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The ocean offshore
of Victoria is managed in three tiers:
• Waters up to 3 nautical miles offshore by the Victorian State Government
• Waters from 3 nautical miles to 200 nautical miles offshore by
the Australian Government
• Waters beyond 200 nautical miles are international waters (high
seas)
Victorian
Waters Management Bodies
Australian
Waters Management Bodies
High
Seas
See
also:
· Biodiversity
· Commercial Fishing
· Community
· Desalination
· Economy
· Energy Resources
· Leisure and Recreation
· Marine
Environment
· Marine Forecasts
· Marine Pollution Response Contingency Plans (MSV web site)
· Marine National Parks and Sanctuaties
· Native Fauna
· Pests -
Marine
· Port
Phillip Bay
· Ports
· Primary Industries Research Victoria (PIRVic) at Queenscliff
· Reference - Marine
· Shipwrecks
· Tourism
· Water
Quality
· Weather, Tide and Climate
· Westernport
Bay
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Management
and planning Bodies Victorian Waters - waters up to 3 nautical miles
offshore
• Western Coastal Board
• Aboriginal Affairs Victoria
• Regional Indigenous Communities
• Department of Infrastructure
• Department of Sustainability and Environment
• Department of Primary Industries
• Environment Protection Authority
• Heritage Victoria
• Local
Ports
• Marine Safety Victoria
• Parks Victoria
• Victorian Coastal Council
• Victorian Regional Channels Authority
• Central
Coastal Board
• Gippsland
Coastal Board
• Western
Coastal Board
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Management
Bodies Australian Waters - waters from 3 nautical miles to 200 nautical
miles offshore.
• Australian Fisheries Management Authority
• Bureau of Rural Sciences
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry
• Department of Environment and Water Resources
• Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
• National Oceans Office
Regional Marine Plans
are documents which set out information management goals and tools for
a particular Commonwealth marine area.They were introduced by the Oceans
Policy 1998 and are implemented by the National Oceans Office. The South
East Regional Marine Plan covers all commonwealth waters (3 - 200 nautical
miles) off Victoria.
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High
Seas - Waters beyond 200 nautical miles from Australia's coast.
High Seas is the term commonly used for international waters (outside
the 200 nautical mile Australian Fishing Zone).
The Australian
Fisheries Management Authority has responsibility for ensuring that
conservation and management measures by Australian operators in the AFZ
and beyond the AFZ (on the high seas) implement Australia's obligations
under international agreements that deal with fish stocks.
Agreements with
relevance to Victorian Fisheries include:
UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982)
· Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Database (ARC
Linkage Project)
· United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Overview and
full text (United Nations)
· United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
CCSBT (Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna)
· Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
· Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
WCPC (Commission for the Western and Central Pacific)
·
Commission for the Western and Central Pacific (Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
See also:
· International Agreements
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