A pink anemone fish in a magnificent anemone, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef.
A pink anemone fish in a magnificent anemone, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef. Just one of the 1,625 species of bony fish found in the reef.Show descriptionHide description
Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef attracts nearly two million tourists every year and it runs for 2300km down the east coast – so big it can be seen from outer space.
But what does the Great Barrier Reef mean to you? Well, CSIRO wants to know!
In a study exploring how people interact with the reef, what they love about it and what they want to protect, CSIRO will be posing questions to 5000 people across Queensland to find out.
Discovering what people really think is important about the Great Barrier Reef will help shape how the region is managed in the future.
Locals, tourists and business operators from Cooktown to Bundaberg will be quizzed over the next two months and a snapshot of their opinions will be published by the end of the year.
We will be approaching people to complete the quick 15 minute survey in shopping centres, beaches and tourist hotspots. Tourism operators and commercial fishers working in the region will be interviewed over the telephone.
Tourists with underwater scooters at Vlasoff sand cay.
Amazing facts about the Great Barrier Reef:
- The reef runs for 2300km down the east coast of Australia – so big it can be seen from outer space
- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) listed the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site in 1981
- The Reef is home to the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1625 species of bony fish and 3000 types of mollusc
- Within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (348,000 square kilometres) there are almost 3000 individual reefs of varying sizes and shapes, and over 900 islands
- About ten thousand ships travel through the reef area every year
- Commercial fishing is the fifth largest primary industry by value in Queensland, with a value of about $360 million each year
- More than 70 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owner clan groups along the east coast of Queensland assert Native Title rights, interests and responsibilities in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.*
Sooty and crested terns nesting on Taylor sand cay (with eggs and chicks) – just two of the hundreds of different species of birds that have been found across the Great Barrier Reef.
Find out more about our social research on the Great Barrier Reef:
*Facts thanks to www.unesco.org, www.reef.crc.org.au [12 June 2013] and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA).
Anemone ya rangi ya waridi katika Ribbon Reef, Great Barrier Reef Anemone ya rangi ya waridi katika Ribbon Reef, Great Barrier Reef Mwamba wa Great Barrier Reef, ambao ni mojawapo ya samaki 1625 wanaopatikana katika eneo hilo, unavutia watalii milioni mbili kila mwaka na una urefu wa kilomita 2300 kwenye pwani ya mashariki ya Australia. Lakini Barrier Reef Kuu inamaanisha nini kwako? Kwa hiyo, CSIRO inataka kujua! Katika utafiti wa jinsi watu wanavyoingiliana na matumbawe, wanavyopenda na wanataka kuwalinda, CSIRO itawauliza maswali watu 5,000 kote Queensland. Kujifunza kile watu wanachofikiri ni muhimu kuhusu Great Barrier Reef kutasaidia kuunda jinsi eneo hilo litakavyosimamiwa katika siku zijazo. Wananchi, watalii na waendeshaji wa biashara kutoka Cookstown hadi Bundaberg wataulizwa maswali katika miezi miwili ijayo na picha ya maoni yao itachapishwa mwishoni mwa mwaka. "Watu watakuwa na nafasi ya kukamilisha uchunguzi wa dakika 15 katika vituo vya ununuzi, fukwe na maeneo ya utalii. """ Waendeshaji wa utalii na wavuvi wa kibiashara wanaofanya kazi katika mkoa huo watahojiwa kwa simu. Watalii na scooters chini ya maji katika Vlasoff mchanga cay. "Kutoka kwa idadi ya watu, ni karibu milioni 3 milioni wanaishi katika eneo la Great Barrier Reef, na karibu milioni 3 wanaishi katika eneo la Great Barrier Reef, na karibu milioni 3 wanaishi katika eneo la Great Barrier Reef, na karibu milioni 3 wanaishi katika eneo la Great Barrier Reef, na karibu milioni 3 wanaishi katika eneo la Great Barrier Reef, na karibu milioni 3 wanaishi katika eneo la Great Barrier Reef.""" Nyigu wa mchanga na wa mchanga wanaofanya viota kwenye Taylor Sand Cay (wakiwa na mayai na vifaranga) ni aina mbili tu kati ya mamia ya spishi tofauti za ndege zilizopatikana katika Great Barrier Reef. "Kama matokeo ya utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti wa utafiti."""