Marine park

[citation needed] In New South Wales, there are planned marine parks which will stretch along the coastline of the entire state.

A main reason for this lies in the fragmented nature of maritime governance in international waters, the poor enforcement of existing regulations in the High seas, plus the difficult co-management that would be required of countries often in conflict.

In 2011, based on unique biological, geological and oceanographic features, the Mediterranean Science Commission proposed the creation of eight large international, coast-to coast "Marine Peace Parks" in the Mediterranean Sea where no coastal point is farther than 200 nautical miles from waters under another jurisdiction.

[9] Greenpeace is campaigning for the "doughnut holes" of the western pacific to be declared as marine reserves.

Victoria is the first jurisdiction in the world to create an entire system of highly protected Marine National Parks at the same time.