Draft Mainland Marine Park Rules

The new approach to marine park planning includes two clear stages:

• Stage 1 is the development of the management plan for the NSW mainland marine park network.
• Stage 2 is the development of the draft marine park management rules (including zoning) to implement those actions in the plan that relate to rules.

The management plan identifies certain marine park values and threats that may benefit from the use of rules and zoning, but it does not include any specific detail on rules or zones. The detail of any rules or zones will be developed in Stage 2.

During Stage 2 we will be specifically seeking feedback on the draft management rules. When this stage opens, members of the public can make submissions to provide feedback on the draft management rules.

Preliminary work on Draft Marine Parks Rules has commenced with Marine Park Advisory Committees.

More details on Stage 2 of the public consultation on management rules will be released after Stage 1. If you would like to stay in touch regarding Stage 2, register your email via the Stay Informed box.