Relocating the animals
Great Barrier Reef Aquarium / Relocating the animals Since closing our curatorial team, who care for the animals and maintain their life support systems, have been destocking tanks and decommissioning exhibits. Some of the animals have been permanently placed in other aquariums, and some animals will be housed off site and returned once the works […]
2022 Project update – October to December
Great Barrier Reef Aquarium / Large fish destocking In October 2021, the aquarist and technical operations teams loaded the remaining animals from the predator tank onto the transport truck with huge success. The black tip reef shark, Queensland grouper, mangrove jack, surgeon fish and a large majority of the spiny chromis were transferred in a […]
2021 Project update – July to September
Great Barrier Reef Aquarium / Coral Reef Exhibit (CRE) Census In 2021, an analysis of the health of the Coral Reef Exhibit (CRE), a two million litre saltwater exhibit, was undertaken to ascertain a baseline before construction activities. The analysis took the form of a transect survey that quantified the composition of hard coral, soft […]
2022 Project update – January to March
Great Barrier Reef Aquarium / Coral propagation The Aquarium’s aquarist and technical operations teams established an in-house coral propagation system to create a biobank of species that have been present in the Aquarium for several years. To emulate natural conditions, the system is running advanced life support systems, equipped with biological controls, foam fractionators, sand […]
2022 Project update April to June
3D mapping of the Coral Reef Exhibit 3D mapping of the Coral Reef Exhibit (CRE) was carried out to allow greater understanding of the reef’s characteristics, including overall structure and morphology as well as abundance and distribution of the hard and soft coral. This information is being used to inform decisions about how best to […]
Master Plan
Great Barrier Reef Aquarium Master Plan 2021-2041 The Great Barrier Reef Aquarium established a Master Plan to guide long-term direction for continuous improvements and the objectives of the centre as a public institution for its long-term future. Master Plan vision The vision is to create a unified design character in order to sustain the Great […]
Life support system upgrades
Great Barrier Reef Aquarium / Life support system upgrades In May 2020, the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium received $2.6 million as part of the Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund to assist Great Barrier Reef Tourism and the North Queensland (Australia) regional economy. This investment was to upgrade life support systems throughout the Aquarium. Life […]
