Healthy coastal habitats
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Our Healthy coastal habitats projects
![Commercial dredging best practice](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0004/1262074/Commercial-dredging-audit.png)
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](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0004/1262497/Fish-friendly-breakwalls.png)
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](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/1262077/ICOLL-management.png)
ICOLL management
Developing an approval framework to support entrance management for intermittently closed and open lakes and lagoons (ICOLL).
![Coastal design guidelines review](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/1262072/Coastal-design-guidelines-review.png)
Coastal design guidelines review
Improving the design of coastal cities and towns by promoting environmentally friendly planning and infrastructure.
![Domestic waterfront structure strategies](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/1262081/Private-foreshore-structure-strategies.png)
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](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0019/1262080/Marine-vegetation-strategies.png)
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](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0005/1262075/Estuary-foreshore-management-strategies.png)
Estuary bank management strategies
Developing environmentally friendly methods of bank stabilisation to manage foreshores and guide future investment.
![Coastal floodplain drainage management](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0003/1262073/Coastal-floodplain-drainage-management.png)
Coastal floodplain drainage management
Providing a framework for managing coastal floodplain drainage to improve water quality, simplify approvals and support viable primary industries.
![Reconnecting fish habitats](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0003/1262082/Reconnecting-fish-habitats.png)
Reconnecting fish habitats
Restoring fish passage at priority weir and road crossings so that fish can move, breed and thrive.
![Threats to estuarine vegetation](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0006/1262076/Human-threats-to-seagrass,-mangrove-and-saltmarsh.png)
Threats to estuarine vegetation
Understanding the effects of human activities on seagrass, mangrove and saltmarsh.
![Subtidal reef monitoring](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0006/1291344/stage2MarineEstateIcons-feb2021-37-copy.png)
Subtidal reef monitoring
Surveying the marine life of rocky reefs of the Greater Sydney area.
![Reviewing jetty designs](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/1291345/stage2MarineEstateIcons-feb2021-38-copy.png)
Reviewing jetty designs
Reviewing jetty design to better protect seagrass.
![Threats to estuarine fish assemblages](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0010/1291348/stage2MarineEstateIcons-feb2021-39-copy.png)
Threats to estuarine fish assemblages
Assessing the impacts of marine infrastructure, stormwater drains and habitat condition on estuarine fish.
![Breakwater governance and management](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/1262081/Private-foreshore-structure-strategies.png)
Breakwater governance and management
Improving the management of breakwaters in estuaries by identifying responsible authorities for legacy breakwaters.