Sir Joseph Banks Group Conservation Park

Sir Joseph Banks Group Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Sir Joseph Banks Group in Spencer Gulf about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east-northeast of Port Lincoln.

It was declared ‘primarily for the conservation of Cape Barren geese (which had suffered severe population declines during the middle of 20th century, from hunting), and to protect marine mammal habitat’.

The conservation park was subsequently extended to include the waters within 2 nautical miles (4 km) of the shoreline of all islands in the group and Dangerous Reef via a declaration under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 for the purpose of regulating and managing great white shark berleying activities.

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.

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