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Australian Marine Parks | |
| Name: | Western Kangaroo Island Special Purpose 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: | 2,215.33 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2026-01-01 15:38 | |
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 - 7 Deepest: db,Records - 83 Deepest: db |
| seagrass | SeaGr | ■ | South Australian Coastal Study Data | Records - 3 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 19 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm location map - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - link to layer metadata Australian Sea Lion CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm dive profile map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 7 Deepest: db,Records - 21 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
CSIRO Sediment Sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages Seabed sediments sampling |
Records - 3 Deepest: db,Records - 4 Deepest: db |
| satellite tag | ST | ■ |
aatams sattag dm location map - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm profile map - link to layer metadata Australian Sea Lion CTD Profiles - link to layer metadata aatams sattag dm dive profile map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 21 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ | MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) | Records - 6 Deepest: db |
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Region extents: 136° 06.0' E 36° 13.0' S to 136° 54.0' E 35° 39.8' 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 | CTD | DT_S | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | ST | SeaGr | WQ_C |
| 1961 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1972 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 1981 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1982 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1985 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1989 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 1998 | 2 | 15 | 2 | ||||||
| 2000 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 2008 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 1 |