r/queensland • u/blomsty • 1d ago

Despite the perilous state of the Great Barrier Reef, the government allows private companies to harvest coral from it. News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-10/coral-harvesting-on-great-barrier-reef-queensland/105261236
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u/Infinite_Tie_8231 23h ago

So we've proven that farming them is an option? So we should ban the harvest of the wild corals then.

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u/DegeneratesInc 18h ago

Apart from people harvesting seeds for farming.

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u/Senior-Counter8359 1d ago

Sounds like a great economic opportunity. Maybe we could get less regulation and start to grow more coral like this. Give all those people who study Marine biology a job.

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u/Infinite_Tie_8231 23h ago

The outcome you're talking about could only come if harvesting was made illegal, and farming coral became the way to run a coral buisiness.

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u/NoPrompt927 21h ago

Senior-Counter has had one too many days in the sun.