Mermaid Reef Marine Reserve Management Plan from Parks Australia

Parks Australia provides the formal Plan of Management for the Mermaid Reef Marine National Nature Reserve, declared in 1991. The plan outlines ecosystem-based strategies for conservation, operates under national legislation, and is intended to remain in force for seven years. This record was made available following the decommissioning of the Australian Marine Parks Science Atlas platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing marine protected area governance based on the described cooperative management between Commonwealth and Western Australian authorities.
• Studying long-term conservation planning based on the seven-year operational timeframe and structured review processes mentioned.
• Researching ecosystem-based management approaches for coral reefs based on the strategies outlined in the plan.

Strengths

• Plan is backed by formal national environmental legislation, providing a clear regulatory framework.
• Management involves cooperation between Commonwealth and Western Australian authorities, suggesting a coordinated approach.
• The plan has a defined seven-year operational period with structured review processes for updates.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single HTML document describing a management plan; the underlying data referenced by the plan is not directly provided.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Parks Australia

Collection Method

Formal government publication of a management plan.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 22:55:15.327943; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mermaid Reef, Rowley Shoals, off north-western Australia