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Intertidal reef species

Permanent closure

Intertidal reefs are those rocky areas of our coastline extending up to the high tide mark.

It is illegal to remove any bottom dwelling organisms from any intertidal rocky reef in South Australia out to a depth of 2 m.

This includes:

  • abalone
  • barnacles
  • coral
  • crabs
  • limpets
  • mussels
  • sea urchins
  • shrimps
  • snails
  • worms.

Learn more about protecting intertidal reefs ( PDF 275.8 KB ).

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