Approved Policies

• Cruise Shipping Policy for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 125KB]
• Dredging and Spoil Disposal Policy [Adobe Acrobat Format 525KB]
• Environmental Impact Management Policy [Adobe Acrobat Format 900KB]
• Managing Tourism Permissions to Operate in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (including Allocation, Latency & Tenure)
  
• Policy on Moorings in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 487KB]
• Policy on Managing Bareboat Operations in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 530KB]
• Policy on Managing Scientific Research in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 650KB]
• Policy on Managing Activities That Include the Direct Take of a Protected Species From the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
  
• Sewage Discharges From Marine Outfalls To The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 107KB]
• Structures Policy [Adobe Acrobat Format 500KB]
• Operational Policy on Whale and Dolphin Conservation in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 450KB]

Draft Policies for Comment

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GBRMPA Position Statements and Guidelines

Position statements and guidelines establish what the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority considers as appropriate management of particular activities in the Marine Park. They are intended to complement policies. The Chairman approves all position statements and guidelines.

Approved Position Statements and Guidelines

• Position Statement on Aquaculture within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 200KB]
• Position Statement on the Conservation of Dugongs in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 170KB]
• Position Statement on Indigenous Participation in Tourism and its Management [Adobe Acrobat Format 710KB]
• Position Statement on Managing access to the Restricted Access Special Management Areas  surrounding Raine Island, Moulter Cay and MacLennan Cay [Adobe Acrobat Format 35KB]
• Position Statement on Management of memorials within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format KB]
• Position Statement on the Translocation of Species in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [Adobe Acrobat Format 215KB]
• Position Statement on No Strucutres Sub-zones [Adobe Acrobat Format 1092.97KB]
• Position Statement on Management of Commercial Jet Ski Operations around Magnetic Island [Adobe Acrobat Format 89.6KB]
• Guidelines on Coral Transplantation
• Guidelines for the Emergency Disposal of Foreign Fishing Vessels
• Guidelines for the Management of Artificial Reefs in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
• Guidelines for Managing Visitation to Seabird Breeding Islands
• Guidelines for Commercial Dugong-Watching

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Position Statements provided below in relation to the Queensland East Coast Inshore Finfish Fishery were developed in June 2007. These Statements were developed to inform the Queensland Government review of the fishery. Recently, the Australian Government assessed the revised management arrangements for this fishery against provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act 1999). An independent review informed this assessment. In February 2009 the fishery was declared an approved Wildlife Trade Operation until February 2012.

The fishery in now operating under a suite of conditions and recommendations. For more information on the assessment, conditions and recommendations please refer to the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website: ECIFF Assessment and Independent Review

• Position Statement on Protected Species in the East Coast Inshore Finfish Fishery [Adobe Acrobat Format 330KB]
• Position Statement on Regional Management Issues in the East Coast Inshore Finfish Fishery [Adobe Acrobat Format 125KB]
• Position Statement on Sharks and Rays in the East Coast Inshore Finfish Fishery [Adobe Acrobat Format 215KB]

Related information

• Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts