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Habitat management

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Aquatic habitats

  • About aquatic habitats
  • Status of aquatic habitats
  • Estuarine habitats
  • Freshwater habitats
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  • Marine habitats
  • Artificial habitats

Threats to fish habitats

  • Fish kills in NSW
  • Fish kills in NSW 2021-2022
  • Acid sulfate soils
  • Climate change
  • Cold water pollution
  • Degradation of riparian vegetation
  • NSW Native Fish Drought Response 2019/2020
  • Impacts of urban and rural development
  • Pests and diseases
  • Removal of large woody debris
  • Water flow
  • Block and chain moorings in sensitive habitats

Protecting habitats

  • Activities requiring a permit
  • Council and Developer Toolkit
  • Marine protected areas

Rehabilitating habitats

  • Habitat Action Grants
  • Flagship Fish Habitat Rehabilitation Grants
  • Improving fish habitats
  • Living and working on a riverbank
  • Fishers for Fish Habitat
  • Fish friendly programs
  • River flows for our fish
  • Eastern King Prawn Habitat: Growing a fishery, naturally
  • Fish and flows

How you can help

  • Get a permit
  • Work with your community

Your catchment

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  • Condition of fish communities in NSW

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