Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
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Oct 15, 2026
Crystal LaceyGUEST
So, yes, my name is Crystal Lacey.
Crystal LaceyGUEST
I am the program manager of the Master Reef Guy program, which is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in partnership with Tourism and Events Queensland, who Emma is.
Crystal LaceyGUEST
is here with and the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators.
Crystal LaceyGUEST
So yes, you are very correct, Don.
Crystal LaceyGUEST
from space.
Crystal LaceyGUEST
It's 2300 kilometres long and which really sort of makes it around the size of Italy.
Crystal LaceyGUEST
If you can imagine Italy next to the side of the Queensland coast, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is that big.
Crystal LaceyGUEST
So trying to manage a marine park the size of Italy or Victoria and Tasmania combined is quite a feat.
Roger BeedenGUEST
I mean, as you said, I mean, in area, it's sort of 344,400 square kilometres.
Roger BeedenGUEST
That's of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Roger BeedenGUEST
It's slightly bigger if it's the World Heritage Area.
Roger BeedenGUEST
Slightly bigger again, actually, if you talk about the Great Barrier Reef, which goes up into the Torres Strait all the way through to Papua New Guinea.
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Roger BeedenGUEST
It's obviously agriculture and around these areas as well, not in the marine park, but adjacent to it.
Roger BeedenGUEST
And so the whole point of a multiple use marine park is that It's there for everybody.
Roger BeedenGUEST
I mean, we're very fortunate that the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has been in place for just over 50 years now.
Roger BeedenGUEST
And for the last more than 20 years now, we've had a revised zoning plan that covers that entire area and it has different levels of protection.
BreckHOST
That means people all around the world agree it's a place worth saving.
BreckHOST
The Australian government set up the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in nineteen seventy-five.
BreckHOST
There are special zones where people can't fish or build.
BreckHOST
Rangers and scientists work to keep the reef healthy.
Simon MillerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And so we do urge the Queensland and Australian governments to fully deliver their commitment to phase out gillnet fishing from the reef by June next year.
Brooke TindallCORRESPONDENT
The federal government manages the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and fishing zones, while the Queensland Government takes care of fisheries management, like the NX licenses.
Brooke TindallCORRESPONDENT
Neither have said whether an extension is likely to be granted for fishers to continue using gillnets beyond twenty twenty-seven.
Brooke TindallCORRESPONDENT
The Queensland Department of Primary Industry said in a statement that through its FishLight program, they are researching low-impact fishing techniques to support ongoing commercial fishing in Queensland.
Rob PaxevanosGUEST
It's the, it's the sort of like the community spirit is that like, you know, if someone's seen fishing in a green zone or got caught in a green zone, it's really embarrassing, you know? And i- they're not...
Rob PaxevanosGUEST
the, the, uh, the, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, they're not out to just fine people and make money.
Rob PaxevanosGUEST
They, the, you know, we've, we, we, we watched them go and, um, talk to people and tell them the rules and this and that and the other.
Rob PaxevanosGUEST
They're, they're very...
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Scott LeviHOST
Eye on the Reef.
Rob PaxevanosGUEST
Oh, that's fantastic.
Scott LeviHOST
Uh, from the Australian government, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and, and the fisheries up there.
Scott LeviHOST
And, uh, there's no excuse for fishing in, in a green zone.