Dobbs et al., 2007:

"Marine turtle habitats were considered in the design of the new zoning network for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park as part of the Representative Areas Program. One of the specific design guidelines developed was the incorporation of marine turtle inter-nesting and foraging habitats into the overall network of no-take areas. The guideline was refined further for individual nesting and foraging sites to incorporate all very high priority nesting sites, incorporate 20% of each identified foraging site, respectively.  Marine turtle inter-nesting habitat increased in no-take area protection from 781 km² to 1886 km² (23.4% to 56.5% of all identified sites); marine turtle foraging habitat increased in no-take area protection from 3063 km² to 12 490 km² (7.1% to 29.1% of all identified sites). Although the nesting and foraging principles were not achieved in total for all identified marine turtle sites, overall the level of protection afforded by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003 increased for nearly all marine turtle sites identified. Additionally,other activities (e.g. water quality, fisheries, traditional use of marine resources) occurring in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park that may impact upon marine turtles are being addressed via other mechanisms."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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Citation and/or URL

Dobbs, K., Fernandes, L., Slegers, S., Jago, B., Thompson, L., Hall, J., Day, J., Cameron, D., Tanzer, J., Macdonald, F. and Limpus, C. 2007, Incorporating marine turtle habitats into the marine protected area design for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia, Pacific Conservation Biology, 13(3): 293-302.

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Spatial Coverage

Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

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Temporal Coverage

2000 - 2007

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Update Frequency

Not applicable 

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Other Information

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