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Wreck, boats, scuba divers and campers at Tangalooma Moreton Island © Regatta Marine

You asked us: Boating

21 January 20205 August 2020 TMBF

Q24. What strategies could the foundation help to educate readers of marine magazines around appropriate behaviour and conservation practices while fishing and boating and jet skiing? A. Working with marine magazine producers and other boating and recreation networks to promote…

Recreational fishing moreton bay © copyright Anthony Heiser

You asked us: Fishing

21 January 20206 August 2020 TMBF

Q. Do we know where recreational fishing effort is located and what the true catch is? A. Recreational catch data are derived from fishing surveys conducted by DAF in 2000, 2010 and 2013. The 2013 survey estimated there were approximately…

Pod of dolphins porpoising, © copyright Katya Ovsyanikova, UQ PhD student

You asked us: Marine mammals

29 November 20195 August 2020 TMBF

Q. What is the main cause of death of our marine animals in the bay and what strategies can we look at to change this? A. Other than natural causes, habitat loss and resultant loss of food sources; and habitat…

Tourists, sandbanks and Moreton Bay, Velella, Moreton Island, © copyright September 2017, Chris Roelfsema, UQ Lecturer

You asked us: Tourism

29 November 20195 August 2020 TMBF

Q. Question for (board director) Cameron. Is there a masterplan or vision for what tourism on straddie will look like 20 years from now? A. QYAC has a strategy for sustainable tourism for Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) within its broader…

You asked us: TMBF’s role

29 November 20195 August 2020 TMBF

Q. What is the justification for TMBF as regional organisations already exist e.g. HLW, SEQCMA? How does TMBF propose to communicate and interact and partner with the existing catchment groups / Brisbane Catchments Network? A. Our role is to be…