Cairns/Cooktown site specific management

• Low use Location (maximum 15 people per vessel or aircraft)
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available

• Private moorings installed– no anchoring within 50 metres
• No structure sub-zone
• Historic Site Plan

• Cape Tribulation Locality 1 Map
• Sensitive Location
• Moderate use Location (maximum 60 people per vessel)
• Aircraft must remain above 1500 feet
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Anchoring of vessels less than 35 metres is allowed within 50 metres of a mooring

• One vessel booking per day (for tourism operators — unless endorsed on permit)

• Private moorings installed

• Not part of the Cairns Planning Area
• Historic Site Management Arrangements and map
• Public consultation 2018

• See Ribbon Reefs

• Fitzroy Island National Park Map
• Not part of the Cairns Planning Area
• No-anchoring area marked by reef protection markers
• Use public moorings where available
• National Park Island
• Public Appreciation Special Management Area

• Moderate use Location (maximum 60 people per vessel)
• Tourism operators are able to carry up to 100 people if they are operating to a mooring (otherwise a maximum of 60 people per vessel applies)
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Public Appreciation Special Management Area
• Historic Site Plan

• Frankland Islands Sector Locality Map
• Sensitive Location
• Low use location (Maximum 15 people per vessel)
• Aircraft must remain above 1500 feet
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings  if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• No-anchoring areas marked by reef protection markers (at Normanby and Russell Islands)
• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres

• One vessel booking per day (for tourism operators)
• National Park —
  • a sand spit next to the day area on Normanby Island is fenced off from September to March to protect nesting little terns
  • commercial operators do not have weekend access with the exception of the existing operation at Normanby Island
• Maritime Cultural Heritage Special Management Area  (See Maritime Heritage for more information)
• Historic Site Plan

• Green Island Locality Map
• Sensitive Location
• Locality 1 and 2 are Moderate Use Locations (Maximum 60 people per vessel)

• Locality 3 is a low use location (maximum 15 people per vessel)
• Aircraft must remain above 1500 feet
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available

• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Vessels at least 70 metres must only use their tenders for passenger transfers by the most direct reasonable route
• Four vessel bookings per day (for tourism operators –unless endorsed on permit)
• Historic Site Plan

• Hastings Reef Locality 1 is an Intensive use Location
• Hastings Reef Locality 2 is a Moderate use Location (Maximum 60 people per vessel or aircraft)
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings  if available
• Two Reef Anchorages are available (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres)
• Private moorings  installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Pontoon installed— no anchoring within 200 metres

• Historic Site Plan

• Hope Islands Map

• Sensitive Location
• Low use Location (maximum 15 people per vessel)
• Aircraft must remain above 1500 feet
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• At East Hope Island Reef anchoring is allowed within 50 metres of a mooring
• Private moorings  installed at East Hope Island — no anchoring within 50 metres

• West Hope Island Reef: one vessel bookings per day (for tourism operators)
• East hope Island Reef: two vessel booking per day (for tourism operators –unless endorsed on permit)
• National Park
• No structure sub-zone

• Lizard Island Map
• Lizard Island National Park Map
• Sensitive Location
• Four localities with different levels of use see Lizard Island Map
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Two Reef Anchorages (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres) and two Designated Anchorages (vessels at least 70 metres) are available. Limits apply see Lizard Island Map for more info
• The no bookings limit for tourism operators applies to the Lizard Island Locality 1 Sensitive Location

• Public Appreciation Special Management Area  at Lizard Island Reef

• Natural Resources Conservation (Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island) Special Management Area
• Lizard Island National Park
• No structure sub-zone
• Historic Lizard Island Locality 2 Site Plan
• Historic Lizard Island Locality 3 Site Plan

Low Island Locality

• Low Island Locality Map
• Sensitive Location
• Low use setting (maximum 15 people per vessel)
• Access to island only between sunrise and sunset (except where allowed, see 2.17 of Cairns Area Plan of Management)
• Vessel and aircraft speed limit of six knots
• No hull scraping, cleaning or painting
• No discharge of greywater, sewage, fresh fish or parts of fresh fish
• Aircraft must stay above 1500 feet
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• No-anchoring area marked by reef protection markers
• Private moorings  installed — anchoring is allowed within 50 metres of moorings
• Passenger transfer pontoon — anchoring is allowed within 200 metres of pontoon
• Two vessels bookings per day (for tourism operations)
• Historic Low Island Site Management Arrangements Map

Woody Island

• Low use Location (maximum 15 people per vessel)

• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings where available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Island access closed from September to March to protect nesting pied imperial pigeons
• Historic Low Isles Management Plan for Low Islets (Low Island and Woody Island) and Reef

• Michaelmas Cay Locality Map

• Sensitive Location
• Low use Location (maximum 15 people per vessel)
• Vessel and aircraft speed limit of six knots
• Boating access channel marked out by buoys
  • Four knot speed limit in channel
  • No swimming, diving, anchoring or mooring to allow safe access
• No operation of horns, loud speakers or sirens
• Aircraft must remain above 3000 feet
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings  if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• One Reef Anchorage available (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres)
• Private moorings  installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• One vessel booking per day (for tourism operators)
• Michaelmas Cay National Park — beach access from 9:30am to 3pm, no access to fenced area
• No structure sub-zone
• Michaelmas Cay Tourist Operators Code of Conduct
• Historic Site Plan
• Historic Management Plan

• Moderate use Location (maximum 60 people per vessel or aircraft)

• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• One Reef Anchorage available (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres)
• Private moorings  installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Historic Site Plan

• Moore Reef Location Map
• Locality 1 is an intensive use Location
• Locality 2 is a moderate use Location (maximum 60 people per vessel or aircraft)
  • Tourism operators are able to carry up to 100 people if they are operating to a mooring or Reef Anchorage (otherwise a maximum of 60 people per vessel applies)
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available

• Three Reef Anchorages available (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres)
• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Two permitted pontoons— no anchoring within 200 metres
• In northerly winds only, a large vessel (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres) may anchor at Moore Reef Locality 2 (outside the Reef Anchorage) in accordance with an approved anchoring strategy
• Historic Site Plan (Locality 2 only)

• Intensive use Location
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available

• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• One pontoon — no anchoring within 200 metres

• Historic Site Plan

• Moderate use location (maximum 60 people per vessel or aircraft)
  • Tourism operators are able to carry up to 100 people if they are operating to a mooring (otherwise a maximum of 60 people per vessel applies
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Three Reef Anchorages available (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres)

• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Public Appreciation Special Management Area

• No structure sub-zone

• Historic Site Plan

• The levels of use for Locations throughout the Ribbon Reefs varies, refer to the detailed sector overview map  for details (Note: Ribbon No. 6 Reef is in a Preservation Zone (pink zone) — no access)
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Sixteen Reef Anchorages available throughout the Ribbon Reefs (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres)

• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Seasonal Closure Special Management Area

• No structure sub-zone (in some areas)

Cod Hole (Ribbon No. 10 Reef)

• Cod Hole Locality Map

• Sensitive Location
• Moderate use Location (maximum 60 people per vessel)

• Aircraft must remain above 500 feet
• No anchoring allowed (unmarked no-anchoring area)
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Two Reef Anchorages available at Ribbon No. 10 Reef and two at nearby No name Reef (14-139) (2km north of Cod Hole Locality)
• Private moorings installed – no anchoring within 50 metres
• No bookings limit applies to the Cod Hole Sensitive Location (for tourism operators)
• No structure sub-zone

• Snapper Island Reef Location Map
• Sensitive Location
• Low use Location (maximum 15 people per vessel)
• Aircraft must remain above 1500 feet

• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Reef Anchorage available at nearby Sudbury Reef
• One vessel booking per day (for tourism operators–unless endorsed on permit)

• No structure sub-zone

• Sudbury Cay Map

• Sensitive Location
• Low use Location (maximum 15 people per vessel)

• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Aircraft must remain above 1500 feet
• Private mooringsinstalled — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available

• One vessel booking per day (for tourism operators–unless endorsed on permit)
• No structure sub-zone

• Thetford Reef Location Map
• Moderate use Location (maximum 60 people per vessel or aircraft)
  • Tourism operators are able to carry up to 100 people if they are operating to a mooring or reef anchorage (otherwise a maximum of 60 people per vessel applies)
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• One Reef Anchorage available  (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres)

• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Public Appreciation Special Management Area

• Upolu Cay and Reef Map

• Moderate use Location (maximum 60 people per vessel or aircraft)
  • Tourism operators are able to carry up to 100 people if they are operating to a mooring (otherwise a maximum of 60 people per vessel applies)
• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• One Reef Anchorage available (vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres)
• Private moorings installed — no anchoring within 50 metres
• Upolu Cay National Park
• Upolu Cay Reef Operators Code of Conduct
• Historic Site Plan
• No structure sub-zone

• See Low Isles

• Moderate use Location (Maximum 60 people per vessel or aircraft)

• Vessels less than 35 metres can access and anchor — use public moorings if available
• Vessels greater than 35 metres and no more than 70 metres can anchor outside a Location or at a Reef Anchorage if available
• Public Appreciation Special Management Area