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Fishing offences
GBRMPA 2008:
"Incidents/Offences
An increase in reported offences this financial year is displayed in the figure below. The level of offence and information/intelligence reports continues to increase. The reasons for this increase include:
- continued evolution and implementation of information collection techniques
- the Compliance Program maturing within GBRMPA & DDM Program
- the introduction of the Zoning Plan and additional compliance resources in 2004
- the increasing capacity to detect offences by the use of technology."
Citation and/or URL
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 2008, Annual Report 2007-2008, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Annual Report: , Townsville, Australia.
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/35499/AR2007-2008.pdf
Other GBRMPA annual reports:
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/info_services/publications/annual_reports
Spatial Coverage
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Temporal Coverage
2007-08
Update Frequency
Annual
Other Information
None
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