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Geology informing management – Experience in Australia’s South-east Marine Region

Geology informing management – Experience in Australia’s South-east Marine Region. Healthy oceans: cared for, understood and used wisely for the benefit of all, now and in the future healthy oceans: cared for, understood and use wisely for the benefit of all, now and in the. GEOHAB May 2003.

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Geology informing management – Experience in Australia’s South-east Marine Region

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  1. Geology informing management – Experience in Australia’s South-east Marine Region Healthy oceans: cared for, understood and used wisely for the benefit of all, now and in the future healthy oceans: cared for, understood and use wisely for the benefit of all, now and in the GEOHAB May 2003 National Oceans Office

  2. Regional Marine Planning Implementing Australia’s Oceans Policy Principles • Ecosystem-based management • Sustainable development • Multiple-use planning and management • Stakeholder involvement in planning and decision making • Security for Industry Work to date: • The South-east Marine Region and the Northern Planning Area

  3. AUSTRALIA Tasmania

  4. IMCRA : Meso-scale regions for continental shelf areas

  5. Application in management • Identification of marine protected areas (MPA’s) • Multiple use management – focus areas • Spatial management for other uses, e.g. fisheries • Cumulative impact assessment • Evaluation and monitoring • Information management

  6. Identification of MPA’s Identifying Broad Areas of Interest • Offshore Bioregionalisation • Provinces • Biomes / Sub-biomes • Geomorphological units • IMCRA Describing Broad Areas of Interest • Geological features • Oceanography • Biological information Collaboration with Environment Australia and CSIRO Marine Research

  7. Draft Broad Areas of Interest and Geological Features

  8. Challenges • Describing data limitations and information gaps • Understanding uncertainties, e.g. surrogacy • Understanding the implications of different methodologies • Communicating to stakeholders • Flexible management – changing information

  9. Meredith.Hall@oceans.gov.au(03) 6221 50350413 021 077Campbell.Davies@oceans.gov.au www.oceans.gov.au

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