Marine Watch Program – NSW

“Marine life is thriving on Sydney’s Long Reef Aquatic Reserve”. Reported by Manly Daily March 2010.
Long Reef community groups are launching a local twelve month monitoring program as part of Landcare Week’s Climate Watch Program.

Location: Fishermans Beach Field Station, Long Reef Aquatic Reserve, Sydney NSW.
Issues: Marine life and how it is affected by water quality, storm events and possible rising sea temperatures.
Managed by: Coastcare volunteers Long Reef as part of Landcare’s new Climate Watch Program: www.climatewatch.org.au/

Data gathered will be communicated to Climate Watch Marine Scientists and other monitoring groups around the World. : www.coastcare.com.au

This information will help gain a better understanding of our oceans and marine creatures that living in them. The impact of “Climate change” if it comes, will be better understood.

Long Reef teams:

Coastcare Study Group – members of Long Reef Golf Club:
Tropical fish sightings especially Jellyfish presence and other tropical organisms. Golf Club staff – monitoring “Storm Water quality” entering the marine reserve.

Fishcare volunteers Long Reef:
Community educational “Reef Walks” and monitoring of intertidal organisms. The collecting of plastic litter from the reef and distributing Aquatic Reserve compliance leaflets.

Reefcare volunteers:
Dunecare work group – Monitoring and recording storm events – foreshore Revegetation.

Wildlife Watch:
Monitoring and recording visiting Migratory Wader Bird numbers visiting the reef.