Print PageOutlook Online 2009
Impacts of coastal development on the social, economic and cultural benefits of fishing
Management Concern: Low
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- Fishing provides opportunities for recreation, resources for the seafood industry, and generates regional economic value.
- Increasing coastal development is resulting in the loss of both coastal habitats that support the Great Barrier Reef and connectivity between habitats.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Value of Great Barrier Reef commercial fisheries
- Assessment of social characteristics of Queensland's recreational fishers
- Population and urban growth in the Great Barrier Reef catchment
- Population centres in Queensland and Great Barrier Reef catchment
- Population projections
- Queensland's coast: managing its future: a position paper on coastal management in Queensland
- Loss of coastal wetlands
- Changes to mangroves and salt marshes in several estuaries
- Seagrass beds as nursery for fish and prawn spp
- Trends in seagrass distribution in the Great Barrier Reef
- State development areas: Gladstone
[1.0MB] - State development areas: Townsville [3.73MB]
- State development areas: Abbot Point [0.8MB]
- Proposed development on Curtis Island [1.77MB]
Existing policies and management actions
- Environmental Impact Management Policy [900KB]
- State Coastal Management Plan
- Regional coastal management plans
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Environmental impact assessment
- GBRMPA involvement in coastal development planning and assessment
- Coastal ecosystem protection
- Reef Guardian Councils
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
- Department of Infrastructure and Planning
- Memorandum of Understanding between GBRMPA and Queensland Ports [1.34Mb]
Future management requirements
- Future management requirements in this area are being guided by ongoing assessment of emerging research outcomes and issues identified by the Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009.
Defined research questions
- There are currently no defined research questions for this topic. Research questions will be developed, giving priority to interactions/issues that are of most concern to management.
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