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Tablelands Regional Council signed up to be a Reef Guardian Council for the next four years, joining other councils to drive local action and support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
Reef authorities are calling on recreational fishers to download a free marine parks zoning app before visiting the Great Barrier Reef this year.
Cook Shire Council signed up to be a Reef Guardian Council for the next four years, joining other councils to drive local action and support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
Stabilising reef surfaces, remediating reefs after a ship grounding, and other science-based actions that help corals grow are among the suite of innovative actions that can improve the Great Barrier Reef’s health and resilience.
Councillor Jeff Baines of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council has been elected as the first chair of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s Reef Guardian Council executive committee.
With a La Niña now formed in the tropical Pacific, the outlook for the health of the Great Barrier Reef this summer depends greatly on local weather conditions during the coming months.
Allowing multiple users to continue to use John Brewer Reef while maintaining the site’s natural, cultural and social values is a key focus of the draft site plan for John Brewer Reef, offshore Townsville.
An innovative, multi-stakeholder reef restoration project that uses loose coral fragments to build new stable areas of live coral reef habitat kicks off this week at Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
We pay tribute to our former Authority Board member Melissa-Leigh George, who her family asked be referred to as Gigari George (Black Cockatoo).
The Australian Government today announced $8.2 million to support Great Barrier Reef projects, including $3.2 million to engage tourism operators in reef monitoring and reef site-stewardship actions, along with $5 million for Townsville’s Reef HQ.
High standard tourism operator Lady Musgrave Experience welcomed Reef Guardian School students from Kalkie State School on an edu-tourism excursion to the Great Barrier Reef.
The Central Highlands Regional Council (CHRC) has renewed their role as a Reef Guardian for the 2020–2024 period and will join other councils in leading the nation in driving local action to support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
Day and night, in the air and on the water — Great Barrier Reef Marine Park compliance patrols will be out in force during the September school holidays and the October long weekend, particularly at known illegal fishing hotspots.
The Gladstone Regional Council has recently renewed its partnership with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to be a Reef Guardian Council for the 2020-2024 period.
The Hinchinbrook Shire Council has signed up for the Reef Guardian program for the 2020–2024 period. They join other councils in leading the nation to drive local action and support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
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The Whitsunday Regional Council has signed up to be a Reef Guardian Council for the 2020-2024 period and will join other councils in leading the nation in driving local action to support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
The Isaac Regional Council has signed up to be a Reef Guardian Council for the 2020-2024 period and will join other councils in leading the nation in driving local action to support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
Capricorn Bunker Group boaties are being reminded of the importance of zoning and no-entry areas after two recent incidents at One Tree Island, offshore from Gladstone.
Bundaberg Regional Council has signed up to be a Reef Guardian Council for the 2020-2024 period to support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
Livingstone will join other councils in leading the nation in driving local action to support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
The Douglas Shire Council has signed up to be a Reef Guardian and hopes to lead the nation in driving local action to support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council will join local governments across Queensland banding together to turn around the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
The Mackay Regional Council has signed up to be a Reef Guardian Council for the 2020–2024 period and will join other councils in leading the nation in driving local action to support a healthy Great Barrier Reef.
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council is celebrating more than ten years serving as a Reef Guardian after signing up for another term last week.
This week Mareeba became the first Far Northern council to sign up for another term as a Reef Guardian Council.
A Cairns-based commercial fisher is the latest addition to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s Reef Guardian Fishers program.
Reef education technology answers calls for latest virtual teaching and learning in Australia and around the world
Reef Guardian Council protects turtle nesting beach
Johnathan Thurston takes the reef to kids in locked down communities
An on-line education package that aims to improve knowledge and understanding of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, its cultural connections, biological diversity, management and protection is now available online.
Despite issuing a pre-Easter warning, Great Barrier Reef authorities were disappointed to encounter a high volume of illegal activity threatening the health of the Reef, and the communities dependent on it, over the long weekend.
Reef Joint Field Management Program director Chris Cochrane said marine parks patrolling would continue to be a priority over Easter.
Statement from the Marine Park Authority about the shark incident offshore from Gladstone.
As Australia’s lead management agency for the Reef, we are very concerned this amazing natural wonder experienced this third mass coral bleaching event in five years.
Mass bleaching is occurring on the Great Barrier Reef in 2020, with very widespread bleaching detected.
Reef HQ Aquarium undergoing planned works until Saturday 7 March
The Australian Government has allocated $26.9 million over four years to refurbish and upgrade Reef HQ Aquarium.
