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Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Management Plan (June 2007)

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Supports: 17 published claims about Jawbone Marine Sanctuary
Original: https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/-/media/project/pv/main/parks/documents/management-plans/resource-library/jawbone-marine-sanctuary---management-plan---2007.pdf (on parks.vic.gov.au)

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Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve, adjacent to the sanctuary, is reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 (Vic.) and managed by Parks Victoria.
- c/13R6-6J Parks Victoria's 2007 plan says Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve is reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 and managed by Parks Victoria.

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Strategies for authorised and adjacent uses

(section 6.1 and figure 2). Boundary
coordinates are published on Parks Victoria’s
website and in Park Notes and will be added to
navigational charts. Information signs are
located on the adjacent reserve, and regulatory
totems are located in the reserve at the main
access points.
Part of the eastern end of the sanctuary is
bound by a stone wall that forms the boat
harbour of the fishing clubs in Bayview Street.
A cyclone fence that marks the northern
boundary of the fishing club extends out into
the eastern end of the sanctuary (figure 2).
Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve, adjacent to
the sanctuary, is reserved under the Crown
Land (Reserves) Act 1978 (Vic.) and managed
by Parks Victoria. Management of the reserve
(and the adjacent Jawbone Council Reserve) is
directed by a Management Statement (Parks
Victoria & Hobsons Bay City Council 2007).
The Crown Land (Reserves) (Nature
Conservation Reserve) Regulations 2004
apply.
Jawbone Reserve adjacent to Jawbone Flora
and Fauna Reserve is managed for recreation
and conservation by Hobsons Bay City
Council as the committee of management. It is
a modified environment with open grassy areas
of semi-natural vegetation. The Bay Trail, a
walking and bicycle track passes through the
reserve. The reserve gives good access to the
sanctuary and Jawbone Flora and Fauna
Reserve. The Williamstown–Altona Coastal
Parklands Strategic Directions Plan (Parks
Victoria 1997), developed in conjunction with
the Hobsons Bay City Council, provides a
strategic overview for the management of the
foreshore reserves and coastal parklands
between Williamstown and Altona.
These reserves are zoned as Coastal Protection
Zone (VCC 2002).
The Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme (HBCC
2006a) provides a statutory framework for
managing proposals and developments
adjoining the sanctuary. Administered by
Hobsons Bay City Council, the scheme
extends to 600 m offshore. Under the scheme,
the area that is now the sanctuary is mostly
zoned as Public Conservation and Resource
Zone and partly as Public Park and Recreation
Zone. In accordance with the State Planning
Policy Framework (DSE 2003), it should be

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zoned a Public Conservation and Resource
Zone. The adjacent land is overlayed with
heritage and design and development overlays,
which specify local objectives and
requirements that must be met by a
development application. These protect and
enhance the environment of the Hobsons Bay
foreshore as an environmental, conservation
and recreational asset of State, metropolitan
and local significance.
Mobil’s Altona refinery was built on its current
site adjacent to Kororoit Creek in 1946. The
refinery produces petrol, diesel, aviation gas,
petrochemical feedstock, bitumen, and heating
oils. Mobil, with concern for the environment,
has developed operational and management
processes which minimise the potential for
contamination of the sanctuary from refinery
processes. Spills and ground water
contamination from the refinery may impact
on the sanctuary and adjacent areas (section
4.2).
Siltation in the mouth of the Kororoit Creek
has changed the morphology of the mouth of
the creek at Altona (section 4.1). Highly
contaminated silt in the mouth of the creek
may pose a threat to the sanctuary if disturbed
(section 4.2). Proposals to dredge the mouth of
the creek for boating access have been
considered by relevant agencies, including
Parks Victoria, EPA Victoria, DSE, Hobsons
Bay City Council and Melbourne Water. The
agencies agree that dredging of the mouth of
the creek should not be undertaken as it is
unlikely to be effective, it raises concerns
about disturbing contaminated silt which may
impact on the area that is now the sanctuary,
the silting will not exacerbate flood levels and,
because recreational boating is not a
recognised use of the creek.
Coastal modifications and other changes to the
hydrodynamics nearby or adjacent to the
sanctuary, including artificial renourishment of
the beach, could affect the natural and other
values of the sanctuary through longshore drift,
deposition and erosion. All coastal uses and
developments or modifications require
permission from the Secretary to DSE under
the Coastal Management Act.
State waters and the underlying seabed
adjoining the sanctuary are currently
unreserved Crown land. The Government
accepted the ECC’s recommendation that a

