Eastern Recherche Marine Park

Eastern Recherche Marine Park is a marine park adjacent to the Recherche Archipelago, close to the Western Australian Cape Arid National Park, and 135 km east of Esperance, on the south coast of Western Australia.

It has consists of two sections: one of 5,010 km2 (1,930 sq mi)[2] which is managed as an IUCN protected area category VI ( sustainable use of natural resources), and a further section of 15,565 km2 (6,010 sq mi) which is managed as an IUCN protected area category II (national park).

[3] The park contains habitats adjacent to the Recherche Archipelago, which contains over 150 islands stretching over 200 km2 of ocean, and is an area of high biodiversity.

It also contains an extensive area of rocky reef environments, in addition to seagrass habitats.

Both the reef and seagrass habitats support many warm temperate species.