Local tourism operators keeping an eye on Great Barrier Reef's health

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11:25 AM Wed 23 Jun 2010 GMT

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Local marine tourism operators will be better equipped to keep an eye on the Great Barrier Reef after completing comprehensive training in reef health monitoring. Crew members from 19 tourism operations, took part in the training in Port Douglas as part of one of the largest monitoring programs of its kind in the world - the Eye on the Reef monitoring program. The aim of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's program is to gather a range of Reef ecosystem information on as many locations on the Great Barrier Reef as possible. GBRMPA Chairman Russell Reichelt said many marine ...

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