Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park Regional Impact Statement

Abstract

Nuyts Archipelago Marine Park is the largest single marine park in South Australia's marine parks network. It includes the Nuyts Reef complex, Fowlers Bay, islands of the Nuyts Archipelago and adjacent coastal bays. Impacts of implementing the draft management plans were assessed against a base case scenario of no management plans. The base case is not static, and requires an understanding of the existing trends in natural resource, economic and social conditions. There are external factors which influence both the 'with management plan' and the base case scenarios that were taken into consideration.