Southern Spencer Gulf Marine Park Impact Statement

Abstract

Spanning across transition zones of three of our bioregions: Spencer Gulf, Eyre and Gulf St Vincent, the Southern Spencer Gulf Marine Park covers 2,972 km2. This marine park extends around the eastern tip of Yorke Peninsula and across to the central north coast of Kangaroo Island. 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.