Overview of the zoning plan Jervis Bay Marine Park

Species protection

Species prohibited from being harmed, disturbed or taken from the entire marine park
Species that may be taken from the habitat protection zone

Native marine mammals and seabirds are protected throughout the marine park. The species list in Table 4 includes fish species that are known to occur in the area, and are protected from being harmed, disturbed or taken from the entire marine park. This list complements other State and Commonwealth species protection legislation. The species list in Table 5 includes only those species that can be taken from habitat protection zones.

Table 4. Species prohibited from being harmed, disturbed or taken from the entire marine park

Common name	Family	Species
Grey nurse shark	Family Odontaspididae	Charcharius taurus
Black cod	Family Serranidae	Epinephelus daemelii
Great white shark	Family Lamnidae	Carcharodon carcharias
Eastern blue devil fish	Family Plesiopidae	Paraplesiops bleekeri
Elegant wrasse	Family Labridae	Anampses elegans
Seahorses, pipefishes, seadragons and pipehorses.	Family Syngnathidae	All species

Table 5. Species that may be taken from habitat protection zones*

Common name	Class or family	Species
Finfish	Class Osteichthyes	All species except those listed in Table 4.
Sharks and rays	Class Chondrichthyes	All species except those listed in Table 4
Beach worm	Family Eunicidae	All species
Eastern rock lobster, Southern rock lobster	Family Palinuridae	Jasus verreauxi Jasus edwardsii
Mud crab, Blue swimmer crab	Family Portunidae	Scylla serrata Portunus pelagicus
Red crab	Family Grapsidae	Plagusia chabrus
King prawn	Family Penaeidae	Penaeus plebejus
Ghost shrimp, marine yabbie, nipper	Family Callianassidae	All species
Arrow squid, Southern calamary	Family Loliginidae	Nototodarus gouldi Sepioteuthis australis
Abalone	Family Haliotidae	All species
Turban shell	Family Turbinadae	All species
Pipi	Family Donacidae	Donax deltoides
Commercial scallop Doughboy scallop	Family Pectinidae	Pecten fumatus Chlamys asperrimus
Blue mussel	Family Mytilidae	Mytilus planulatus
Sydney cockle	Family Arcidae	Anadara trapezia
Mud oyster	Family Ostreidae	Ostrea angasi
Sea lettuce		Ulva lactuca
Baitweed		Enteromorpha intestinalis
Sea urchin	Class Echinoidea	Centrostephanus rodgersii Heliocidaris erythrogramma

*(unless otherwise restricted under the Fisheries Management Act or protected under other specific legislation).

Note: NSW Fisheries bag and size limits apply.

Overview of the zoning plan Jervis Bay Marine Park

Species protection

Table 4. Species prohibited from being harmed, disturbed or taken from the entire marine park

Table 5. Species that may be taken from habitat protection zones*

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