0 34°20'0"S -1 Bathymetry Contours Roads Coastline (median high water) Tumby Bay TUMBY ISLAND - RED CLIFF -10 2 0 0 1 - WINCEBY ISLAND 34°30'0"S 34°30'0"S MARUM ISLAND -10 -10 PARTNEY ISLAND REEVESBY -10 ISLAND 0 10 LOUTH BAY 0 POINT -10 LUSBY -3 -1 BOLINGBROKE KIRKBY ISLAND 0 Kms ISLAND - -10 1 DALBY 0 -20 ISLAND BLYTH ISLAND LOUTH ISLAND SMITH HAREBY ISLAND - ROCK 1 ROXBY 0 LANGTON - 1 ISLAND 0 ISLAND - -20 20 RABBIT ISLAND Sir Jo se ph -20 Banks Group CP -20 0 2 ENGLISH ISLAND - -10 BOUCAUT POINT BOSTON SIBSEY ISLAND ISLAND BOSTON DUFFIELD BAY ISLAND SPILSBY 34°40'0"S ISLAND 34°40'0"S -10 0 - STICKNEY -1 Adelaide 1 - 0 -20 1 -20 ISLAND 0 -10 -20 -20 - -2 1 0 0 -20 -20 0 -1 0 - -2 1 1 0 -20 Eyre Bioregion - 0 -1 - Spencer Gulf Bioregion 0 10 0 1 - PORT LINCOLN Produced by Coast and Marine Conservation PROPER -20 Department for Environment and Heritage BUFFALO REEF - GPO Box 1047 Adelaide SA 5001 0 20 1 - www.environment.sa.gov.au/coasts Port Linco ln NP DANGEROUS Data Source Topographic Data, Marine Bioregions -10 REEF NPWSA Reserves, Bathymetry Marine Park Locations - DEH -1 34°50'0"S 0 34°50'0"S Compiled 9 January 2009 Projection Geographic - Datum Geocentric Datum of Australia, 1994 1 - 1 0 0 -2 © Copyright Department for Environment and Heritage 2008. 0 40 All Rights Reserved. All works and information displayed are subject to Copyright. For Memory - the reproduction Or publication beyond that permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cwlth) Cove WA -20 written permission must be sought from the Department. - -20 0 0 1 -2 0 0 1 -1 - 0 Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information displayed, 2 - 10 the Department, its agents, officers and employees make no representations, either express - or implied, that the information displayed is accurate or fit for any purpose and expressly 0 1 disclaims all liability for loss or damage arising from reliance upon the information displayed. - - 0 1 -1 0 136°0'0"E 136°10'0"E 136°20'0"E 136°30'0"E 136°40'0"E DEH MapID: 2008-946 Bioregions and South Australia’s marine parks network Eight biologically distinct regions have been identified off South Australia’s coastline. The State’s marine parks have been carefully designed to include parts of each bioregion and the various habitats within them. By including some examples of the marine biodiversity typical of the Eyre and Spencer Gulf Bioregions, Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park contributes to the marine parks network’s goal of representing and protecting examples of the full diversity of South Australia’s marine life. The marine life, habitats and natural processes typical of this region are influenced by a transition from the oceanic waters of the lower Eyre Peninsula to the semi- sheltered waters of Spencer Gulf. The marine park includes the islands of the Sir Joseph Banks Group, a sample of the deep waters of lower Spencer Gulf and the Australian sea lion breeding colony at Dangerous Reef. The 14 marine park Design Principles To guide the initial identification and final selection of South Australia’s multiple-use marine parks, 14 Design Principles were defined and adopted by the Government. The seven Biophysical Principles and seven Community Principles help ensure the marine parks network meets the objects of the Marine Parks Act 2007, as well as South Australia’s national and international obligations for marine protection. The Biophysical Design Principles guided the identification of proposed marine park sites. The Community Design Principles were then applied to fine-tune site selection of the 19 multiple-use parks in the network. 6 For more information visit: www.marineparks.sa.gov.au or call 1800 006 120 Biophysical Design Principles Comprehensiveness and Representativeness Principles To meet the Principle of Comprehensiveness, examples of The seven Biophysical Principles address all habitats that occur in a bioregion need to be included environmental conservation. within whatever marine parks are in that bioregion. In the first instance, all parks were designed To be Representative, all habitats in a region (e.g. reefs, to meet the Precautionary Principle. Rigorous beaches, seagrass, mangroves) need to be included application of the Adequacy, Comprehensiveness across the full variety of physical situations in which and Representativeness Principles ensure the marine they occur (e.g. shallow and deep water reefs, low and parks network meets South Australia’s national and high energy beaches). This variety must be represented international marine protection obligations. within the combination of parks created in a bioregion. The remaining three Biophysical Principles helped Sir Joseph Banks Group Marine Park spans the junction prioritise important local sites, to ensure the marine of the Eyre and Spencer Gulf Bioregions with almost parks network maximises ecological outcomes equal areas in each. This area also comprises the (South Australia’s Strategic Plan Target 3.4). mouth of Spencer Gulf, which represents a transition The Precautionary Principle zone between the Gulf and oceanic waters. The Precautionary Principle is a risk-management The section of the park within the Eyre Bioregion includes tool which requires action to be taken now in areas large seagrass meadows in the shallow waters off Tumby where scientific knowledge is not yet complete. Bay, and further south between Dangerous Reef and One of the ways the Precautionary Principle has the mainland. The Sir Joseph Banks Group Islands been applied in developing marine parks is to represent a shoal complex with associated granite reefs include areas of unsurveyed seabed habitats. and as such is distinct from other island groups in the In the Eyre and Spencer Gulf Bioregions, 14973 km2 (80%) region such as the Neptune and Gambier Islands. 2 and 7669 km (66%), respectively, of seabed habitats are yet The section of the marine park in the Spencer Gulf to be surveyed.
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