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Reef Authority urges Marine Park users to follow rules

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Reef Authority) is calling on all Marine Park users to follow the rules, to reduce further impacts to the Reef during the current coral bleaching event

Have your say - New Plan of Management for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Long-term sustainability, resilience and conservation will be the focus of a new plan of management for the southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Aerial surveys confirm widespread bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef

Aerial surveys conducted by the Reef Authority in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) spanning two-thirds of the Marine Park confirm that a widespread coral bleachi

Reef named in honour of Professor Richard Kenchington

Kenchington Reef - a previously unnamed reef in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park now bears the 
name of a founding marine park manager, the late Professor Richard Kenchington. 

Aerial surveys confirm extent of bleaching on southern Great Barrier Reef

Media Release

28 February 2024

New appointment to Reef Authority Board – Elissa Keenan

A well-regarded tourism professional with a wealth of experience across the sector joins the Board of Australia's lead management agency for the Great Barrier Reef.

Tinder for Corals with Dr Jessica Stella

By all accounts, there aren’t ‘that’ many mermaids from Braintree, Massachusetts; a folksy, 40,000-strong municipality just south of Boston, on America’s mostly chilly east coast.

Thorny Issues

Preparing for summer takes many forms for people all over Australia.

Whether it’s holiday plans, new year’s resolutions, or working on the house.

Reef in Focus - Hot shot drops COTS cold with Dr Dave Williamson

There was a time – not that long ago – when the iconic colours and ecological majesty of the Great Barrier Reef weren't readily available at the push of a button.