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Interaction of fishing with corals
Management Concern: Low Adequacy of Information: Good
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- There are more than 500 species of corals, with localised declines in some hard corals and limited information about soft corals, sea pens and sea fans.
- The broad scale and cumulative ecosystem effects of fishing on coral reefs are little studied.
What do we know? (relevant pages from Outlook Online)
- Global distribution of coral, mangrove and seagrass diversity
- Soft coral (octocoral) diversity
- e-ATLAS: Octocorals of the Great Barrier Reef
- Hard coral diversity on the Great Barrier Reef
- Coral community changes in the Whitsundays Islands
- Hard coral richness in the Great Barrier Reef
- Soft coral richness in the Great Barrier Reef
- e-ATLAS: Patterns in hard coral diversity and cover on inshore reefs of the GBR
- e-ATLAS: Hard coral biodiversity surveys of the GBR
Existing policies and management actions
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park legislation and regulations
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – Queensland coral fishery
- Queensland Policy for the Management of the Coral Fishery
- Guidelines on Coral Transplantation
- Permits
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
Future management requirements
- Biodiversity 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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