SURVEYING THE REGION’S REEFS
Rocky Cape Lighthouse. Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith Over the past 25 years, scientists from UTAS have regularly surveyed 30 shallow rocky reef sites along the Cradle Coast region’s coastline. Led by Dr Neville Barrett, the team detected changes in reef ecosystems which they believe are due to fishing pressure, climate change, and improvement in water quality (because of reduced industrial emissions near Burnie). Increases were observed in species [...]