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Kent Group Marine Nature Reserve

The Kent Group marine reserve covers some 29,000ha and the sanctuary zone covers the western part of the Kent Group, including Dover and Erith Islands and Murray Passage as well as part of the western coast of Deal Island.

The marine habitats of the Kent Group include shallow and deep reefs as well as extensive sponge beds in deeper water.

The Kent Group is unusually rich in fish species having the highest diversity of marine species in Tasmania. The main reason appears to be the fact that the area is the meeting point of a range of influences including the warm Eastern Australian current coming from New South Wales and the westerly influence of Bass Strait. The Kent Group includes the southern-most strongholds of several fish species including the violet roughy, mosaic leatherjacket and Wilson’s weedfish, and the southern limit of distribution of Maori wrasse, One-spot Puller and Banks shovelnose.

Visitor information is available on the Parks & Wildlife Service website:

www.parks.tas.gov.au/marine/kent/kent.html

Fishing restrictions.

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