Brains trust meets to discuss breakwaters
A group of Australia’s foremost marine infrastructure experts met in Ballina this month to discuss options for making NSW’s breakwaters better for both people and wildlife.
Among the ideas to enhance breakwaters for people are pedestrian paths, fishing platforms and underwater ‘trails’.
Options for making breakwaters better for wildlife include creating seal haul-out areas, penguin rookeries and osprey perching towers.
Input from the experts attending the meeting will help produce a report for the NSW Government’s Marine Estate Management Strategy, which will guide decisions on how to improve the state’s 76 existing breakwaters.
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