Jawbone Marine Sanctuary

All snippets cited by published claims (9)

The sanctuary (30 ha) begins at the onshore sign west of the fishing clubs in Bayview St, and runs west 1.9 km along the foreshore around the Jawbone to the onshore sign on the wader beach south of McGuire Crescent.
- c/86WA-AT Parks Victoria's 2007 management plan gives Jawbone Marine Sanctuary's area as 30 ha.
The sanctuary is adjoined by Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve
- c/3PPZ-R4 Jawbone Marine Sanctuary adjoins Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve.
No quoted text at this locator.
- c/XHH0-MA PLOT groups “Jawbone white mangrove and saltmarsh community” as saltmarsh, from the habitat named in its source.
- c/NCGG-Q9 PLOT groups “Jawbone white mangrove and saltmarsh community” as mangrove, from the habitat named in its source.
- c/XGCG-ET Parks Victoria says Jawbone Marine Sanctuary contains saltmarsh and the largest area of mangroves in Port Phillip, the only Victorian mangroves growing on a basalt coast.
The Parks Victoria Act 1998 (Vic.) enables management services for Jawbone Marine Sanctuary to be provided by Parks Victoria on behalf of the Secretary to DSE.
- c/A9HD-2F Parks Victoria manages Jawbone Marine Sanctuary under the Parks Victoria Act 1998.
Extensive intertidal and subtidal reefs in the sanctuary occupy half of the sanctuary (15 ha)
- c/QZ53-E0 Parks Victoria's 2007 management plan says intertidal and subtidal basalt reefs occupy about half of the sanctuary, 15 ha.
- c/R9ZE-GD Jawbone Marine Sanctuary contains intertidal and subtidal basalt reefs.
- c/ZZ2G-VB PLOT groups “Jawbone Marine Sanctuary basalt reefs” as rocky reef, from the habitat named in its source.
The subtidal and intertidal soft sediments of the sanctuary also support two hectares of seagrass beds mainly in Jawbone Bay and Wader Beach.
- c/RX1S-E0 Parks Victoria's 2007 management plan says the sanctuary supports about two hectares of seagrass beds, mainly in Jawbone Bay and at Wader Beach.
- c/503D-AH Jawbone Marine Sanctuary contains seagrass beds, mainly in Jawbone Bay and at Wader Beach.
- c/RQRP-0Z PLOT groups “Jawbone Marine Sanctuary seagrass beds” as seagrass, from the habitat named in its source.
Over 120 bird species were recorded within the Jawbone area in 1989 (CFL 1989) and over 140 by the Friends of Williamstown Wetlands in 2003 (R. Leppitt pers. comm.).
- c/Y7GW-CX Parks Victoria's 2007 plan reports that over 120 bird species were recorded in the Jawbone area in 1989.
- c/DKMP-ZJ Parks Victoria's 2007 plan reports that the Friends of Williamstown Wetlands had recorded over 140 bird species in the Jawbone area by 2003.
- c/YCS3-0E Parks Victoria says Red-necked Stints arrive from Alaska and Siberia to feed in the sanctuary's intertidal areas and saltmarsh during the Australian summer.
Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme (HBCC 2006a) regulates developments on the adjacent foreshore to protect the sanctuary’s landscapes
- c/VKPB-4Z Jawbone Marine Sanctuary adjoins Hobsons Bay: Parks Victoria's 2007 management plan says the Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme regulates developments on the sanctuary's adjacent foreshore.
Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve, adjacent to the sanctuary, is reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 (Vic.) and managed by Parks Victoria.
- c/13R6-6J Parks Victoria's 2007 plan says Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve is reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 and managed by Parks Victoria.

