Special Management Areas (SMA) within Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 1983 (GBRMPA)

This dataset contains the amalgamated set of Special Management Areas (SMAs) in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park as described in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983, Amendments 2008. This includes:
SMA - No Dories Detached,
SMA - Princess Charlotte Bay,
SMA - Public Appreciation,
SMA - Restricted Access,
SMA - Seasonal Closure,
SMA - Dugong Protection Area B,
SMA - Dugong Protection Area A,
SMA - Natural Resources Conservation

Dugong Protection Areas:

This layer shows the Special Management Areas that provide additional protection for Dugongs from commercial fishing. The Dugong Protection Areas ban or restrict the use of commerical netting within these areas.

Zone 'A' Dugong Protection Areas include significant dugong habitats in the southern Great Barrier Reef. In these areas, the use of offshore set, foreshore set and drift nets are prohibited, except in Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait Protection Area where specialised fish netting practises are allowed to continue with modifications. The use of river set nets are allowed with modifications in Zone 'A' Dugong Protection Areas, except in two key areas where river set nets are prohibited (Hinchinbrook and Shoalwater Bay Dugong Protection Areas). Other netting practices such as ring, seine, tunnel and set pocket netting which are not considered to pose a serious threat to dugong are unaffected.

In Zone ‘B' Dugong Protection Areas mesh netting practices are allowed to continue, but with more rigorous safeguards and restrictions than before.

Princess Charlotte Bay:

This Special Management Area has been designated to protect dugong within Princess Charlotte Bay in the Far Northern Management Area of the Marine Park. The Special Management Area requires commercial net fishers to obtain a permit to operate within Princess Charlotte Bay.

Public Appreciation:
These Special Management Areas restrict spearfishing, commercial aquarium fish collecting, coral harvesting, beachworm harvesting, and aquaculture from being undertaken.

Restricted Access:

These areas may not be used or entered without written permission. In addition, shore access to many islands may be restricted or restricted seasonally. Please refer to the Department of Environment and Resource Management for more information.

Seasonal Closure:

The Ribbon Reefs and adjacent areas are unique, as they are located at a particular part of the continental shelf, which drops sharply away from the reef edge. These important areas of reef support diverse species, including large pelagic fish such as marlin.
Special Management Areas designated in these areas provide additional protection to the Ribbon Reefs and adjacent habitats. These Special Management Areas prohibit all fishing and detached dories in these areas from 1 January to 31 August each year.

No Dories Detached:

This layer shows the boundaries of the No Dories Detached Special Management Area specified within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Regulations 2004.

This Special Management Area regulates the number of dories that may be detached from a commercial fishing vessel.

Natural Resources Conservation:

There is a Natural Resources Conservation Special Management Area declared for:
Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island Locality 1
In addition to the rules for the Conservation Park (yellow) Zone, you cannot spearfish or conduct fishing or collecting in this area, except for trolling and bait netting for pelagic species.

This metadata record was created for the eAtlas and is not authoritative. Please contact GBRMPA for more information. To obtain this dataset go to the GBRMPA spatial information website, download the appropriate data usage agreement and send it through to [e-mail].

To cite this dataset in the eAtlas:
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, (2008). Special Management Areas (SMA) within Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. eAtlas Archive. https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/41dd5285-88ec-40c3-be85-f3e0b7c80c27

本数据集整合了《1983年大堡礁海洋公园条例》及2008年修正案中规定的大堡礁海洋公园内全部特殊管理区（Special Management Areas，以下简称SMAs），包含以下类型：禁止分离小艇特殊管理区、夏洛特公主湾特殊管理区、公众观赏特殊管理区、限制准入特殊管理区、季节性封闭特殊管理区、儒艮（Dugong）保护区B区、儒艮保护区A区以及自然资源保护特殊管理区。

### 儒艮保护区
本图层展示了为额外保护儒艮免受商业捕捞影响而设立的特殊管理区。儒艮保护区禁止或限制在区内使用商业网具作业。
儒艮保护区A区涵盖大堡礁南部的重要儒艮栖息地。区内禁止使用近海定置网、岸定置网及流刺网，但在赫维湾与大桑迪海峡保护区内，经合规改造的专业化捕捞网具作业可继续开展。儒艮保护区A区内允许经改造的河定置网作业，但辛奇布鲁克与肖尔沃特湾儒艮保护区这两处关键区域除外，上述区域禁止使用河定置网。其他对儒艮不构成严重威胁的网具作业方式，如围网、曳绳钓网、隧道网及袋状定置网，则不受此限制。
儒艮保护区B区内允许使用网具作业，但需遵守比此前更为严格的防护措施与限制要求。

### 夏洛特公主湾特殊管理区
该特殊管理区旨在保护大堡礁海洋公园远北部管理区段的夏洛特公主湾内的儒艮，要求商业网具捕捞渔民在湾内作业前必须取得作业许可。

### 公众观赏特殊管理区
此类特殊管理区禁止开展水下渔猎、商业观赏鱼采集、珊瑚采集、沙蚕采集及水产养殖活动。

### 限制准入特殊管理区
未经书面许可，不得使用或进入此类区域。此外，多数岛屿的岸线准入可能受到限制或季节性限制，具体信息请咨询环境与资源管理部。

### 季节性封闭特殊管理区
丝带礁及其毗邻海域具有独特地理特征：它们位于大陆架的特定区段，礁体边缘坡度陡峭。这些重要礁区栖息着丰富多样的物种，包括马林鱼等大型洄游性鱼类。本区域内设立的特殊管理区旨在为丝带礁及其毗邻生境提供额外保护。每年1月1日至8月31日期间，此类特殊管理区内禁止一切捕捞作业及分离小艇活动。

### 禁止分离小艇特殊管理区
本图层展示了《2004年大堡礁海洋公园修正案条例》中规定的禁止分离小艇特殊管理区的边界范围。该特殊管理区用于规范商业渔船可分离的附属小艇数量。

### 自然资源保护特殊管理区
针对蜥蜴岛区域1的美人鱼湾设立了自然资源保护特殊管理区。除保护区（黄色区域）的相关规定外，本区内禁止开展水下渔猎、捕捞或采集活动，但针对洄游性物种的曳绳钓及诱饵网捕捞除外。

本元数据记录为电子地图集（eAtlas）制作，不具备官方权威性。如需获取更多信息，请联系大堡礁海洋公园管理局（Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority，以下简称GBRMPA）。获取本数据集需访问GBRMPA空间信息官网，下载并签署相应的数据使用协议后发送至[e-mail]。
在电子地图集中引用本数据集的格式为：
大堡礁海洋公园管理局（2008）。《大堡礁海洋公园内特殊管理区（SMA）》，电子地图集档案库，https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/41dd5285-88ec-40c3-be85-f3e0b7c80c27