Solitary Islands Marine Park Guide The NSW marine environment is one of our state’s greatest natural assets and Introduction needs to be managed for the greatest wellbeing of the community, now and into the future. The NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park was the first marine park declared in NSW. Located on the Coffs Coast, the park covers more than 70,000 hectares and 100 kilometres of coastline from the northern side of Muttonbird Island at Coffs Harbour north to Plover Island at the entrance to the . It extends from the mean high water mark and upper tidal limits of coastal estuaries and lakes, seaward to the three nautical mile limit of NSW waters and includes the entire seabed. The Solitary Islands Marine Park (Commonwealth waters) covers 15,200 hectares on the seaward side of the NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park, out to the 50 metre depth contour. The Solitary Islands Marine Park (Commonwealth waters) is managed in partnership by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries and Parks . The NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park management rules protect the marine biodiversity of the area while supporting a wide range of social, cultural and economic values. This guide and accompanying map summarise the management rules for the NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park. For information on Solitary Islands Marine Park (Commonwealth waters) management zones please refer to the map that accompanies this guide or contact Parks Australia.

2 SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (NSW) & SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (COMMONWEALTH WATERS) GUIDE provides opportunities for swimming, surfing, snorkelling, Unique environmental diving, boating, fishing, walking, and panoramic ocean vistas. values Aboriginal people from the Gumbaynggirr and Yaegl Nations The NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park contains a rich diversity have a strong connection to the Land and Sea Country of the of plants and animals, supported by a complex mix of habitats NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park as a source of food, cultural including near pristine estuaries, sandy beaches, intertidal rocky practices, and spiritual significance. shores, sub-tidal reefs, open ocean and soft sediments. The reefs around the five main Solitary Islands in particular, support The marine park is also an important economic resource a wealth of life, including unusual combinations of species. for the local community, supporting significant commercial fishing, recreational fishing, aquaculture, outdoor and tourism The marine park is an area of tropical and temperate mixing, industries. The park’s waters provide fresh seafood that is where the warm waters of the East Australian Current meet enjoyed by local residents and visitors from around the world. with cool, nutrient rich currents from the south that up-well from the deep. This allows tropical, sub-tropical and temperate marine communities to co-exist in the same area, with Links to the land more temperate communities inshore and more tropical The waters of the NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park are communities offshore. The marine park is home to a unique inextricably linked with the adjacent catchments on land. array of marine plants and animals, including over 550 species Everything that flows into a drain or creek in our coastal towns of reef fish, 100 species of coral, 600 species of mollusc (snails, and rural land flows into our marine park. The most significant shellfish). Marine wildlife abounds, including whales, dolphins, threats to the health of the marine park originate on land. By turtles and seabirds, as well as being a stronghold of threatened protecting vegetation along our waterways, managing our species such as the Black Rockcod. This is a unique, special place. land to prevent soil loss and stopping waste and pollutants from reaching our waterways, we can protect the precious Social, cultural and values of our marine park. economic values The waters of the NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park are a valuable natural asset for local communities, visitors from NSW and beyond. The marine park plays an important role in the lifestyle, livelihood and culture of the NSW community and

3 SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (NSW) & SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (COMMONWEALTH WATERS) GUIDE Park management General use zones (24,236 ha, 34%) These zones provide for a wide range of activities including both commercial and recreational fishing. All standard NSW Zoning fishing regulations and bag limits apply. All forms of setline/ Zones are a management tool used in the marine park to dropline, longline, purse seine net fishing and estuary mesh manage threats and risks to marine park values. The NSW netting are prohibited in the marine park. Commercial Solitary Islands Marine Park is a multiple use marine park aquarium collecting is also prohibited. with a number of zones designed to conserve environmental values while supporting social, cultural and economic values. Special purpose zones (48 ha, 0.1%) The four zone types used in the NSW Solitary Islands Marine Four special purpose zones are included in the park to protect Park are: specific values. These four zones provide for: management Sanctuary zones (8,675 ha, 12 %) of oyster aquaculture in the Sandon and Wooli Wooli Rivers; Aboriginal cultural use and research and rehabilitation in Pipe These zones are “no-take” areas that provide the highest level Clay Lake and at Arrawarra Headland. of protection to habitat, animals and plants by prohibiting all forms of fishing and collecting, and activities that may cause physical disturbance such as anchoring on reefs. Activities that do not harm plants, animals and habitats are permitted.

