Enhancing community benefits

Marine Estate Education Strategy

Implementing the NSW Marine Estate Education Strategy and curriculum-based school's package.

Maritime heritage review

Assessing threats to marine historic heritage and recommending strategies to manage those threats.

Community wellbeing framework

Collecting social, cultural and economic data to provide a foundation for long-term monitoring of community wellbeing associated with the marine estate.

Economic benefits monitoring and research

We are developing a comprehensive and robust valuation framework across the NSW marine estate.

Blue economy

This project sets the framework and direction to grow inclusive, resilient and sustainable marine industries in NSW. It focuses on current and emerging activities with the greatest potential to support a thriving blue economy across the state.

NSW Marine Estate Community Wellbeing Surveys

The community wellbeing surveys capture insights about the NSW marine estate from coastal residents, visitors, youth and Aboriginal people of coastal NSW, helping track benefits, threats and trends over time.

Connections to Sea Country - Aboriginal People of Coastal NSW survey

The Connections to Sea Country – Aboriginal Peoples of Coastal NSW Survey (Wave 1) is the first survey of its kind, aimed at improving our understanding of Aboriginal peoples' cultural connections to Sea Country and the impacts on these connections.

Teacher resources for primary schools

Find resources and activities for schools on this page.

Social and cultural benefits monitoring and research

This project page includes the Community Wellbeing Framework report, NSW marine estate community wellbeing surveys and Connections to sea country – Aboriginal people of Coastal NSW surveys.

Marine estate economic valuation

Building on work to date continue to develop a consistent and comprehensive economic valuation model that takes account of market and non-market value to monitor the economic health of the marine estate.