Community Environment Network - Marine & Estuarine Areas

Marine & Estuarine Areas

Issues

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) on the Central Coast

CEN recognises the importance of protecting marine and estuarine areas that have important environmental values (i.e. high biodiversity, threatened or endangered and vulnerable species, unique and/or fragile habitat)...find out more

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Items of interest:

Central Coast Artificial Reef Project (June, 05)

Dead fish at Killcare beach (May, 05)

Humpback whales in NSW (May, 05)

Useful links

Government

NSW Marine Parks Authority: http://www.mpa.nsw.gov.au/
NSW Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries: www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/marine_protected_areas<
NSW Department of Environment and Conservation – National Parks and Wildlife Service: www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Marine+parks
SA Department of Environment and Heritage: www.environment.sa.gov.au/coasts/conservation.html#mpa<
Department of the Environment and Heritage, Commonwealth marine protected areas: www.deh.gov.au/coasts/mpa/index.html
Centre for Sustainable Use of Coasts and Catchments (University of Newcastle): www.newcastle.edu.au/school/environ-life-science/research/csucc.html

Non-government

Nature Conservation Council: www.nccnsw.org.au/
National Parks Association of NSW: www.marine.org.au
Ocean and Coastal Care Initiative (OCCI):
The Wilderness Society: www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/marine/
The Marine and Coastal Community Network: www.mccn.org.au/
Australian Conservation Foundation: www.acfonline.org.au
Saltwater Environmental Alliance: www.sea.org.au/

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