__NOTOC__ Lower South East Marine Park is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's coastal waters in the state’s south-east adjoining the border with the state of Victoria. The Lower South East Marine Park consists of two parts which extend from ‘median high water’ to the edge of coastal waters. The first part extends from

Cape Buffon Rivoli Bay, (french: Baie de Rivoli) is a bay located on the south-east coast of the Australian state of South Australia about south-southeast of the state capital of Adelaide and about northwest by west of the regional centre of Mount Gambier ...

in the north-west to just north of

Cape Banks Cape Banks is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located in the gazetted locality of Carpenter Rocks at the south end of Bucks Bay and the north end of Bungaloo Bay on the state's south east coast about west south west of the ...

in the south-east adjoining coastline within the boundary of the

Canunda National Park Canunda National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about southeast of Adelaide, on the coast about southwest of Millicent. It consists of coastal dunes, limestone cliffs, and natural bushland. The ...

. The second part which is largely within Discovery Bay extends from “ Port MacDonnell Bay” (sic) in the west to the state border in the east. This part “partially overlays” the southern boundary of the part of the

Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park, formerly the Piccaninnie Ponds National Park, is a protected area of located in southeastern South Australia near Mount Gambier. Description The Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park is located in the south ...

which extends to low water. The marine park was established on 29 January 2009 by proclamation under the ''Marine Parks Act 2007'' and its extent was subsequently varied on 23 July 2009. The marine park is divided into zones to managing the marine environment to ensure varying degrees of “protection for habitats and biodiversity” and varying levels of “ecologically sustainable development and use” as follows: #Two “sanctuary zones” adjoining the coastlines with the Canunda National Park and the Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park where “the removal or harm of plants, animals or marine products” is prohibited, #Three “habitat protection zones” where “activities and uses that do not harm habitats or the functioning of ecosystems” are only permitted, #Two “general managed use zones” where “ecologically sustainable development and use” is allowed, and #Two “special purpose areas” which do overlap some of the above zones and are concerned with "harbor activities" near Cape Buffon and with "shore-based recreational line fishing" on the coastline with the Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park. As of 2016, zones within the marine park has been classified using the system of protected area categories developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with the “sanctuary zones” being IUCN Category II, the “habitat protection zones” being

IUCN Category IV IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part ...

and the “general managed use zones” being

IUCN Category VI IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part ...

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Lower South East Marine Park webpageLower South East Marine Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{Limestone Coast, state=collapsed Marine parks of South Australia IUCN Category II IUCN Category IV IUCN Category VI Protected areas established in 2009 2009 establishments in Australia Limestone Coast

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