Thorny Passage Marine Park Impact Statement

Abstract

Thorny Passage Marine Park is located in the Eyre Bioregion. It includes the waters off lower Eyre Peninsula, extending from Frenchman Bluff on the west to Memory Cove on the east and overlays both Rocky and Greenly Islands. 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.