Table 1.

Values related to the Great Barrier Reef World Herriate Area (GBRWHA) selected and defined during the FGD (in brackets, abrevisations used in this paper)

Benefiting from the jobs and income linked to:

The reef-based tourism industry (tourism)

The commercial fishing sector (commercial fishing)

The mining and agricultural sectors (mining/agriculture)

Benefiting from low prices associated with cheap shipping transport (cheap shipping)

Being able to:

Eat fresh locally caught seafood (seafood)

Go fishing, spear-fishing or crabbing (fishing)

Spend time on the beach, go swimming, diving, etc. (beach/swimming)

Go boating, sailing or jet-skiing (boating)

Having:

Undeveloped and uncrowded beaches and islands (undeveloped)

Beaches and islands without visible rubbish (bottles, plastic) (no rubbish)

Healthy coral reefs (coral reefs)

Healthy reef fish (reef fish)

Iconic marine species (whales, dugongs, turtles) (iconic species)

Clear ocean water (with good underwater visibility) (clear ocean)

Healthy mangroves and wetlands that clean polluted water from the land (mangroves)

Protecting traditional/indigenous cultural values (indigenous)

Preserving the GBRWHA either for its own sake or for future generations (future generations)

“Bragging rights”—being able to say “I live near the Great Barrier Reef” (bragging)