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Get involved in Sea Country management

Aboriginal staff are employed in DPIRD under the Marine Estate Management Strategy (MEMS) to deliver on the actions in Initiative 4.

This initiative aims to increase the broader community’s understanding of Aboriginal Sea Country values.

It also aims to increase the economic and employment opportunities for Aboriginal people and their ownership and active involvement in managing the marine estate.

Aboriginal communities are becoming more involved in marine estate natural resource management, tourism, aquaculture and fishing sectors.

Through this initiative, we will see increased opportunities for Aboriginal organisations to secure contracts and employment in the marine sector.

View all MEMS Sea Country projects here.





NSW Sea Country videos

There are over 20 videos on our NSW Sea Country playlist.

Each of these show one way DPIRD-Fisheries is working with Aboriginal community across the NSW coast to increase participation in managing our coast.

The full playlist is here.


NSW Sea Country videos

Researching dolphins in Byron Bay

Becoming a coxswain on Sea Country

Training Aboriginal youth to build boats in Yamba

Training to dive on Sea Country

Surveying life under water on Sea Country (Tweed Heads)

Working the Smart Drumlines to reduce the threat of sharks (Batemans Bay, NSW)

Surveying Sea Country at Coffs Harbour

Recycling oyster barrels on Sea Country (Bowraville)

Protecting Aboriginal cultural values in the NSW marine estate

Building boats: Building community

Science and culture meet at Mystery Bay Sea Country culture camp

Wallaga boardwalk construction Sea Country Rangers

Sea animal rescue Sea Country Custodians program

Becoming a deck hand on Sea Country

Regenerating on Sea Country at South West Rocks

Replanting Tilba Tilba with the Wagonga Sea Country Rangers

Tour guide training for Sea Country

Building traditional canoes on Sea Country (Ulladulla, NSW)

Working with shore birds on Sea Country

Mystery Bay school cultural camp

A general boat licence for working on Sea Country

Arakwal Cultural Camp Byron Bay

Bringing back the Buckenbowra fish traps