South-west > Geographe
Geographe Marine Park is located in Geographe Bay, about 8 kilometres west of Bunbury, and adjacent to the state-managed Ngari Capes Marine Park. The sheltered waters of the bay support extensive and diverse seagrass meadows that cover about 60 percent of the seafloor in the area. These tropical and temperate seagrass beds account for about […]
South-west > Great Australian Bight
The Great Australian Bight Marine Park extends across the continental shelf and far out to the deep ocean. It protects a globally important area for endangered southern right whales, which aggregate in the region for calving each year. The marine park includes part of the world’s largest known temperate carbonate platform, and protects unique soft […]
South-west > Jurien
Jurien Marine Park contains shelf habitats that are defined by distinct ridges of limestone reef with extensive beds of macroalgae. Inshore lagoons are inhabited by a diverse range of invertebrates and fish. Seagrass meadows occur in more sheltered areas as well as in the inter-reef lagoons along exposed sections of coast. The park is located […]
South-west > Murat
Murat Marine Park protects an impressively rich diversity of seafloor-dwelling animals and small open water fishes. Many seafloor animals in this region aren’t found anywhere else on Earth. The park protects representative habitats for key communities of small pelagic fish, which play an particularly important role in this regional ecosystem through linking planktonic communities and […]
South-west > Perth Canyon
Perth Canyon Marine Park includes the majority of the Perth Canyon, Australia’s largest submarine canyon, which is home to the largest feeding aggregations of blue whales in Australia. Perth Canyon was shaped by the ancient Swan River system on land, and today links the shelf to deep-water ecosystems. Perth Canyon is located 19 kilometres west […]
South-west > Southern Kangaroo Island
Southern Kangaroo Island Marine Park features seasonal upwellings where currents and winds interact with seafloor features within its boundaries to produce a number of small upwellings that are important for biological productivity. These upwellings attract a myriad of marine life, including aggregations of small pelagic fish and higher trophic groups. The park is an important […]
South-west > South-west Corner
South-west Corner Marine Park is the largest marine park in the South-West Network. The enormous park wraps around the south-west corner of Western Australia, enclosing Bremer Marine Park. It contains a wide range of important ecosystems in both shallow and deep water, reaching abyssal depths and including the Diamantina Fracture Zone, Naturaliste Plateau and Donnely […]
South-west > Twilight
Twilight Marine Park, in the Great Australian Bight, protects important feeding grounds for Australian sea-lions. The park includes continental shelf environments that contribute to the connectivity of protected areas across shelf ecosystems. The inshore location of the marine park captures shallow depths, including globally important areas for the threatened southern right whale and white shark. […]
South-west > Two Rocks
Two Rocks Marine Park protects unique inshore lagoon habitats that are key areas for benthic productivity and the recruitment of rock lobster and reef fish species. It is also an important foraging habitat for several species of seabirds. The park is 25 kilometres north-west of Perth and the Western Australian Marmion Marine Park. It covers […]
South-west > Western Eyre
The diverse underwater landscape of Western Eyre Marine Park features canyons, ancient coastline and stretches of continental shelf break. These features drive nutrient-rich upwellings and eddies, creating areas of high biological productivity which provide rich foraging grounds for a range of species including the Australian sea lion, sperm whale, white shark and small pelagic fish […]
