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Marine bioregional plans and implementation issues: Australia's oceans policy process

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Australia's Oceans Policy, released in 1998, established a new, national approach for ecosystem-based ocean management that proposed the integration of sectoral and jurisdictional interests. Implementation was to be achieved through innovative institutions delivering ecosystem based management through Regional Marine Plans, now referred to as marine bioregional plans that are legislatively grounded via the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). This paper argues that the original focus of the implementation process has changed, reflecting a lack of jurisdictional integration and an environmental focus that prioritises marine protected area management. It examines where the oceans policy stands today and the policy gap in terms of the lofty aspirations of Australia's Oceans Policy and implementation efforts.

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  • Vince, Joanna, 2013. "Marine bioregional plans and implementation issues: Australia's oceans policy process," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 325-329.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:38:y:2013:i:c:p:325-329
    DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.06.009
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    1. Michael Howlett & Joanna Vince & Pablo del Río, 2017. "Policy Integration and Multi-Level Governance: Dealing with the Vertical Dimension of Policy Mix Designs," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(2), pages 69-78.
    2. Qi Chen & Huijuan Yu & Yezhi Wang, 2021. "Research on Modern Marine Environmental Governance in China: Subject Identification, Structural Characteristics, and Operational Mechanisms," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-17, April.
    3. Vince, Joanna & Smith, Anthony D.M. & Sainsbury, Keith. J. & Cresswell, Ian David & Smith, David C. & Haward, Marcus, 2015. "Australia׳s Oceans Policy: Past, present and future," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 1-8.
    4. Joanna Vince, 2015. "Integrated policy approaches and policy failure: the case of Australia’s Oceans Policy," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 48(2), pages 159-180, June.
    5. Feng Pan & Liangyu Cheng & Lin Wang, 2023. "Selection and Application of Bohai Sea Environmental Governance Policy Instrumental: A Quantitative Analysis Based on Policy Text (1996–2022)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-20, September.

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