Habitat protection zones (39,370 ha, 54%) These zones conserve marine park values by protecting habitats and reducing high impact activities. Recreational fishing, some forms of commercial fishing, tourism activities and fishing competitions are permitted in habitat protection zones. Only the species listed in Table 1 may be taken from habitat protection zones and further restrictions may apply.

4 SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (NSW) & SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (COMMONWEALTH WATERS) GUIDE Understanding zones and Permits management rules Many activities undertaken within the marine park require a permit from DPI Fisheries. The NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park The Solitary Islands Marine Park zoning map that accompanies management rules identify activities that can occur without this guide shows the location of zones and explains the specific permission. All other activities require a permit. activities permitted within each area. Smart phone apps, Examples of activities that require a permit include: signage and marker buoys are also used to help users understand the park and management rules. ■■ Commercial tourism activities ■■ Organised events (including all local club competitions) NSW marine park zoning maps are available for free on mobile ■■ Bank protection works devices as part of the DPI FishSmart app and Avenza Maps. ■■ Research These apps allow marine park users to track their location relative to marine park zones in real time. ■■ Collecting for private aquariums The DPI FishSmart app is available on iOS and Android and provides all the essential information needed to fish in NSW, Anchoring and mooring including marine park zoning maps (search "FishSmart" on the Anchoring is permitted anywhere in the marine park outside App Store). of sanctuary zones. Alternatively, install the “Avenza Maps” app and search the Public courtesy moorings have been provided at Northwest Rock, Avenza Map store for “DPI Fisheries” to find all available NSW North Solitary Island, North West Solitary Island, South West Solitary marine park maps. (Groper) Island, Split Solitary Island and South Solitary Island. Signs explaining marine park management rules have been All moorings are labelled with the limits of use and are suitable placed at key locations throughout the park, including boat for vessels up to 13 metres long in winds of up to 21 knots. ramps, access points, car parks and headlands. These moorings are provided as a courtesy only, and may be unavailable at times due to routine maintenance. In some locations, yellow zone marker buoys indicate the A vessel cannot use a marine park mooring for more than boundaries between zones. 12 hours. Only one vessel can use a mooring at any one time. On land, a combination of signs and marker posts show Other vessels (excluding the moored vessel’s tender) must not zone boundaries. In some instances two marker posts will be tie off to a vessel that is using a mooring. placed together. When the posts are aligned with one post Fishing is not permitted from a vessel using a marine park directly behind the other, they show the direction of the zone mooring in a sanctuary zone. boundary line. Vessels must not be attached to marine park zone marker buoys Attaching a vessel or interfering with any zone marker in any and it is important not to confuse marker buoys with mooring buoys. way is an offence. Marker buoys are yellow and marked “sanctuary zone”. Moorings are pink, marked “mooring” and labelled with their limits of use.

