The Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited (RRRC) was
created in 2006 to implement the Australian Government's
Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility
(MTSRF) in North Queensland.
Research that is conducted by the MTSRF is for public
benefit. This website enables the MTSRF to disseminate
scientific outputs to the general community in a readily accessible
format.
For more information see the About
Us section. If you are unable to locate the information you are
seeking, please contact our Cairns office and our staff will be happy to
assist you.
The ICRI International Year of the Reef 2008 is
a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about the value and
importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability, and
to motivate people to take action to protect them. All individuals,
corporations, schools, governments, and organizations are welcome
and actively encouraged to participate in IYOR 2008. [More]
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For more media releases, please click here.
This milestone report outlines the
results of the first year of commercial fisheries observer surveys.
In total 91 days of commercial inshore fishing was observed. The
results indicate a wide range of shark and fish species are caught
by commercial fishers. Key shark species include blacktip,
spot-tail, scalloped hammerhead, milk and whitecheek sharks. All of
these species are currently the focus of life history
investigations by students as part of this project. Key fish
species include grey mackerel, threadfins (blue and king),
barramundi and many others. [pdf 270.4 kb]
For further information on this project please click here:
Project 4.8.4
Evaluation of the impacts from industry and community uses on
inshore biodiversity.
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