Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Draft Management Plan 2024

Consultation has concluded

Have your say on the future management of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary (ADS). 

What's being decided?

The Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Draft Management Plan 2024 is a strategic document developed to outline the long-term objectives and strategies to manage this important environment.

Your feedback will help shape how the Sanctuary is managed into the future.

Background

The first management plan for the ADS was adopted in 2008, and is now under review as per Section 11(3) of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Act 2005. Like the previous ADS management plan, the new plan must ensure that the objectives of the Act are delivered. The objectives are unchanged.

The new management strategies in the plan are identified from reviewing the challenges and opportunities facing the ADS. It’s being developed with input from key stakeholders, the Kaurna Nation, volunteers and experts with an interest in the Sanctuary. It is presented here so that everyone with an interest in the ADS can have their say on what the management will look like in this important area.

Get involved

Find out more:

Have your say by:

  • taking our survey
  • Emailing a submission to DEWProtectedAreaManagement@sa.gov.au - (Please include Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary in the email subject heading)
  • Posting your written submission to:
    • Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Draft Management Plan 2024
      National Parks and Protected Area Program Unit
      Department for Environment and Water
      GPO Box 1047, Adelaide SA 5001

Submissions closed at 5pm Friday 28 June 2024 (6 weeks consultation).

You can obtain a hard copy of the draft plan from the office of the Department for Environment and Water at:

Natural Resources Centre, Ground Floor, 81-95 Waymouth Street, Adelaide SA 5001

Please note: Your submission may be made publicly available on the Department for Environment and Water’s website unless you indicate on the submission that you wish it to remain confidential. Any responses that are made on a confidential basis may still be subject to access under Freedom of Information laws.

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will be collated and used in the development of the final plan. A report detailing the findings of the consultation will be made available on this website.

The final plan will be submitted to the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water for adoption. Once approved the final plan will be available at the National Parks and Wildlife Service SA website, and here.

How the plan will be implemented?

The plan will be supported by the development of annual implementation programs, which will be documented in the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Annual Report.

Have your say on the future management of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary (ADS). 

What's being decided?

The Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Draft Management Plan 2024 is a strategic document developed to outline the long-term objectives and strategies to manage this important environment.

Your feedback will help shape how the Sanctuary is managed into the future.

Background

The first management plan for the ADS was adopted in 2008, and is now under review as per Section 11(3) of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Act 2005. Like the previous ADS management plan, the new plan must ensure that the objectives of the Act are delivered. The objectives are unchanged.

The new management strategies in the plan are identified from reviewing the challenges and opportunities facing the ADS. It’s being developed with input from key stakeholders, the Kaurna Nation, volunteers and experts with an interest in the Sanctuary. It is presented here so that everyone with an interest in the ADS can have their say on what the management will look like in this important area.

Get involved

Find out more:

Have your say by:

  • taking our survey
  • Emailing a submission to DEWProtectedAreaManagement@sa.gov.au - (Please include Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary in the email subject heading)
  • Posting your written submission to:
    • Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Draft Management Plan 2024
      National Parks and Protected Area Program Unit
      Department for Environment and Water
      GPO Box 1047, Adelaide SA 5001

Submissions closed at 5pm Friday 28 June 2024 (6 weeks consultation).

You can obtain a hard copy of the draft plan from the office of the Department for Environment and Water at:

Natural Resources Centre, Ground Floor, 81-95 Waymouth Street, Adelaide SA 5001

Please note: Your submission may be made publicly available on the Department for Environment and Water’s website unless you indicate on the submission that you wish it to remain confidential. Any responses that are made on a confidential basis may still be subject to access under Freedom of Information laws.

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will be collated and used in the development of the final plan. A report detailing the findings of the consultation will be made available on this website.

The final plan will be submitted to the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water for adoption. Once approved the final plan will be available at the National Parks and Wildlife Service SA website, and here.

How the plan will be implemented?

The plan will be supported by the development of annual implementation programs, which will be documented in the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Annual Report.