Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve is a 19,897 km2 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 to the abyssal plain with depths of over .

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

ZoneIUCNActivities permittedArea(km2) Recreational fishing Commercial fishing Mining Special Purpose VI 18,967 Multiple Use VI 933

See also

Commonwealth marine reserves Protected areas of Australia Zeehan, Tasmania

Notes

References

External links Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network website