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Australian Marine Parks | |
| Name: | Shark Bay Multiple Use Zone (IUCN VI) |
| Region: | North-west |
| Comments: | This reserve was originally proclaimed on 17 November 2012. There are NO CHANGES ON THE WATER until the North-west Australian Marine Parks Network Management Plan comes into effect. Australia's network of Australian Marine Parks (revised 2014-03-28) http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B2E8DD19C-1B93-4D90-BD1C-128DDC4A2998%7D |
| Area: | 7,442.54 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2026-02-24 14:27 | |
The following is the list of gear types used within this region. Click on 'gear type' for a detailed report of that gear.
| Gear Type | Code | Map colour | Layers used | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ocean based acoustic current meter | OB_ACM | ■ |
NOAA drifting buoys (map) CSIRO NCMI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 20 Deepest: db,Records - 706 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 7 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 9 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 48 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 41 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 21 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ | Seabed sediments sampling | Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| Continuous Plankton Recorder | CPR | ■ |
CPR Plankton Colour Index Survey - link to layer metadata CPR Zooplankton Abundance Survey - link to layer metadata CPR Phytoplankton Abundance Survey - link to layer metadata |
Records - 11 Deepest: db |
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Region extents: 112° 30.0' E 25° 30.0' S to 113° 06.4' E 24° 18.0' S
Acknowledgements: Background map - Bright Earth e-Atlas Basemap v1.0 (AIMS, GBRMPA, JCU, DSITIA, GA, UCSD, NASA, OSM, ESRI) CC BY
Time series plot (1930 to present) - Y axis is per year
Region data
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| Year | CPR | CTD | DT_S | MBS | OB_ACM | SG | WQ_C | XBT | ZP |
| 1961 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| 1972 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1973 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1974 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1977 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1982 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 1987 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| 1990 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1991 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1992 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1995 | 8 | 120 | 8 | ||||||
| 1996 | 5 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2000 | 11 | 68 | 11 | ||||||
| 2003 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 82 | |||||
| 2006 | 1 | 36 | |||||||
| 2007 | 1 | 121 | |||||||
| 2009 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2010 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2011 | 72 |