Publication Type: 
Brochure/Pamphlet
Language: 
English
Country: 
Australia
Region: 
Asia/Pacific, Australasia
Intended Audience: 
Children/Students, Teachers
Keywords: 
How You Can Help, Marine Parks, Pollution, Protected Areas, Region Specific, Volunteers
Organization/Author: 
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Year Published: 
2000
Description: 

Brochure/Pamphlet contains criteria for distinguishing among algal bloom slicks, coral spawn slicks, and oil slicks and what to do about it."We need your help!! Government agencies, including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), respond to many reports of slicks caused by oil spills, coral spawn and algae. Oil slicks are the only ones that pose a threat to the Reef. This pamphlet will assist you to identify slicks, and sets out the contact procedure for reporting oil spills to the authorities. Your help in this task is particularly important, given the value of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park."