5 SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (NSW) & SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (COMMONWEALTH WATERS) GUIDE Greynurse Shark aggregation sites Motorised wheeled vehicles Greynurse Sharks are a critically endangered shark species The use of vehicles on beaches is only permitted where that are extremely vulnerable to human pressures, designated by Coffs Harbour City Council, Clarence Valley including fishing. Greynurse Sharks use a small number Council or the National Parks and Wildlife Service. of locations along the NSW coast to feed, mate and pup. Significant Greynurse Shark aggregation sites are protected Fish cleaning at North and South Solitary Islands in the NSW Solitary Fish or fishing gear cannot be cleaned in a sanctuary zone. Islands Marine Park. Fish and fishing gear can only be cleaned at designated Line fishing using bait is prohibited within 200 metres of cleaning facilities at Minnie Water Lagoon and not in the the Greynurse Shark aggregation sites at North and South waters of the lagoon. Solitary Islands. The exact locations of the sites can be seen in Insets C and G of the NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park Travelling through sanctuary zones zoning map that accompanies this guide. Within 500 metres of North and South Solitary Islands, wire traces are permitted All vessels may travel through a sanctuary zone. for trolling purposes only and must not be used from Fishing vessels may travel through a sanctuary zone provided stationary or anchored vessels. that no part of a fishing line is in the water and no hook is baited. All other fishing gear must be stowed. For vessels moored or Domesticated animals adrift in a sanctuary zone, all fishing gear must be unrigged. Domesticated animals (including dogs and horses) are only Trawlers may enter a sanctuary zone provided that all parts of permitted on beaches where designated by Coffs Harbour all nets are clear of the water at all times. City Council, or the National Parks and Wildlife Service. NSW fishing rules Domesticated animals are permitted within any zone of the All NSW recreational fishing rules still apply in the NSW and marine park if they are assisting a disabled person, are a police Commonwealth Solitary Islands Marine Parks, including bag dog, remain confined to a vessel or vehicle, or if the owner has and size limits and gear restrictions. More information can be a relevant permit. found at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/fishing- rules-and-regs or printed recreational fishing guides are Personal watercraft available from DPI Fisheries. Motorised personal watercraft (including jet skis) are prohibited NSW commercial fishing rules also apply. Information on in all estuaries of the Solitary Islands Marine Park except for the commercial fishing rules should be obtained from DPI Fisheries. Sandon, Wooli Wooli and Corindi Rivers, where they may only NSW fish habitat rules also apply. Under these rules it is an be used to access the ocean from the boat ramp closest to the offence to harm mangroves or seagrass anywhere in NSW estuary mouth at a speed not exceeding 4 knots. without a permit.

6 SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (NSW) & SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (COMMONWEALTH WATERS) GUIDE Protected species All species are protected in sanctuary zones. Only the species listed in Table 1 may be taken from habitat protection zones. All other species are protected. This includes the entire coastline of the Solitary Islands Marine Park outside of sanctuary zones. The species listed in Table 2 must not be taken from any part of the NSW Solitary Islands Marine Park. A number of other protected and threatened species that occur in the Solitary Islands Marine Park are protected throughout NSW and must not be taken from any waters including the Solitary Islands Marine Park. A list of NSW protected species can be found at: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/closures/identifying A list of NSW threatened species can be found at: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/threatened-species/what-current

Table 1. Species that may be taken from habitat protection zones

Common name Class or Family Species Finfish (fish with fins and scales) Class Osteichthyes All species with the exception of those species listed as protected or threatened under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 . See web links above. Sharks and Rays Class Chondrichthyes All species except White, Greynurse and the Herbsts Nurse Sharks Eastern Rock Lobster (crayfish) Sagmariasus verreauxi Slipper Lobster (crayfish) Scyllarus spp Painted Rock Lobster (crayfish) Panulirus spp Prawns Family Penaeidae All species in this family Squid Family Sepiidae All species in this family Pipis Family Donacidae All species in this family Mangrove Worms Teredo spp Beach Worms Family Onuphidae All species in this family Eels Family Anguillidae All species Marine Yabbies (nippers) Callianassa spp Mud Crabs Scylla serrata Blue Swimmer Crabs Portunus pelagicus Spanner Crabs Ranina ranina Sea Lettuce Ulva lactuca Bait Weed Enteromorpha intestinalis Oysters Saccostrea spp & Crassostera spp Turban Shell (Googoombull) Family Turbinidae Turbo spp Abalone Haliotis spp Periwinkles Austrocochlea spp

Table 2. Species that must not be taken from anywhere in the marine park

Common name Class/Family/Order Species Corals Class Anthozoa Soft corals and gorgonians Subclass Octocorallia Hard corals Order Scleractinia Black corals Order Antipatharia Sea Anemones Order Actinaria Zoanthids Order Zoanthidea Corallimorphs Order Corallimorpharia All Pipefishes and Seahorses Family Syngnathidae Giant Clam Family Tridacnidae Broad-banded Anemone Fish Amphiprion latezonatus

