Neil Mattocks
Neil is a Senior Conservation Officer with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS), Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. He has worked in most areas of marine park and island national park management. Neil is based in Townsville and works closely with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in the implementation of the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments in relation to management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
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Published on 14 August 2014
Raine Island, a 27.5 hectare cay situated on a detached reef and located in the far northern Great Barrier Reef is, along with the adjacent Moulter Cay, the focus of approximately 90% of all nesting effort of the Northern Great Barrier Reef (NGBR) green turtle genetic stock. The small sand cay is the largest rookery in the world for the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with upwards of 15 000 females having been recorded attempting to nest at the one time along the approximately 1.8km of beach.
Published on 12 August 2014
Raine Island, a 27.5 hectare cay situated on a detached reef and located in the far northern Great Barrier Reef is, along with the adjacent Moulter Cay, the focus of approximately 90% of all nesting effort of the Northern Great Barrier Reef (NGBR) green turtle genetic stock (Limpus 2008).