Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Australian marine protected area south of Hobart, Tasmania

44°19′S 147°47′E / 44.31°S 147.78°E / -44.31; 147.78^[1]Area9,991 km² (3,858 sq mi)EstablishedMay 12, 1999 (1999-05-12)Governing bodyParks Australia (Commonwealth of Australia)environment.gov.au/topics/marine/marine-reserves/south-east/huon

Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve is a 9,991 km² marine protected area within Australian waters. The former Tasmanian Seamounts Marine Reserve created in 1999^[2] was incorporated into the Huon reserve in 2007,^[3]^[4] and is part of the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network.

Huon reserve contains a cluster of approximately 70^{[citation needed]} seamounts peaking 750 m (2,460 ft) to 1,700 m (5,600 ft) above the sea floor. They appear as cone-shaped submerged mountains, which provide a range of depths for a diversity of plants and animals. The reserve is a foraging area for great white sharks and seabirds and a spawning or nursery area for important commercial fish, including ocean perch and blue warehou.^[4]

Protection

A majority of the Huon marine reserve area is IUCN protected area category VI and zoned as 'Multiple Use'. A smaller section of 'Habitat Protection Zone' in the west of the reserve protects the unique and vulnerable benthic communities of the reserve's seamounts.^[4]

Zone	IUCN	Activities permitted			Area (km²)
Zone	IUCN	Recreational fishing	Commercial fishing	Mining	Area (km²)
Habitat Protection	IV	Yes	with approval	No	389
Multiple Use	VI	Yes	with approval	with approval	9,602
^{[Note 1]}

Notes

^ Summary of permitted activities only, see source for details^[5]

References

^ "Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve on OpenStreetMap". openstreetmap.org. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Proclamation - Tasmanian Seamounts". legislation.gov.au. Government of Tasmania. 12 May 1999. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2014 - Marine". environment.gov.au. © Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve". environment.gov.au. © Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network - Zoning and activities". environment.gov.au. © Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

External links

Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network website

Protected areas managed by the Australian Government

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