7 SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (NSW) & SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (COMMONWEALTH WATERS) GUIDE Solitary Islands Marine Park Key contacts (Commonwealth waters) Solitary Islands Marine Park (NSW) Similar management rules to the NSW Solitary Islands DPI Fisheries Marine Park exist for the adjacent Solitary Islands Marine Park PO Box 4297 (Commonwealth waters). COFFS HARBOUR NSW 2450 As a minimum requirement, management of all fishing Ph: (02) 6691 0600 activities permitted in the Solitary Islands Marine Park www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/SolitaryIslandsMarinePark (Commonwealth waters) is consistent with the legal lengths, catch limits, permitted gear and other regulations that apply Solitary Islands Marine Park to recreational and commercial fishing in NSW. New rules (Commonwealth waters) for the Solitary Islands Marine Park (Commonwealth waters) commenced 1 July 2018. Parks Australia GPO Box 787 For more information on authorisations required for activities conducted in the Solitary Islands Marine Park (Commonwealth CANBERRA ACT 2601 waters) please contact Parks Australia on 1800 069 352 or visit Ph: 1800 069 352 www.parksaustralia.gov.au/solitaryislands www.parksaustralia.gov.au/solitaryislands

Photo acknowledgments Reporting illegal activity Brett Vercoe, David Harasti, Ian Shaw, Joshua Cook, Both the NSW and Commonwealth Solitary Islands Marine Coffs Harbour Fishermen's Co-operative Ltd. Parks are special places established to help conserve © State of through Department of Industry 2018. You may copy, environmental, social, cultural and economic values for the distribute, display, download and otherwise freely deal with this publication for greatest well-being of the community, now and into the any purpose, provided that you attribute the Department of Industry as the owner. However, you must obtain permission if you wish to charge others for access to the future. DPI Fisheries Officers and Parks Australia routinely publication (other than at cost); include the publication in advertising or a product patrol the marine parks by boat, car, foot and even from the air. for sale; modify the publication; or republish the publication on a website. You may freely link to the publication on a departmental website. Heavy penalties apply for breaches of marine park regulations. Disclaimer: The information contained in this publication is based on knowledge To report illegal activity, please: and understanding at the time of writing (August 2018) and may not be accurate, current or complete. The State of New South Wales (including the NSW Department ■■ Complete the online form at of Industry), the author and the publisher take no responsibility, and will accept no liability, for the accuracy, currency, reliability or correctness of any information www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/compliance/report-illegal- included in the document (including material provided by third parties). Readers activity should make their own inquiries and rely on their own advice when making decisions related to material contained in this publication. ■■ Telephone 1800 043 536

8 SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (NSW) & SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK (COMMONWEALTH WATERS) GUIDE 153°5'E 153°10'E 153°15'E 153°20'E 153°25'E 153°30'E

Toumbaal PIMPERNEL ROCK Inset A Creek Sandon River - see Inset A NATIONAL PARK ZONE (Commonwealth waters) Plover 29°40'S Island 29°40'S 29° 40.295'S SANDON RIVER SANCTUARY ZONE

Candole p" Solitary Islands Marine Park Creek Toumbaal Creek Plover SANDON Island Zoning Map Sandon Beach 153° 22.156'E 153°

153° 20.470'E 153° 29° 41.535'S SANDON RIVER 0 1 2 3 4 5 29° 41.631'S SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONES Kilometres (OYSTER AQUACULTURE) Fishing is permitted p" 0 1 2 3 Sandon Nautical Miles 29° 42.215'S River " p SANDON Map Projection: Unprojected Geographic. Horizontal Datum: Geodetic Datum Sandon River

of Australia (GDA94) 1:90,000 @ A1. Produced 2018. 18.919'E 153°

29° 42.925'S 24.260'E 153° 153° 23.475'E 153° Sandon National Park Zone Murrays Bluffs Sanctuary Zone (Commonwealth waters) Island Coopers Habitat Protection Zone Multiple Use Zone Island (Commonwealth waters) SANDON RIVER Habitat Protection Zone SANCTUARY ZONE (Shore-based line fishing only) Special Purpose Zone (Commonwealth waters) NORTHERN SECTION Sandon Habitat Protection Zone SANCTUARY ZONE River Clay Head Greynurse Shark Key Habitat Restriction/ Solitary Islands Marine Park Prohibition on Commercial Fish Trapping) (Commonwealth waters) Habitat Protection Zone

