• Catches of reef fish by commercial and
Australia is regarded internationally as being in
recreational fishermen are falling
the forefront of reef management and research
• Ships are illegally discharging oil and
and is providing $2 million worth of advice on
dumping garbage; with only one ranger per 5200
marine issues this year to other countries.
square kilometres of the Great Barrier Reef
Australian scientists have advised Ecuador on
Marine Park, it is difficult to stop them.
how to protect the seas around the famed
• In a controversial move, the oil industry —
Galapagos Islands and are helping the
with the government's blessing — plans to explore
Association of South-East Asian Nations to
waters off the reef for petroleum within the next
monitor their marine environment, where 80%
decade.
of reefs are ruined and fish stocks are close to
collapse. The hope is that the Great Barrier Reef
will avoid a similar fate.
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