(Program Leader: Professor H Marsh, JCU)
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is increasingly used by tourist operators
and their passengers, by recreational and commercial fishermen, and by
regional residents. The Program aims to find solutions to problems caused
by increasing pressure on access and use so that ecological sustainability
is maintained. Both managers and the tourist and fishing industries continue
to address these issues while ensuring that development of the region
is optimised within the global responsibilities for stewardship of the
Marine Park.
The Program involves tactical scientific research addressing questions
in order to provide management agencies and user groups with fundamental
operational knowledge to maximise opportunities for use of the GBR region.
To gain this knowledge, demographic research is being conducted on the
users and social research is being conducted on aspects of the environment
which are valued by users, together with ecological research on biota
of interest to users, such as corals, fish, seabirds and endangered species
such as dugongs and sea turtles.
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Project 2.1: Visitor Environment
Interactions
(Prof H Marsh, JCU)
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Project 2.2: Tourist Destination
Image and Interpretation
(Prof P Pearce, JCU)
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Project 2.3: Habitat Restoration
(Dr U Kaly, JCU)
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Project 2.4: Effects of Fishing
(Dr B Mapstone, JCU)
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Project 2.5: Endangered Species
Interactions
(Prof H Marsh, JCU)
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