29°45'S (Prohibition on Commercial Fish Trapping) 29°45'S Habitat Protection Zone Sandon 0 250 500 (Prohibition on Crab Trapping) SANDON RIVER Beach 29° 45.657'S SANCTUARY ZONE metres General Use Zone Rocky Point Special Purpose Zone p" Inset B Public Moorings* MINNIE WATER *Refer to SIMP user guide for conditions of use One Tree Point Wooli River Breakwall

Zone Markers 21.602'E 153° Zone Marker Buoys Minnie Water 29° 47.153'S (Selected areas only) Back Beach Shore-based recreational line fishing is the only type of fishing permitted in this zone Boat Ramp NORTHERN SECTION SANCTUARY ZONE Matenga Habitat General Creek Activity Table – Solitary Islands Marine Park Sanctuary Jones Protection Use 21.109'E 153° 29° 48.383'S Beach (New South Wales waters) Zone Corkscrew Creek Zone Zone JONES BEACH AND Recreational fishing* JONES POINT Woodduck SANCTUARY ZONE Creek Line fishing ✗ ✓ (a) ✓ DIGGERS 29° 48.929'S ✗✓✓ CAMP Trapping (h) No collecting bait or invertebrates Spearfishing ✗ ✓ (b)(h) ✓ at Diggers Camp rock platform 50 metre depth contour Jones Musicians SANCTUARY ZONE (other than rock lobster and slipper lobster) Netting ✗ ✓ (c)(h) ✓ Point Creek Bookram Boating and watercraft Creek Wilsons Headland Recreational boating ✓✓✓ Wanderer 0 100 200 29°50'S 200 metres 29°50'S Personal watercraft ✓ (d) ✓ (d) ✓ Creek The

153° 14.607' E 14.607' 153° metres Anchoring ✗ ✓ ✓ Forks Solitary Islands Marine Park Non-extractive activities (Commonwealth waters) Crab trapping SCUBA diving/snorkelling ✓✓✓ prohibited Surfing ✓✓✓ upstream of Wooli Wooli Inset C 153° 14.607' E River Wooli Sailing ✓✓✓ Wooli Wooli Beach Collecting River Scientific/educational PPP NORTH-WEST ROCK Recreational: bait, shellfish, etc* ✗ ✓ ✓ SANCTUARY ZONE (e)(h) Extends 100m seaward of For private aquariums* ✗ P P WOOLI mean high water mark For commercial aquariums ✗✗✗ p" Competitions Line fishing/spearfishing ✗ P P Barcoongere North-West Surfing/sailing PPP River Jones Beach and Rock Miscellaneous Jones Point p" see Inset B

Aquaculture* ✗ ✗ ✓ 23.931'E 153° 29° 53.305'S Organised research (other than for personal interest) PPP Commercial fish trapping prohibited

Commercial tourist activties PPP Line fishing using bait Commercial fishing is prohibited within 200m North-West Rock and of greynurse shark Prawn trawling ✗ ✗ ✓ 18.907'E 153° North Solitary Island aggregation site at !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beach hauling ✗ ✗ (f ) ✓ see Inset C 29° 55.351'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Purse seine ✗✗✗ 153° 23.355'E 29° 54.523'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Setline/dropline ✗✗✗ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Longlining (surface and demersal) ✗✗✗ Barcoongere !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ✗✗✗ Rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 29°55'S Estuary mesh netting 29°55'S

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!E 22.994' 153° ! Line fishing ✗ ✓ (a)(h) ✓ 29° 55.364' S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hand gathering (pipis & beachworms) ✗✓ (h) ✓ Freshwater !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spanner crab netting ✗✓(h) ✓ Cabbage Tree Beach !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CENTRAL SECTION ✗ ✓ Creek !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!North Crab trapping ✓ (g)(h) SANCTUARY ZONE ✗✓✓ 500m !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Solitary Lobster trapping (h) Island !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fish trapping (maximum of 10 traps) ✗ ✓ (g)(h) ✓

153° 19.033'E 153° !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lift netting for bait (non-saleable only) ✗✓ (h) ✓ Pebbly 29° 56.448'S Beach !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A summary of activities permitted and restrictions that apply are detailed above. Refer to STATION CREEK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SANCTUARY ZONE the Marine Estate Management (Management Rules) Regulation 1999 for full details. NORTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOLITARY ISLAND Station Station Creek SANCTUARY ZONE Note: All other relevant legislation continues to apply in addition to the management rules. Creek Headland !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CENTRAL SECTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P Permit required. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * Requires fishing licence/permit. SANCTUARY ZONE (a) Wire traces for bottom fishing are prohibited within 500 metres of North and South !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Solitary Islands (greynurse shark key habitat areas). Wire traces are permitted for trolling Saltwater purposes, but only whilst a vessel is underway. Fishing with bait is prohibited within 200 see Inset D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Creek 29° 55.978' S metres of greynurse shark aggregation sites at North and South Solitary Islands. North Rock !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nature Reserve !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Commercial fish (b) Not permitted in estuaries or on ocean beaches (except the last 20m at each end of 29° 58.385'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!trapping prohibited the beach). No fishing with wire trace (c) Recreational nets permitted for taking prawns and crabs in habitat protection zones Solitary Islands Marine Park !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Commonwealth waters) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

are the scoop, landing, scissor (push) or hoop (lift) nets. Mullet p" E 23.391' 153° !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (d) Not permitted in estuaries, except when transiting the lower reaches of the Sandon, Creek RED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Corindi and Wooli Rivers at slow speeds from the lowest boat ramp, to exit the river. ROCK 17.224'E 153° !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (e) No collecting at Diggers Camp rock platform or Moonee Beach. (f) Beach hauling is permitted in designated areas only on the following beaches within Corindi 0 250 500 Redbank River 153° 16.620'E 153° metres

daylight hours and on weekdays only: Park Beach (south of creek mouth), Sandy Beach, 14.812'E 153° Creek Woolgoolga Front Beach, Arrawarra Beach (south of creek mouth) and Station Creek 29° 59.905'S 30°0'S (southern end). 30°0'S (g) Prohibitions apply to specific areas (see map). Inset D 30° 0.758' S Inset E (h) Not permitted at Minnie Water Back Beach, Bare Bluff to Diggers Point, or Moonee Beach. PIPE CLAY LAKE SPECIAL PURPOSE

NOTE: Commonwealth waters management plan effective from 1 July 2018. ZONE Line of sight to Red Rock Headland No fishing or collecting Commercial fish National Special 153°16.093' E Activity table – Solitary Islands Marine Park Multiple Pipe Clay trapping prohibited Park Purpose (Commonwealth waters) Use Zone Lake CORINDI RIVER Zone Zone (Trawl) 30° 01.491'S SANCTUARY ZONE North-West Solitary Island Commercial activities CORINDI see Inset E BEACH 30° 01.831'S Net (demersal and pelagic) ✗✗ ✗ Trawl (demersal) and Danish seine ✗ ✗ ✓1 NORTH-WEST 1 1 Trawl (midwater), Purse seine ✗ ✓ ✓ Saltwater Creek SOLITARY

