Tourism and Recreation Reef Advisory Committee

Terms of Reference

The Tourism and Recreation Reef Advisory Committee (TRRAC) has the following Terms of Reference:

  1. To provide advice to the Authority on matters relating to:
    • The implementation of the key findings of the Outlook Report 2009.
    • Ensuring that tourism and recreation use in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is ecologically sustainable and contributes to Reef resilience.
    • The strengthening of partnerships with the tourism industry and recreation sector, communities and government.
    • The development and implementation of policy (including priorities for policy development).
    • Priorities for research and monitoring to enhance the resilience and adaptive capacity of the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem and the industries that rely on that ecosystem by ensuring ecologically sustainable use of marine resources.
    • The development and implementation of plans including strategic plans, plans of management, zoning plans and recovery plans.
    • The development and implementation of strategies to encourage ecologically sustainable tourism and recreation use of the Marine Park and to communicate management arrangements appropriately.
  2. To assist the Authority to consider community issues and facilitate engagement.
  3. Interact with other Reef Advisory Committees on matters of joint interest towards achieving the GBRMPA’s Corporate objectives.
  4. As necessary for the purposes of carrying out the function of providing advice, to undertake specific tasks/projects such as participating in workshops or other means to progress specific issues or projects.
  5. To make available, for broad distribution, information about and a record of the TRRAC’s activities and outcomes.

Who’s on the Committee

The TRRAC is a competency-based committee with members providing a cross-section of stakeholder expertise and interests in areas relevant to tourism and recreation use of the Great Barrier Reef. There is an independent Chairman. The Committee is appointed for a three-year period. The Committee is supported by the GBRMPA's General Manager, Marine Park Management and Director, Tourism and Recreation (and any other relevant Director), who attend each meeting.

Member
 Organisation and/or Field of Expertise
BAKER, Tony Mr
 Marine tourism operations and pontoons
BARTLETT, Mike Mr
 Cruise ship industry
CHARTERS, Anthony Mr
 Ecotourism and tourism in protected areas
COX, Helen Ms
 Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism – national tourism policy
FRAWLEY, Peter Mr
 Independent Chairman – trade and senior management
GERLACH, Ginny Ms
 Marine Park recreation
GRANT, Chrissy Mrs Eastern Kuku Yalanji Traditional Owner (Observer – not yet appointed)
GREENTREE, Anne Ms
 Department of Environment and Resource Management – tourism management in the Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park
GSCHWIND, Daniel Mr
 Business acumen and economics
HUTCHEN, David Mr
 Marine tourism history
JEWELL, Catherine Ms Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities – national protected area management, tourism in protected areas and heritage values (Observer – not yet appointed)
KIRKPATRICK, Wayne Mr
 Tourist resorts
LEAVER, Bruce Mr
 National protected area management, tourism in protected areas and heritage values
LYNNE, Judy Mrs
 Sunfish Queensland – recreational fishing
McCARTHY, Daniel Mr
 Game fishing operations
McKENZIE, Colin Mr
 Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators – marine tourism industry; and recreational diving
MORGANS, David Mr
 Tourism Queensland – regional tourism development
PELT, Adrian Mr
 Bareboat charters
SWEENEY, Alan Mr
 Aircraft operations and tourism marketing
HEAD, Damien Mr Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing – Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (Observer)
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