Annual Report 1985-1986

Abstract

The Great Barrier Reef is subject to pressures which are increasing rapidly. The system of management of this vast resource, embodied in the Marine Park, depends absolutely on public support for its effectiveness. Only a small minority of Australians have the opportunity to visit and see the beauties of the Great Barrier Reef. They cannot be adequately described in words alone. We believe that it is essential that we use every opportunity to communicate, through pictures, the natural qualities of the Great Barrier Reef, on which all of its intrinsic and great commercial values depend.