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2 unusual facts about Great Barrier Reef Marine Park


Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

In early 2007, the GBRMPA was one of three nominees for the Destination Award in the World Travel and Tourism Council’s Tourism for Tomorrow Awards.

Orange clownfish

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority regulates the number of collection permits that are issued to aquarium fish dealers who seek this, and other tropical fish within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.


Bluespotted stingray

In Queensland, Australia there are many areas for high protection of the bluespotted stingray, three being the Shoalwater, Corio Bay's Area Ramsar Site, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Haggerston Island

Haggerston Island is an island about 10 km southeast of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in Temple Bay about 200 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and LockhartRiver in the Cape York Peninsula.


see also

Turtle Islands

Turtle Group, four small islands in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia