Bales Beach Aquatic Reserve

Bales Beach Aquatic Reserve was a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in waters off the south coast of Kangaroo Island immediately adjoining and including the intertidal zone within the locality of Seal Bay whose full extent is occupied by the Seal Bay Conservation Park.[3]

This article is about the former marine protected area in South Australia. For the current use of the land, see Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park (state waters).

Bales Beach Aquatic Reserve
South Australia
IUCN category II (national park)
Bales Beach Aquatic Reserve
Nearest town or city Vivonne Bay.
Coordinates36.0005°S 137.3547°E / -36.0005; 137.3547
Establishedafter 1971[1]
Abolished20 October 2016
Area7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)[2]
Managing authoritiesPrimary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA)
FootnotesCoordinates[2]
Nearest town[3]
See alsoProtected areas of South Australia

It was declared after 1971 for the purpose of ‘the protection of a major breeding colony of the Australian sea lion’. The collection or the removal of any marine organism was prohibited within the reserve. The aquatic reserve which immediately adjoined the Seal Bay Aquatic Reserve extents eastward for a distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) Bay and also extends seaward a distance of about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi). It has an area of 7.3 square kilometres (2.8 square miles). While it was managed in conjunction with the Seal Bay Aquatic Reserve, it was gazetted as a separate aquatic reserve.[2][4][1][5] On 20 October 2016, it was abolished.[6]

Since 2012, it was located within the boundaries of a “habitat protection zone” within the Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park.[7]

The aquatic reserve was classified as an IUCN Category II protected area.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Summary of SA Marine Protected Areas by Type (see 'SA Reserve List' tab)". Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 10 February 2003. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. "Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) - Marine Protected Areas in coastal waters of South Australia (refer "DETAIL' tab)". Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. "Search result for "Seal Bay-Bales Beach Aquatic Reserve (sic)" with the following databases selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Aquatic Reserves"". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) (9 October 2016), Aquatic Reserve: Seal Bay - Bales Beach (PDF), Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (published 2007), archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015, retrieved 9 October 2016
  5. "Alteration of boundaries of aquatic reserves, Bales Beach Aquatic Reserve" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 29 November 2007. p. 4389. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. "Fisheries Management (Aquatic Reserves) Proclamation 2016". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 20 October 2016. p. 4071. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  7. "Upper Spencer Gulf Marine Park Management Plan 2012" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). pp. 10 and 23. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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