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unusual facts about The Reef


The Reef

Shark Bait, a 2006 animated film released as The Reef in the United States, South Africa and Ireland and as Pi's Story in South Korea


Australian Film Festival

In its second year, the Australian Film Festival opened on 2 March with Australian production The Wedding Party, alongside a showcase of Sydney premieres that included The Reef, Griff the Invisible and A Heartbeat Away.


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Andavadoaka

The reefs around Andavadoaka represent some of the most well-developed coral reef systems in the Indian Ocean.

Ardyaloon, Western Australia

The Bardi Ardyaloon hatchery has successfully produced Trochus shell at One Arm Point for a number of years, including reseeding the reef surrounding the area.

Benjamin Kahn

He has been fighting for the survival of the Red Sea reef, which began dying when giant fish farms were built in 1997, and the cages were spewing tons of uneaten food and excrement onto the reef.

Chazy Formation

The formation is named for the small town of Chazy, New York, where the reef was noted by James Hall in Palaeontology of New York (vol. I, 1847) and the fossils first studied by the Canadian paleontologist Elkanah Billings (1858, 1859).

Exploring the Reef

Exploring the Reef (2003) is a humorous short documentary film included on the second disc of the Finding Nemo DVD.

Henry Winstanley

Told that the reef was too treacherous to mark, he declared that he would build a lighthouse there himself, and the Admiralty agreed to support him with ships and men.

Inhassoro

The bay off Inhassaro is popular with scuba divers with the reefs and the area is a seasonal home to many species of Dolphin, Turtle, the rare and endangered Dugong or Sea Cow, Whale sharks, Manta Rays and Humpback whales.

James William Troup

That ship had run ashore on Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal on October 23, 1918 Though rescue vessels were at hand, it was too rough to take anyone off the Sophia, and she remained on the reef.

John Heyer

In 1967 he retired from Shell and set up the John Heyer Film Company through which he produced a series of documentaries including The Reef for the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Johns Rock

From the land, approximately 1000 Alen (628 meters) out lies a piece of dry ground, called Johns Knold, around which the reef is about 1000 Alen wide with only two feet (0.63 meters) of water.

Manihiki

There is good fishing in the open waters beyond the reef, including catches of Yellow-fin Tuna and Flying fish.

Vaeakau-Taumako language

The language is spoken throughout the Taumako Islands, while in the Reef Islands, it is spoken on Aua, Matema, Nifiloli, Nupani, Nukapu, and Pileni.

Virginia Chadwick

Following a potential crisis involving an oil tanker attempting to navigate through the Reef, Chadwick was appointed to a safety inquiry and so impressed the stakeholders she was then appointed to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Advisory Committee.

Zhongzhou Reef

Shellfish species such as Harpago chiragra and Cassis cornuta can be found on the reef, and the surrounding waters contain various common tropical fish and coral reef fish.