THE federal parliament should have the final say over what parts of Australia's oceans become national parks, Nationals MP George Christensen says.
Currently the government can declare proposed marine protected areas.
But Mr Christensen says the decisions are made without scientific analysis or extensive industry and community consultation.
The Nationals MP has introduced a bill to give parliament the power to make marine park declarations disallowable.
He said the federal government should be able to clearly answer why an area was being declared a marine park.
"It is a perfectly valid question but it's a question the Gillard Labor (government) cannot adequately answer," Mr Christensen said on Monday.
"Using the same excuse that was trotted out for the carbon tax - the Greens made me do it - simply will not cut it."
Mr Christensen argues that recreational fishers will be shut out of areas permanently because of marine park declarations, despite no adequate science to back the decisions.
The $100 million offered by the government to compensate those anglers affected by declarations was widely regarded as "desperately insufficient", Mr Christensen says.
Under the private members' bill, the environment minister would have to commission an independent social and economic impact assessment and obtain scientific peer-reviewed advice before making any decision.
The bill would also require the establishment of an independent scientific reference panel and stakeholder advisory group so the possible social and economic impacts are factored in.
Labor MP Kelvin Thomson said the bill was just an attempt to interfere with the government's announcement of the final network of commonwealth marine reserves.
Environment Minister Tony Burke announced this month that more than 2.3 million square kilometres of ocean environment around Australia will be protected from July 2014 in the world's largest marine park.
"The declaration of these new marine reserves ... represents a major achievement for the long term conservation and sustainable use of Australia's oceans," Mr Burke said.
Debate on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Making Marine Parks Accountable) Bill 2012 was adjourned.
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