Healthy coastal habitats
Our Healthy coastal habitats projects
Aquatic biodiversity offsets
Develop and implement policy to protect high-value fish habitats through use of biodiversity offsets.
Commercial dredging best practice
Implement the outcomes of the audit commercial dredging in estuaries that identified and recommended actions to improve licencing conditions and related environmental outcomes.
Fish friendly breakwater maintenance
Developing guidelines and plans to include features in new and existing estuary breakwaters that will improve biodiversity, fishing and other social values.
ICOLL management
Developing an approval framework to support entrance management for intermittently closed and open lakes and lagoons (ICOLL).
Coastal design guidelines review
Improving the design of coastal cities and towns by promoting environmentally friendly planning and infrastructure.
Domestic waterfront structure strategies
Developing estuary-wide strategies for jetties, pontoons and boat ramps to streamline approvals while protecting aquatic habitat.
Marine vegetation management strategies
Developing estuary-wide strategies for rehabilitating and protecting mangroves and saltmarsh so they are resilient to key threats.
Estuary bank management strategies
Developing environmentally friendly methods of bank stabilisation to manage foreshores and guide future investment.
Coastal floodplain drainage project
Providing a framework for managing coastal floodplain drainage to improve water quality, simplify approvals and support viable primary industries.
Reconnecting fish habitats
Restoring fish passage at priority weir and road crossings so that fish can move, breed and thrive.
Threats to estuarine vegetation
Understanding the effects of human activities on seagrass, mangrove and saltmarsh.
Subtidal reef monitoring
Surveying the marine life of rocky reefs of the Greater Sydney area.
Reviewing jetty designs
Reviewing jetty design to better protect seagrass.
Threats to estuarine fish assemblages
Assessing the impacts of marine infrastructure, stormwater drains and habitat condition on estuarine fish.
Breakwater governance and management
Improving the management of breakwaters in estuaries by identifying responsible authorities for legacy breakwaters.
