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Sean Daly

Sean Daly

Marine Operations Manager at Citizens of the Reef, working on the Great Reef Census citizen-science project from Cairns, Australia.

Jan 4, 2026

6:44
Okay, so what have we done about these problems and how are we
6:48
fixing it? Right.
6:49
So back in 2016 and 2017, there was two bleaching events back to back.
6:55
So up and down the length of the reef, there was a negative event going on where some of the corals were turning white and some were dying.
7:02
Now, I didn't live in Australia at the time.
7:04
As you mentioned, I am from Ireland originally.
7:05
But back in 2017, there was apparently a little bit of a realization amongst many different groups, whether it was tourism or universities or government.

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