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Carnarvon Canyon Commonwealth Marine Reserve
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MARINE USERS – TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
The Commonwealth marine reserves declared in November 2012 are under transitional
arrangements until management plans come into effect in July 2014. Transitional
arrangements involve NO CHANGES ON THE WATER for marine users. Note, there are no
changes to management arrangements in the marine reserves that existed prior to the
establishment of the new reserves, that is, the same restrictions on activities will continue to
apply even where those reserves have been incorporated into new reserves.
More information is available at www.environment.gov.au/marinereserves
Name
Carnarvon Canyon Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Area
6177 km²
Depth range
1500-6000 m (approx.)
Major conservation
values
Types of zoning
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Contains the whole of the Carnarvon Canyon – a single channel
canyon along with representations of slope, continental rise and
deep hole and valleys
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The Carnarvon Canyon ranges in depth from 1500 metres to over
5000 metres and hence provides a wide range of habitats for
benthic and demersal species

Examples of the ecosystems of the Central Western Transition
provincial bioregion, the reserve lies in a biogeographic faunal
transition between tropical and temperate species
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Habitat Protection Zone – IUCN Category IV–6177 km²