RAN Clearance Divers completed a survey of islands between Townsville and Bowen, QLD, to establish the concentration of reef-destroying Crown of Thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. A previous survey was undertaken in 1973, and the 1984 survey showed numbers greatly reduced.
Australian Naval History on 23 July 1984
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