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Claim Dive Crew Damaged Reef

Daniel Bateman
Source: The Cairns Post [1]
February 5, 2010

Cairns, Australia - The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has confirmed it is investigating a complaint about a Cairns dive operator whose crew allegedly dragged an anchor through a healthy coral reef and tied a boat to a stack of live coral.

Three international tourists have released photographs of the devastation they saw the moment they emerged underwater, while their vessel was moored at Ribbon Reef 8, off Cape Flattery, earlier this week.

To read the full text of the article, click here [2].

 

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[1] http://www.cairns.com.au/
[2] http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2010/02/05/91595_local-news.html