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Current Permit Application and Decision Information

GBRMPA - Representative Areas Program

This site contains Background and History of the Representative Areas Program.
To view the current Zoning status, please go to the Zoning Plan 2003.

David Kemp Welcome from the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
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Welcome to the home page for the Representative Areas Program.

The site hosts the Draft Zoning Plan for the entire Marine Park, including zoning for 28 new coastal sections added between 2000 and 2001.

The Draft Zoning Plan, maps and related documentation, were released for public comment on 2 June 2003.

Additional information on the Representative Areas Program is available on GBRMPA's Conservation and Biodiversity website click here.

Submissions closed on Monday 4 August 2003. For information about the RAP program, please contact the GBRMPA on 1800 990177.

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Marine-based industries that rely on the Great Barrier Reef such as tourism, recreational fishing, commercial fishing and aquaculture are worth billions of dollars annually. .... >> find out more

More protection for the Marine Park will give coastal Queensland the opportunity to expand recreational fishing and its marine-based tourism potential by ensuring the long-term availability of more and bigger fish.... >> find out more

More Green Zones are just one of a number of important strategies to protect the amazing plants and animals of the Reef on which so many of us depend. .... >> find out more

Less than 5% of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is currently protected in Marine National Park Zones (known locally as Green Zones or "no-take" zones). .... >> find out more

An AEC survey of Australians in March 2003 found that 93.6 per cent of respondents (including over 90 per cent of coastal Queenslanders) want greater protection for the Marine Park. .... >> find out more

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