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Australian Marine Parks | |
| Name: | Great Australian Bight Multiple Use Zone (IUCN VI) |
| Region: | South-west |
| Comments: | This reserve was originally proclaimed on 17 November 2012. There are NO CHANGES ON THE WATER until the South-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: | 13,877.21 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2025-12-11 04:36 | |
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 | ■ |
CSIRO NCMI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data - link to layer metadata NOAA drifting buoys (map) |
Records - 949 Deepest: db,Records - 129 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 24 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
SOOP AusCPR zoop trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 9 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 6 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 34 Deepest: db,Records - 5 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Seabed sediments sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages |
Records - 14 Deepest: db,Records - 5 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 - 20 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 106 Deepest: db |
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Region extents: 130° 52.0' E 36° 53.4' S to 131° 30.0' E 34° 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 | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | WQ_C | XBT | ZP |
| 1961 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 21 | 1 | ||||||
| 1998 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1999 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2001 | 2 | 94 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 2004 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| 2007 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2008 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
| 2009 | 7 | 43 | |||||||
| 2010 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2011 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 95 | 39 | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |