Biologically important areas
- Australian Sea Lion Neophoca cinerea
- Black browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Black faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
- Campbell Albatross Thalassarche melanophris impavida
- Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
- Indian Yellow nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos bassi
- Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
- Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta cauta
- Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans (sensu lato)
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans antipodensis
- White faced Storm petrel Pelagodroma marina
- White Shark Carcharodon carcharias
- Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis
Biologically important areas are regions where aggregations of individuals of a particular species are known or likely to display important behaviours such as breeding, foraging, nesting or migration. They have been identified from the literature and using expert scientific knowledge about species' distribution, abundance and behavior. Biologically important areas were created to inform decision making under the Environmental Protection and Biovidersity Conservation Act 1999, and have been defined for a selection of protected species only. These selected species were chosen based on their conservation status and the availability of reliable spatial and scientific information.
Biologically important areas are not representative of the total known biodiversity within a marine park. For more information about biodiversity and the biodiversity we know to exist in our marine parks see biodiversity.
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