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Brains trust meets to discuss breakwaters

A view along a breakwater with footpath and viewing platform.

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.

Two plaques sit at ground level in front of a metal railing and overlooking the rusted remains of a boat with water and a distant city skyline in the background.

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