Three new marine parks announced for Buccaneer Archipelago in WA's Kimberley region

The WA government has announced three new marine parks, covering thousands of kilometres of Kimberley coastline in Western Australia's far north. Key points: The marine parks will cover more than 600,000 hectares of the Buccaneer Archipelago The parks have been jointly designed by the area's traditional owners The state government wants to create 5 million hectares of new conservation estates in total Formally unveiled this morning, the Bardi Jawi Garra, Mayala and Maiyalam Marine Parks cover more than 600,000 hectares of the Buccaneer Archipelago. Mr Pritchard said the co-design process involving traditional owners was a "shining light" for the rest of Australia when it came to designing conservation areas with Indigenous people. "What we've got left now is an opportunity for the McGowan government to actually put the whole of the Kimberley coast in a marine park," he said.