========================= Bleaching Report =========================== ************************************************************************ ******** Bleaching Report from Townsville, GBR, Australia ************** ************************************************************************ Report from: Ray Berkelmans Australian Institute of Marine Science Townsville, Australia Date: 14 March 2002 "Have completed aerial surveys from Townsville north so far. Not much bleaching north of Princess Charlotte Bay, but high to very high levels of bleaching off Cairns. Around Townsville area, very patchy." ======================================================================== Alan E. Strong NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Project NOAA/NESDIS 15 March 2002