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Great Barrier Reef Crisis
Documents and useful links to prepare the debate/"conference"
Articles
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Fisheries in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are also vital to the reef, because they help sustain livelihoods, lifestyles and economies of Queensland coastal communities.
The commercial fishing industry has warned that the plan - which is has been fighting for the past four years - could devastate some operators and the small communities that rely on them.
Fisheries - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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Commercial and recreational (including charter) fishing (...)
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The Great Barrier Reef
Located in the Coral Sea off the north-east coast of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world and in 1981 was listed as a World Heritage site. It measures 348,700 square kilometres in area and is about 2,300 kilometres long, running from just north of Bundaberg to the tip of the Cape York Peninsula. The Great Barrier Reef contains over 3,000 reefs, which vary in size from 1 hectare to over 10,000. It also includes 760 (...)
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Summary of the situation and of the various threats.
To all participants
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef crisis
Located in the Coral Sea off the north-east coast of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world and in 1981 was listed as a World Heritage site. The Great Barrier Reef contains over 3,000 reefs, which vary in size from 1 hectare to over 10,000. It also includes 760 fringing reefs1, 300 coral cays2 and 618 continental islands3. As the (...)