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History <strong>of</strong> Outbreaks on theGBR• First recorded outbreak at Green Island in 1962• Subsequent surveys (conducted 1965-1972)revealed outbreaks along the entire GBR• Initial outbreaks (around Cairns) regarded asprimary outbreaks, sparking secondaryoutbreaks on reefs to the north and south• During this period (1962-1972) outbreaks werealso recorded from reefs elsewhere in the Pacific(Hawaii, Micronesia and southern Japan).