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Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Management Plan (June 2007)

Source: government report. A source is where claims come from; it is not itself a claim.

Cite as: Parks Victoria, Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Management Plan (June 2007). PLOT source s/4TTE-H4

Strategies for authorised and adjacent uses (section 6.1 and figure 2). Boundary coordinates are published on Parks Victoria’s website and in Park Notes and will be added to navigational charts. Information signs are located on the adjacent reserve, and regulatory totems are located in the reserve at the main access points. Part of the eastern end of the sanctuary is bound by a stone wall that forms the boat harbour of the fishing clubs in Bayview Street. A cyclone fence that marks the northern boundary of the fishing club extends out into the eastern end of the sanctuary (figure 2). Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve, adjacent to the sanctuary, is reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 (Vic.) and managed by Parks Victoria. Management of the reserve (and the adjacent Jawbone Council Reserve) is directed by a Management Statement (Parks Victoria & Hobsons Bay City Council 2007). The Crown Land (Reserves) (Nature Conservation Reserve) Regulations 2004 apply. Jawbone Reserve adjacent to Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve is managed for recreation and conservation by Hobsons Bay City Council as the committee of management. It is a modified environment with open grassy areas of semi-natural vegetation. The Bay Trail, a walking and bicycle track passes through the reserve. The reserve gives good access to the sanctuary and Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve. The Williamstown–Altona Coastal Parklands Strategic Directions Plan (Parks Victoria 1997), developed in conjunction with the Hobsons Bay City Council, provides a strategic overview for the management of the foreshore reserves and coastal parklands between Williamstown and Altona. These reserves are zoned as Coastal Protection Zone (VCC 2002). The Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme (HBCC 2006a) provides a statutory framework for managing proposals and developments adjoining the sanctuary. Administered by Hobsons Bay City Council, the scheme extends to 600 m offshore. Under the scheme, the area that is now the sanctuary is mostly zoned as Public Conservation and Resource Zone and partly as Public Park and Recreation Zone. In accordance with the State Planning Policy Framework (DSE 2003), it should be 38 zoned a Public Conservation and Resource Zone. The adjacent land is overlayed with heritage and design and development overlays, which specify local objectives and requirements that must be met by a development application. These protect and enhance the environment of the Hobsons Bay foreshore as an environmental, conservation and recreational asset of State, metropolitan and local significance. Mobil’s Altona refinery was built on its current site adjacent to Kororoit Creek in 1946. The refinery produces petrol, diesel, aviation gas, petrochemical feedstock, bitumen, and heating oils. Mobil, with concern for the environment, has developed operational and management processes which minimise the potential for contamination of the sanctuary from refinery processes. Spills and ground water contamination from the refinery may impact on the sanctuary and adjacent areas (section 4.2). Siltation in the mouth of the Kororoit Creek has changed the morphology of the mouth of the creek at Altona (section 4.1). Highly contaminated silt in the mouth of the creek may pose a threat to the sanctuary if disturbed (section 4.2). Proposals to dredge the mouth of the creek for boating access have been considered by relevant agencies, including Parks Victoria, EPA Victoria, DSE, Hobsons Bay City Council and Melbourne Water. The agencies agree that dredging of the mouth of the creek should not be undertaken as it is unlikely to be effective, it raises concerns about disturbing contaminated silt which may impact on the area that is now the sanctuary, the silting will not exacerbate flood levels and, because recreational boating is not a recognised use of the creek. Coastal modifications and other changes to the hydrodynamics nearby or adjacent to the sanctuary, including artificial renourishment of the beach, could affect the natural and other values of the sanctuary through longshore drift, deposition and erosion. All coastal uses and developments or modifications require permission from the Secretary to DSE under the Coastal Management Act. State waters and the underlying seabed adjoining the sanctuary are currently unreserved Crown land. The Government accepted the ECC’s recommendation that a Jawbone Marine Sanctuary

