Fishing is having a significant impact on the make-up of fish populations of the Great Barrier Reef, new research shows. Removing predatory fish such as coral trout and snapper, through fishing ...

Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55128-7 Cite This Page : ...

Hi-tech drones equipped with night vision and AI tracking are some of the new technologies being trialled to stop poachers ...

A study has found concerning new evidence of long-term declines in coral reef fish around highly visited inshore islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists surveyed reefs at 100 sites around ...

The amount of reef area that’s off-limits for fishing fleets in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which covers nearly all of the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, was increased to ...

The amount of reef area that’s off-limits for fishing fleets in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which covers nearly all of the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, was increased to ...

Currently led by JCU’s TropWATER, the long-term monitoring program now covers eight key regions across the Great Barrier Reef, with 21 additional inshore islands included in recent years. This ...

Brightly coloured fish are becoming increasingly rare as corals are dying off in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and this phenomenon could become worse in the future, says a new study.

Scientists working to bring the Great Barrier Reef back to its former healthy state have found that young fish can be drawn to the degraded coral reef by using loudspeakers to play the sound of ...

New research shows that fishing is having a significant impact on the make-up of fish populations of the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at ...

Their findings show Great Barrier Reef fish communities differ substantially from those of the 1990s, and the pace of change ...