Yaringa Marine National Park

Yaringa Marine National Park forms part of the Western Port Ramsar wetlands (internationally significant for wader birds). It covers 980 hectares and is adjacent to Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve, about 9 kilometres southwest of Tooradin. The area comprises saltmarsh, mangroves, sheltered intertidal mudflats, subtidal soft sediments and tidal channels. The mangroves here are of state significance and the mudflats of national significance, with many water birds and wader birds roosting among the mangroves. The mangroves are vital to the life cycles of crabs, shrimps, sand hoppers, marine snails and bivalves and adult and juvenile fish.