Myall Lakes Ramsar site: Ecological character description

The Ramsar site is located on the mid-north coast of New South Wales and is protected by conservation reserves managed by the NSW Government, consisting of Myall Lakes National Park, Little Broughton Island Nature Reserve, Corrie Island Nature Reserve, and part of Gir-um-bit National Park. The estuarine and brackish waters and the beaches and intertidal areas in the site are within Port Stephens – Great Lakes Marine Park. 

This ecological character description provides baseline information about the wetlands’ values and the components, processes and services that characterise Myall Lakes Ramsar site. It also identifies limits of acceptable change, threats to the Ramsar site’s ecological character, knowledge gaps in the site’s components and processes, and recommendations for future monitoring.