Raine Island National Park (Scientific)

Highest protection for world’s largest green turtle rookery at Cape York

The world’s largest green turtle rookery, at Raine Island near Cape York Peninsula, will now be safeguarded as part of a National Park (Scientific), following an historic agreement between Queensland Government and traditional owners.

This new status will offer Raine Island and its adjacent cays the highest level of protection possible under Queensland’s Nature Conservation laws.

Also, as a National Park (Scientific), the EPA will be able to continue its successful monitoring and conservation of Raine Island’s green turtle breeding population where tens of thousands of green turtles come ashore each year to nest.