# Marine Natural Values Study Summary: Jawbone Marine Sanctuary

- Address: s/DR5B-0E (https://www.plot.eco/s/DR5B-0E)
- Kind: Source: government report. A source is where claims come from; it is not itself a claim.
- Publisher: Parks Victoria (with Deakin University)
- Date or edition: not recorded
- Licence: CC-BY-4.0
- How PLOT found it: Found before the sourcing protocol existed; a retrospective run records that honestly
- Stored copy: retrieved 2026-10-21, sha256 a7820ccacb9566677e56a0b770f66e5de58ff0ef073ef50167da2bdefbab83da, 3 pages
- Original: https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/-/media/project/pv/main/parks/documents/visitor-guides-and-publications/jawbone-marine-sanctuary/jawbone-marine-sanctuary-natural-values-study.pdf

## Snippets cited by published claims (5; 5 claims)

### Description, page 1 (PDF page 1)

> The sanctuary covers 30.5 hectares in the north-west of the bay, offshore from Williamstown.

- c/N0PQ-A8: Parks Victoria's Marine Natural Values Study summary gives Jawbone Marine Sanctuary's area as 30.5 hectares. (https://www.plot.eco/c/N0PQ-A8)

### Description, page 1 (PDF page 1)

> The sanctuary abuts the Jawbone Flora and Fauna reserve.

- c/3PPZ-R4: Jawbone Marine Sanctuary adjoins Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve. (https://www.plot.eco/c/3PPZ-R4)

### Species and Communities of Conservation Significance, page 2

> It protects feeding areas for twenty-four internationally important migrant bird species

- c/PTWX-B7: Parks Victoria's natural values summary says the sanctuary protects feeding areas for 24 internationally important migrant bird species. (https://www.plot.eco/c/PTWX-B7)

### Marine Habitat Distribution and Ecological Communities, page 2 (PDF page 2)

> More than seventeen species of fish have been observed on the subtidal reefs

- c/FH9D-E9: Parks Victoria's natural values summary says more than seventeen fish species have been observed on the sanctuary's subtidal reefs. (https://www.plot.eco/c/FH9D-E9)

### Species and Communities of Conservation Significance, page 2 (PDF page 2)

> The sanctuary provides important feeding and roosting habitat for thirty-six threatened bird species

- c/AVJE-YP: Parks Victoria's natural values summary says the sanctuary provides important feeding and roosting habitat for 36 threatened bird species. (https://www.plot.eco/c/AVJE-YP)

## Places these claims are about

- Jawbone Marine Sanctuary (https://www.plot.eco/p/jawbone-marine-sanctuary)

Cite as: Parks Victoria (with Deakin University), Marine Natural Values Study Summary: Jawbone Marine Sanctuary. PLOT source s/DR5B-0E