SEA GRASS FACTS

Seagrass beds are slow growing, fragile habitats that are essential for healthy fish habitat and water quality They provide shelter and food, critical to a variety of aquatic organisms, and stabilise sediment. Local seagrass beds are under threat from motor boats traversing shallow waters

Role of seagrasses:

1. They provide habitat for fish and other aquatic fauna = fish nurseries

2. They help to reduce erosion and improve water quality

3 They are a source of food for fish and other aquatic fauna (turtles, dugongs)

What can you do?

Avoid shallow waters, Observe signs & marker buoys, Don’t anchor on seagrass

Hornsby Shire Council in partnership with Transport for NSW approach to protect seagrasses:

9 x yellow buoys around seagrass bed south of Dangar

3x yellow buoys around old oyster lease around Brooklyn harbour

Re-positioned navigational (starboard) markers around Kangaroo Point, entrance to Sandbrook Inlet

ALL OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE FOLLOWING

Report to the Office and login via the BIA Contractor’s Portal prior to commencing work each day & logout at the end of the day.

A Certificate of Currency for the following must be uploaded to the BIA portal or provided to Fenwicks:

Ship Repairers Liability Insurance (minimum value $20 million)