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Reef Water Quality Protection Plan
The Great Barrier Reef is under pressure from many factors, one of these factors is the poor quality of water running into it from adjacent catchments. The Reef Water Quality Protection Plan is a framework for the Australian and Queensland governments to work together, along with industry, regional natural resource bodies and others, to improve the quality of water flowing into the Reef.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975: New Frameworks for Protection
In 2006, following a review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975, a series of measures was proposed to strengthen legal, governance and policy frameworks relating to management and long-term protection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Structural adjustment package
The Department is implementing a structural adjustment package for fishers, their employees and other businesses/workers who are significantly negatively impacted by the rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park which came into effect on 1 July 2004. The rezoning has resulted in the area of the GBRMP closed to commercial fishing increasing from 4.5 per cent to 33 per cent. For further information please contact Steve Jackson on 03 6208 2951.
Business Exit (Licence Buyout) Assistance Review
The report, A Review of The Business Exit (Licence Buyout) Assistance Component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package, reviews the licence buyout component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package. This is the first component of the package to be completed. The Department bought 122 commercial fishing licences from businesses that operated in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in order to offset the loss of area available to commercial fishing.
The review considers the Department met the targets set for the buyout and that the approaches adopted were reasonable. It goes on to make recommendations on how any future adjustment packages could be improved.
GBR publications and resources
- Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009
- Maintaining a healthy and
resilient Great Barrier Reef - 2009
The Commonwealth and Queensland Governments’ Interim Response to the Outlook Report - Reef Water Quality Protection Plan - 2009
- Great Barrier Reef Intergovernmental Agreement - 2009
- Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Council Communiques
- Review of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975: Review Panel Report - 2006 (order printed copy)
- A Review of The Business Exit (Licence Buyout) Assistance Component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package - October 2007
