Lady Musgrave Island Negative Effect

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Lady Musgrave Island is a large tourist attraction with many plants and animals surrounding the island, in the reef and on the land. There is a large lagoon that attracts visitors and other users because off the bommies and margins that support diverse coral cover. The island has a major breeding population of vulnerable green turtles, as well as a minor breeding population of endangered loggerhead turtles (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, 2016). Fishing and spearfishing is prohibited in the Marine Park ‘B’ Zone, which surrounds Lady Musgrave Island (Lady Musgrave Cruises, 2016).

There are many effects of tourism on Lady Musgrave Island; the positive and the negative. The positive effects include jobs being created from the amount of people

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