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Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve is a 19,897 km marine protected area within Australian waters located west of Tasmania and extending to near King Island. The reserve was established in 2007 and is part of the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network.

The reserve includes a variety of seabed habitats, including exposed limestone, that provides important habitat for a variety of commercial fish species as well as giant crab. There is a broad depth range, from the shallow continental shelf of about 50 m (160 ft) to the abyssal plain with depths of over 3,000 m (9,800 ft).

Protection

The entire Murray marine reserve area is IUCN protected area category VI and has two zones; 'Special Purpose' and 'Multiple Use'.

See also

• Commonwealth marine reserves
• Protected areas of Australia
• Zeehan, Tasmania

Notes

1. Summary of permitted activities only, see source for details

References

1. "Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve on OpenStreetMap". openstreetmap.org. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
2. "Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2014 - Marine". environment.gov.au. © Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
3. ^ "Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve". environment.gov.au. © Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
4. "South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network - Zoning and activities". environment.gov.au. © Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

External links

• Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network website

• IUCN Category VI
• South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network
• Protected areas established in 2007