The Port Cygnet Conservation Area is located in Cygnet, Tasmania, approximately 65 km (40 mi) southwest of the state's capital city, Hobart. The reserve has an area of 103 ha (250 acres). It is an open estuary environment including a listed wetland of state significance, being the only Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Bruny Bioregion representing the Open Estuaries Biounit.[3]

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Port Cygnet Conservation Area Cygnet, Tasmania
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1]
Port Cygnet Conservation Area
Port Cygnet Conservation Area
Nearest town or city	Cygnet, Tasmania
Coordinates	43°10′07″S 147°05′38″E[2]
Established	18 June 1952[1]
Area	103.1 km2 (39.8 sq mi)[citation needed]
Website	Port Cygnet Conservation Area
See also	Protected areas of Tasmania

Port Cygnet was first proclaimed as a wildlife sanctuary in 1952 for the protection of the foreshore and wetlands. The marine component of the reserve area was proclaimed Port Cygnet Marine Conservation Area under the Nature Conservation Act 2002[4] on 9 December 2009.

The reserve is significant as a refuge area for numerous bird species including migratory birds such as Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii), the Great egret (Egretta alba) and the Greater crested tern (Sterna bergii).

The wetland harbours species such as the Pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) and White-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

See also

• Protected areas of Tasmania

References

External links

• Official webpage
• Webpage on the Protected Planet website