Federal Parliament has rejected a Coalition bid to kill off the Government's network of marine parks.

The Coalition moved disallowance motions for all six marine parks which cover more than 2.3 million square kilometres.

But the Coalition's bid failed in Parliament on Tuesday night.

Independent MP Rob Oakeshott had earlier said he would not back the Coalition's moves.

"Even though I'm a [recreational] fisher with my family, I actually see more fish in the water as a good thing not a bad thing," he said.

"I would have thought logically that is an argument to support protection of breeding grounds and more fish in the water."

Environment Minister Tony Burke says oil and gas drilling would have become legal again in iconic areas if the Coalition kills off Labor's marine parks network.

He says the Coalition tried to wreck the creation of the world's largest network of marine reserves.

"They have absolute consistency when the choice is whether or not you protect the ocean - their choice is not to, our choice is to protect the ocean."

But Opposition agriculture spokesman John Cobb says he hopes a Coalition government could wind back some of the restrictions.

The Coalition has promised to review the network and carry out a new consultation process.

"We will have it reviewed, a peer review, a scientific peer review, and I think on the evidence we have it's very likely that these management plans would be changed."