Victorian Current Acts

MARINE AND COASTAL ACT 2018 - SECT 7

The objectives for the planning and management of the marine and coastal environment are—

        (a)     to protect and enhance the marine and coastal environment; and

        (b)     to promote the resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems, communities and assets to climate change; and

        (c)     to respect natural processes in planning for and managing current and future risks to people and assets from coastal hazards and climate change; and

        (d)     to acknowledge traditional owner groups' knowledge, rights and aspirations for land and sea country; and

        (e)     to promote a diversity of experiences in the marine and coastal environment; and

        (f)     to promote the ecologically sustainable use and development of the marine and coastal environment and its resources in appropriate areas; and

        (g)     to improve community, user group and industry stewardship and understanding of the marine and coastal environment; and

        (h)     to engage with specified Aboriginal parties, the community, user groups and industry in marine and coastal planning, management and protection; and

              (i)     to build scientific understanding of the marine and coastal environment.