Print PageOutlook Online 2009
Impacts of commercial marine tourism on the social, economic and cultural benefits of fishing
Management Concern: Moderate
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.
- Marine tourism extends throughout the Great Barrier Reef, but its impacts are concentrated in a few intensively managed areas.
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
- Marine tourism impacts on the Great Barrier Reef
- Impacts of tourism and recreational use on the Great Barrier Reef
- Impacts of pontoons on the Great Barrier Reef
- Moorings
- Effects on coral from SCUBA divers
- Impacts of fish feeding at tourist pontoons
- Effectiveness of no anchoring areas
Existing policies and management actions
- High standard tourism operations
- Ecocertification of Marine Park operators
- Use of tourism permissions in the Marine Park
- 15 year permits
- Visitation with the top 50 tourism operators versus total visitation
- Tourist visitation to directly managed sites
- Policies and guidelines for managing tourism and recreational use
- Site Management Arrangements
- Responsible Reef Practices
- Vessel sewage management
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Tourism, recreation and community engagement
- Communicating with tourism and recreation stakeholders
- International recognition of tourism management achievements
Future management requirements
- Biodiversity strategy
- Overarching Great Barrier Reef tourism strategy
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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