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The Ningaloo Marine Park (formerly known as the Ningaloo Commonwealth Marine Reserve) is an Australian marine park offshore of Western Australia, and west of the Ningaloo Coast. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The marine park covers an area of 2,435 km 2 (940 sq mi) and is assigned IUCN category IV.
The World Heritage status of the region was created and negotiated in 2011, and the adopted boundary included the Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth waters), Ningaloo Marine Park (State waters) and Muiron Islands Marine Management Area (including the Muiron Islands), Jurabi Coastal Park, Bundegi Coastal Park, Cape Range National Park, and the ...
Ningaloo Marine Park may mean: Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth waters) , the marine park in Commonwealth waters managed by Parks Australia of the Australian Government . Ningaloo Marine Park (state waters) , the marine park in state waters managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife of Western Australia .
Ningaloo Marine Park (Commonwealth waters) – Australian marine park west of the Ningaloo Coast of Western Australia, (1987), 2,435 km 2 (940 sq mi), IUCN category IV Roebuck Marine Park – Australian marine park in the North-west Marine Parks network
Nature tourism in Ningaloo is strictly controlled to protect the crystalline waters, soupy with marine life. The main attraction is the megafauna, or as they call it here, “the big three ...
Under the Howard government the world’s first Oceans Policy was developed. [2] It included the creation of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park in 1998, greatly increased protection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and in 2007, established a series of large marine parks in Australia's south-east, now collectively known as the South-east Marine Parks Network.
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The planes are fitted with tanks that skim large bodies of water to "scoop" water up and then drop it on fires from above. A Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper firefighting plane dropping water on a ...