The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is a complicated zoning system, where different activities are banned or restricted. A quick overview is as follows:
大堡礁海岸公園有一個複雜的分區系統，不同區域內禁止或限制不同的活動，現概述如下：
- Preservation, Pink Zone. Covers 1% of the total area of the park. Nothing allowed other than limited research that requires a permit.
- Marine National Park, green Zone. No take zone, where some boating, diving and photography is allowed. This makes up 33% of the total area.
- Scientific research, orange zone. Less than 1% of the park. Public access allowed in many of these areas.
- Buffer, Olive Green Zone. Limited trolling (not Trawling) for pelagic species. Covers 2.9% of the park.
- Conservation Park, yellow zone. Some fishing activities allowed and limited extraction e.g. oysters. 1.5% of the park.
- Habitat protection , Dark blue zone. No trawling but other fishing activites. Makes up 28% of the park area.
- General use, light blue zone.
- 保育區(粉紅區)：佔整個海岸公園總面積的1%。區內除極少數獲得許可的研究外完全禁止其他一切活動。
- 海岸國家公園(綠區)：禁止捕魚區。區內可進行某些划艇、潛水及攝影活動。本區佔整個海岸公園總面積的33%。
- 科學研究區(橙區)：佔整個海岸公園總面積少於1%。本區大部份地區向公眾開放。
- 緩衝區(橄欖綠區)：區內允許對遠洋品種魚類進行拖釣(非拖網)。本區佔整個海岸公園總面積的2.9%。
- 保育公園(黃區)：准許進行某些捕魚及撈採活動(例如採蠔)。本區佔整個海岸公園總面積的1.5%。
- 海洋生物棲息地保護區(深藍區)：可進行除拖網捕魚外的其他捕魚活動。本區佔整個海岸公園總面積的28%。
Overview reference map of the whole of the Marine Park can be found at the following URL:
大堡礁海岸公園的參考地圖可透過以下網頁閱覽：
An informative website can be found at the following URL
另一個可供參考的網頁如下：