Dropline, Trotline, Longline (demersal, auto longline) ✗ 1 1 19.033'E 153° ISLAND ✓ ✓ SANCTUARY Handline, rod & reel, trolling, squid jig, poling ✗ ✓1 ✓1 ZONE Trap and pot (including spanner crab net) ✗ ✓1 ✓1 ARRAWARRA Hand collection ✗ 1 1 SPECIAL PURPOSE ZONE North-West ✓ ✓ No fishing or collecting Solitary Arrawarra Jewfish Commercial tourism - Charter fishing ✗ ✓1 ✓1 p" except by permit Point Island Creek 200m CORINDI RIVER Mullet Creek Commercial tourism - Nature watching, SANCTUARY ZONE ✓1 ✓1 ✓1 SCUBA diving Ocean View Headland Other activities Recreational fishing (including spearfishing ✗ ✓2 ✓2 and collecting) Mullaway Headland MULLAWAY Recreational use (non-extractive - including ✓✓ ✓ SCUBA diving, nature watching, and boating) " 30°5'S p 30°5'S 1 1 1 Scientific research/monitoring ✓ ✓ ✓ Darkum Corindi River Corindi River Creek A summary of relevant activities that are allowed, require authorisation or are not allowed Woolgoolga Reef are detailed above. Refer to the Temperate East Marine Parks Network Management Plan Line of sight to Arrawarra Headland 0 100 200 2018 for full details. 0 50 100 153°16.048' E Woolgoolga metres 30° 1.323' S 1 Authorisation required to carry out the activity. For further information contact metres Lake Parks Australia p" 50 metre depth contour Woolgoolga Headland 2 Recreational fishing must be conducted in accordance with relevant New WOOLGOOLGA South Wales laws. Inset F Inset G !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Line fishing using bait Woolgoolga is prohibited within 200m !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Willis Back Beach of greynurse shark 0 100 200 THIS MAP IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION Creek !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!aggregation site at FLAT TOP POINT FLAT TOP POINT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30° 12.141' S SANCTUARY ZONE metres SANCTUARY ZONE see Inset F !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!153° 16.086' E 200m !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOUTH SOLITARY ISLAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SANCTUARY ZONE

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hearnes Lake Hearnes Beach !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!100m SANDY Witches Hats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEACH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Birdie 153° 15.627'E 153° 153° 15.813' E 15.813' 153° 30° 09.372'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30° 12.219' S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTE: Habitat Protection Zone is not shown here to allow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! clearer illustration of sanctuary zone boundaries. South-West Solitary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Groper) Island !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30°10'S 30°10'S " 14.612'E 153° South p !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EMERALD 30° 10.290'S Solitary BEACH Inset H !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!200m Island !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!30° 12.445' S Moonee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beach !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moonee Sandy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Creek SOUTHERN SECTION Beach !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SANCTUARY ZONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! see Inset H E 15.869' 153° Commercial fish trapping prohibited 153° 16.633'E 153° Shore-based recreational line fishing is the Bare Bluff !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!No fishing with wire trace 153° 13.210' E 13.210' 153° only type of fishing permitted in this zone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30° 09.496' S No collecting bait or invertebrates 500m !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at Moonee Beach Fiddamans Beach South-West Solitary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diggers Point (Groper) Island !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! South Solitary Island 30° 09.884' S Green !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bluff see Inset G 30° 09.978' S 0 100 200 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sapphire 200m Beach metres EMERALD 30° 13.579'S BEACH Dammerels Head Shelly Beach White Bluff SAPPHIRE Moonee Creek Look At Me Now 500m Inset I Headland 30° 14.459'S line of sight through split in island Campbells Beach SOUTHERN SECTION Pine Brush SANCTUARY ZONE Split Solitary Island Creek Hills Beach

30°15'S see Inset I 30°15'S Moonee 153° 15.627'E 153° Shore-based recreational line fishing is the Beach SPLIT KORORA Korora Beach only type of fishing permitted in this zone SOLITARY ISLAND SANCTUARY ZONE 30° 11.893' S Charlesworth Bay Sidney Shoals Split Jordans Diggers Headland Commercial fish trapping 200m (Forty Acres Reef) Solitary Island Creek prohibited Diggers Beach 200 m Solitary Islands Marine Park No collecting bait or invertebrates at Moonee Beach (Commonwealth waters) Maccauleys Headland

Park 50 metre depth contour Green Coffs Beach Bluff 30° 12.860' S Creek Little Muttonbird Island

COFFS E 13.726' 153° Muttonbird Island 0 0.5 1 0 100 200 HARBOUR Coffs 30° 18.305'S Harbour p" kilometres metres 153° 11.619'E

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