__NOTOC__ St Kilda – Chapman Creek Aquatic Reserve is a

marine protected area A marine protected area (MPA) is a protected area of the world's seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes. These marine areas can come in many forms ranging from wildlife refuges to research facilities. MPAs restrict human activity ...

in the Australian state of

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located in waters on the east coast of

Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent, sometimes referred to as St Vincent Gulf, St Vincent's Gulf or Gulf of St Vincent, is the eastern of two large inlets of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, the other being the larger Sp ...

adjoining the suburbs of Buckland Park and St Kilda about north of the state capital of

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. It extends from the St Kilda boat channel, being the north boundary of the Barker Inlet-St Kilda Aquatic Reserve, located in

Barker Inlet The Barker Inlet is a tidal inlet of the Gulf St Vincent in Adelaide, South Australia, named after Captain Collet Barker who first sighted it in 1831. It contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world, a dolphin sanctuary, ...

on the south to Chapman Creek in the north and includes land subject to tidal inundation in both Buckland Park and St Kilda. It was declared in 1980 for the purpose of “the conservation of mangrove seagrass communities and the protection of nursery areas for major commercial and recreational fish species” and to provide “buffer area between

commercial fishing Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for Commerce, commercial Profit (economics), profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but those who practice ...

activity and the Barker Inlet Aquatic Reserve (sic).” Permitted Activities include use of boats, the removal of

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by rod and line or handline and the collecting of blood worms for bait by use of a hand net. It shares territory with the following protected areas - the

Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary (ADS) is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Gulf St Vincent in and adjoining the north-western part of Adelaide, covering the estuary of the Port River around ...

and the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary. The aquatic reserve is classified as an

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Category VI protected area.

References

External links

Webpage for the St Kilda-Chapman Creek Aquatic Reserve on the Protected Planet webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Kilda - Chapman Creek Aquatic Reserve Aquatic reserves of South Australia Protected areas in Adelaide Protected areas established in 1980 1980 establishments in Australia Gulf St Vincent

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