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The Great Southern Reef is named after its world-famous neighbour to the north, the Great Barrier Reef, but has received a fraction of the attention and protection given to the latter. The Great Southern Reef is an important biodiversity hotspot and annually contributes more than AU$10 billion to the Australian economy. [2]
Outrigger's portfolio includes 38 hotels, condominiums and vacation resort properties operated, owned and managed. [6] Jeff Wagoner joined the company as president and CEO, effective April 26, 2018. Additionally, KSL Resorts Co-founder and CEO Scott Dalecio, who was serving as Outrigger’s interim CEO since early 2017, was appointed executive ...
Saunders Reef is a complex and highly productive rocky reef and kelp habitat including part of one of the most extensive stands of bull kelp in the north central coast. The marine protected area protects this habitat and its associated species, including nearshore rockfish and multiple abalone species, in a regional center of high productivity.
[3] [4] In Australia, E. radiata forms the backbone of the Great Southern Reef, a system of interconnected kelp reefs that spans the coastline of southern Australia, underpinning biodiverse and productive ecosystems, and supporting valuable ecosystem services. [5] Ecklonia radiata grows in kelp beds on reefs and where sheltered can form dense ...
The Bacara Resort was constructed on a formerly undeveloped section of the coast in 2000 at the western edge of the city of Goleta. [9] The campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is at the southern end of the Gaviota Coast marked by Goleta Point also known as Campus Point).
Lord Howe Island Marine Park is the site of Australia's and the world's most southern coral reef ecosystem. [1] The island is 10 km in length, 2 km wide and consists of a large lagoonal reef system along its leeward side, with 28 small islets along its coast. [ 1 ]
Scuba divers kneeling on the bottom of the coral reef while feeding a filefish at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park- Key Largo, Florida. The environmental impact of recreational diving is the effects of recreational scuba diving on the underwater environment, which is largely the effects of diving tourism on the marine environment.
The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is the largest coral reef system in the world [6] and a popular tourist destination. [7] In the 1980s, Australian tour operators wished to further exploit the reef's tourism potential through making trips faster and shorter, or through creating off-shore accommodation for tourists. [8]