| Cartier Island Marine Park | |
| Iucn Category: | Ia |
| Coords: | -12.5308°N 123.5552°W |
| Coords Ref: | [1] |
| Location: | Australia |
| Area Km2: | 172 |
| Established: | 21 June 2000 |
| Operator: | Parks Australia |
The Cartier Island Marine Park (previously known as the Cartier Island Marine Reserve) is an Australian marine park that covers the Cartier Island and reef surrounds, about 610km (380miles) north of Broome, Western Australia. The marine park covers an area of 172km2 and is assigned IUCN category Ia (Sanctuary Zone). It is one of the 13 parks managed under the North-west Marine Parks Network.[2] [3]
While access has been restricted to the marine park for environmental protective measures, there is also a risk of unexploded ordnance as the area has previously been used for defence practise.[4]
The Marine Park was originally proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 on 21 June 2000 as the Cartier Island Marine Reserve, and proclaimed under the EPBC Act on 14 December 2013 and renamed Cartier Island Marine Park on 9 October 2017.[2]
The Cartier Island Marine park has been assigned IUCN protected area category Ia and is wholly zoned as a Sanctuary Zone.[2]
The following table is a summary of the zoning rules within the Cartier Island Marine Park:[2]
| Zone | IUCN | Activities permitted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vessel transiting | Recreational fishing | Commercial fishing | Commercial aquaculture | Commercial tourism | Mining | ||
| Sanctuary Zone | Ia | ||||||
| External link: Zoning and rules for the North-west Marine Parks Network | |||||||