Traditional Owners providing an Eye on the Reef

Reef Traditional Owners have been actively protecting and monitoring their Sea Country for thousands of years.

In a crucial step forward for localised management, Traditional Owners recently participated in one of the world’s largest citizen science programs in the build-up to summer.

Illegal fishing to be targeted to protect the Reef

High-tech drones and targeted compliance patrols will be deployed across the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park to deter illegal fishing in no-take green zones over the peak summer holiday period.

Illegal fishing to be targeted to protect the Reef

Yarul Dhingiga: Keppel Bay reef rehabilitation project

The waters and islands known as Keppel Bay are located 15km east of Yeppoon, just north of the Tropic of Capricorn.

On the shoulders of giants

In the early 1970s, Australia was undergoing something of a seismic shift in its views towards the conservation and preservation of our most iconic natural environments.

In the early 1970s, management of Australia’s newest marine protected area – bigger than some European countries - was initially charged to a single person; a talented young scientist and engineer

Another day in paradise: Meet Jenn

The Great Barrier Reef has an undeniable magnetic pull — strong enough to draw Canadian Jennifer Cowman across the world and change her life forever.

Procurement and Tenders

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (the Authority) aims to deal with complaints in a fair, equitable and non-discriminatory way.

State Party Report on the Great Barrier Reef Provided to UNESCO

Australia has submitted the State Party Report on the state of conservation of the Great Barrier Reef to UNESCO.

State Party Reports are routine. Australia last submitted a report in 2022.

Marine Monitoring Program

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Monitoring Program surveys and reports on the health of inshore coral, seagrass and water quality every year, and has done so for over 15 years.

About Marine Park permits

Activities within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Queensland's Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park are regulated by permits.