Reef Fish Protection Areas

Protection Area Location Reefs Coordinates
Latitude Longitude
Charles Point Wide 2NM North of Charles Point Charles Point Patches A = 12° 16.000'
B = 12° 16.000'
C = 12° 16.612'
D = 12° 16.612'
A = 130° 34.000'
B = 130° 39.689'
C = 130° 39.689'
D = 130° 34.000'
Lorna Shoal 17 NM North of Dundee Beach Lorna Shoal A = 12° 19.655'
B = 12° 19.655'
C = 12° 26.193'
D = 12° 26.193'
A = 130° 15.767'
B = 130° 22.537'
C = 130° 22.537'
D = 130° 15.767'
Moyle/Port Keats 6 NM WNW of Tree Point Emu Reefs
Howlands Shoals
A = 13° 44.000'
B = 13° 44.000'
C = 14° 00.000'
D = 14° 00.000'
A = 129° 18.000'
B = 129° 30.000'
C = 129° 30.000'
D = 129° 18.000'
Melvillle Island E & SE of Point Jahleel (= A)
N of Soldier Point (=D)
Elphinstone Reef A = 11° 11.404'
B = 11° 11.404'
C = 11° 28.440'
D = 11° 28.440'
A = 131° 16.635'
B = 131° 34.200'
C = 131° 34.200'
D = 131° 31.831'
Bathurst Island SW of Deception Point (=B)
West of Rocky Point (=C)
North of Cape Helvetius
- A = 11° 21.935'
B = 11° 21.935'
C = 11° 29.404'
D = 11° 38.623'
E = 11° 38.623'
F = 11° 31.854'
A = 130° 04.863'
B = 130° 14.819'
C = 130° 09.135'
D = 130° 04.788'
E = 129° 59.400'
F = 129° 59.400'