Safe & sustainable boating
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Our Safe & sustainable boating projects
![Environmentally friendly moorings](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/1262135/Environmentally-friendly-moorings.png)
Environmentally friendly moorings
Establish a performance-based standard for Environmentally Friendly Moorings (EFM) and review policy and regulatory options for improving adoption and maintenance of EFM.
![Mooring strategy](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0018/1262142/Mooring-strategy.png)
Mooring strategy
Review and modernise the strategy for mooring management and administration to improve access to moorings.
![Mooring access](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0016/1262140/Mooring-access.png)
Mooring access
Optimising mooring density in mooring fields to better meet demand.
![End-of-life vessel management](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0019/1262134/End-of-Life-vessel-management.png)
End-of-life vessel management
Develop options to manage vessels that are reaching or have reached the end of their useful life to mitigate potential environmental risks and enhance access to moorings.
![Vessel environmental standards](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0004/1262146/Vessel-environmental-standards.png)
Vessel environmental standards
Continue to enforce environmental standards and regulations among domestic commercial vessels and recreational vessels.
![Review of offshore anchoring](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0011/1291349/stage2MarineEstateIcons-feb2021-97-copy.png)
Review of offshore anchoring
Review and investigate the effects of large commercial shipping vessel anchoring within the Greater Sydney region.
![Vessel monitoring](https://www.marine.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0005/1262147/Vessel-monitoring.png)
Vessel monitoring
Analysing data in shipping movements and interactions with threatened and protected species to identify knowledge gaps.
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Boating Now
Working with partners in the Boating Now grants program to improve environmentally sustainable access to the marine estate and manage conflicting uses.
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Maritime infrastructure
Working collaboratively with key stakeholders to invest in maritime infrastructure as part of the Maritime Infrastructure Plan 2019–2024.