Upper South East Marine Park Impact Statement

Abstract

The Upper South East Marine Park covers 906km2 and is divided into two sections: from 11 km north of Tea Tree Crossing to the Maria Creek outlet in Kingston and from Wright Bay to the northern most point of Stinky Bay. 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.