Summer is a busy time on the Great Barrier Reef, with everyone from international tourists to recreational fishers heading out to enjoy the Marine Park. But how is the Reef looking as we head into its peak visitation period? It turns out there is a variety of real-time monitoring tools and techniques, from cutting-edge temperature sensing satellites to wind models, which help in answering this question.

As well as laying claim to the best chilli mud-crab recipe around, Richard Quincey is General Manager of Marine Park Operations at the Reef Authority. He has been working in hands-on management roles on the Reef since joining Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service in the mid-90s. In this podcast he shares some of the challenges of monitoring Reef health and the power of collaboration with scientific partners.

More: reefauthority.gov.au/podcast