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Marine bioregional plans and implementation issues: Australia's oceans policy process

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posted on 2023-05-17, 16:33 authored by Joanna VinceJoanna Vince
Australia's Oceans Policy, released in 1998, established a new, national approach for ecosystem-based ocean management that proposed the integration of sectoral and jurisdictional interests. Implementation was to be achieved through innovative institutions delivering ecosystem based management through Regional Marine Plans, now referred to as marine bioregional plans that are legislatively grounded via the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). This paper argues that the original focus of the implementation process has changed, reflecting a lack of jurisdictional integration and an environmental focus that prioritises marine protected area management. It examines where the oceans policy stands today and the policy gap in terms of the lofty aspirations of Australia's Oceans Policy and implementation efforts.

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CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

History

Publication title

Marine Policy

Volume

38

Pagination

325-329

ISSN

0308-597X

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Pergamon

Place of publication

The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox5 1Gb

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems

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