All snippets cited by published claims (9)

The sanctuary (30 ha) begins at the onshore sign west of the fishing clubs in Bayview St, and runs west 1.9 km along the foreshore around the Jawbone to the onshore sign on the wader beach south of McGuire Crescent.

c/86WA-AT Parks Victoria's 2007 management plan gives Jawbone Marine Sanctuary's area as 30 ha.

The sanctuary is adjoined by Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve

c/3PPZ-R4 Jawbone Marine Sanctuary adjoins Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve.

No quoted text at this locator.

c/XHH0-MA PLOT groups “Jawbone white mangrove and saltmarsh community” as saltmarsh, from the habitat named in its source.
c/NCGG-Q9 PLOT groups “Jawbone white mangrove and saltmarsh community” as mangrove, from the habitat named in its source.
c/XGCG-ET Parks Victoria says Jawbone Marine Sanctuary contains saltmarsh and the largest area of mangroves in Port Phillip, the only Victorian mangroves growing on a basalt coast.

The Parks Victoria Act 1998 (Vic.) enables management services for Jawbone Marine Sanctuary to be provided by Parks Victoria on behalf of the Secretary to DSE.

c/A9HD-2F Parks Victoria manages Jawbone Marine Sanctuary under the Parks Victoria Act 1998.

Extensive intertidal and subtidal reefs in the sanctuary occupy half of the sanctuary (15 ha)

c/QZ53-E0 Parks Victoria's 2007 management plan says intertidal and subtidal basalt reefs occupy about half of the sanctuary, 15 ha.
c/R9ZE-GD Jawbone Marine Sanctuary contains intertidal and subtidal basalt reefs.
c/ZZ2G-VB PLOT groups “Jawbone Marine Sanctuary basalt reefs” as rocky reef, from the habitat named in its source.

The subtidal and intertidal soft sediments of the sanctuary also support two hectares of seagrass beds mainly in Jawbone Bay and Wader Beach.

c/RX1S-E0 Parks Victoria's 2007 management plan says the sanctuary supports about two hectares of seagrass beds, mainly in Jawbone Bay and at Wader Beach.
c/503D-AH Jawbone Marine Sanctuary contains seagrass beds, mainly in Jawbone Bay and at Wader Beach.
c/RQRP-0Z PLOT groups “Jawbone Marine Sanctuary seagrass beds” as seagrass, from the habitat named in its source.

Over 120 bird species were recorded within the Jawbone area in 1989 (CFL 1989) and over 140 by the Friends of Williamstown Wetlands in 2003 (R. Leppitt pers. comm.).

c/Y7GW-CX Parks Victoria's 2007 plan reports that over 120 bird species were recorded in the Jawbone area in 1989.
c/DKMP-ZJ Parks Victoria's 2007 plan reports that the Friends of Williamstown Wetlands had recorded over 140 bird species in the Jawbone area by 2003.
c/YCS3-0E Parks Victoria says Red-necked Stints arrive from Alaska and Siberia to feed in the sanctuary's intertidal areas and saltmarsh during the Australian summer.

Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme (HBCC 2006a) regulates developments on the adjacent foreshore to protect the sanctuary’s landscapes

c/VKPB-4Z Jawbone Marine Sanctuary adjoins Hobsons Bay: Parks Victoria's 2007 management plan says the Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme regulates developments on the sanctuary's adjacent foreshore.

Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve, adjacent to the sanctuary, is reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 (Vic.) and managed by Parks Victoria.

c/13R6-6J Parks Victoria's 2007 plan says Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve is reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 and managed by Parks Victoria.