Recent Sightings
International Agreements
Pumicestone Marine Park
The Pumicestone Passage Marine Park area is preserved through the gazettal of Marine Parks, Environmental Parks and National Parks.
The extensive intertidal wetlands has brought about the inclusion of this area on three international environmental treaties CAMBA the Chinese migratory bird agreement, JAMBA the Japanese migratory bird agreement but the most important agreement of all is the RAMSAR Convention.
The RAMSAR Convention is an international treaty signed by over 100 hundred countries with its strategy aimed at preserving intertidal feeding banks in both hemispheres and along the flyways of migratory bird species.
The international RAMSAR standing committee visited the Pumicestone Passage Marine Park in September 1995 and approximately 100 international delegates cruised the waterway in March 1996, comments received at the time was that this area was of truly international importance.
