Impact of Reef Blitz 2023 and feedback requested
The impact of Reef Blitz 2023 from 1-8 June was 1970 observations of 589 species by 83 observers and 132 identifiers (215 people). These numbers exceed the impact from Reef Blitz 2022.
A summary of the observation is Fish comprised 48.8% with the most observed species the Goldstripe Butterflyfish Chaetodon aureofasciatus and Moses’ Snapper Lutjanus russellii.
Most observed shark or ray was Reef Manta Ray (Mobula alfredi)
Most observed coral was Greater Maze Corals Genus Platygyra
Most observed bird was Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
There were 138 observations of 38 threatened species.with the Small giant clam (Tridacna maxima )(vulnerable on CITES)
Pest species, 3 long-spined crown of thorns (Acanthaster planci) were observed by 2 people
Rare species- Redstrip tusjkfish (ie first time observed). https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/166077830
A small number of people made the majority of observations: Adam Smith 524, Matthew Wilke 499, Tobbias Missebuko 149, Rachelle Brown144. All others were less than 100 observations and 30 (our of 83) people made only 1 observation
The event organisers are interested in
- Feedback on this years event and how to improve
- Ideas and collaborators for a report or scientific paper on Reef Blitz results
- Financial or in-kind support for proposed event 2024
- Use of this data by community groups, schools, academics, tourism operators or management
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