Gascoyne Marine Park

Conservation values

Species and habitat

• Foraging areas for vulnerable and migratory whale sharks.
• Foraging areas and adjacent to important nesting sites for marine turtles
• Includes part of the migratory pathway of the protected humpback whale.

  Bioregions and ecology

• The reserve includes shallow shelf environments and provides protection for shelf and slope habitats, as well as pinnacle and terrace seafloor features
• Examples of the seafloor habitats and communities of the Central Western Shelf Transition provincial bioregion.

  History

Summary of protection zones