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Significant milestone reached with the accreditation of Darumbal TUMRA
Darumbal Traditional Owners today celebrated the official launch of a community-based plan for managing their Sea Country in a joint agreement with the Australian and Queensland governments.
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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.
For the crown-of-thorns starfish control program, summer marks the halfway point of their annual work program, a chance to reassess how they are tracking and make plans for any anticipated weather
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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.
Dr Jessica Stella is a distinguished marine ecologist and Assistant Director of Reef Health at the Reef Authority.
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Aerial surveys confirm extent of bleaching on southern Great Barrier Reef
Media Release
28 February 2024
Helicopter flights over the southern Great Barrer Reef have confirmed extensive coral bleaching across the region.
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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.
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.
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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
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 cor
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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.
Consultation on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park’s Southern Plan of Management is open.
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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
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
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Billion $ funding boost, a win for the Reef, industries and communities that rely on it
Today’s Australian Government announcement of an injection of more than $250 million into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s world-leading marine park management reflects the importance of the Reef and will keep our Reef protection programs at the cutting-edge .