End reef funding now

“IVF plan to aid reef, (CP, 19/12).” Oh, really? Let’s break this down.

Coral has successfully reproduced for 535 million years.

The GBR moved to its current site 8000 years ago. Humans have known how corals reproduce for 37 years.

But somehow we’ve got blokes who think they know better than Mother Nature? These researchers scared tourists away with “Reef death” claims soon proven wrong by time.

We pay for their extended reef cruises and days spent diving.

We pay them to boost algal growth with their bizarre war on a black native starfish. Now we’re paying for researchers with a record of wrongology to mess with reproductive cycles.

Enough is enough. End reef science funding now. We need a Royal Commission into what we’ve got for what we’ve spent so far. Peter Campion, Tolga PRIVACY POLICY: Our privacy policy www.apnarm.com.au/privacy includes important information about our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information (including to provide you with targeted advertising based on your online activities). It explains that if you do not provide us with information we have requested from you, we may not be able to provide you with the goods and services you require. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature.