New artificial reefs off Napier coast aim to enhance marine life and improve fishing
Two brand new artificial reefs have been built off the coast of Napier to enhance marine life and provide more space for fishing.
The reefs are a partnership between Napier Port and LegaSea Hawke s Bay, a group of recreational fishers dedicated to rebuilding fish stock.
Napier Port constructed the first reef 1.4km north-east of the Pania Reef, with about 15,000 tonnes of limestone.
A second reef was created in a single day last month, with a barge depositing about 1400 tonnes of limestone at the site of a shipwreck.
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Napier Port 6 Wharf project on track for 2022 opening December 15, 2020, by Zlatan Hrvacevic
Napier Port, New Zealand, continues to make good progress with their major 6 Wharf project.
According to the latest update, despite 5-6 weeks tools down during the Alert Level 4 lockdown earlier this year, this vital piece of infrastructure is on budget and on track to be completed by late 2022.
In the recent update, the company has announced that 191 piles out of the 401 are in place now.
Also, 400,000m3 of dredged material has been removed out of a total of around 1.3 million m3, with no exceedance of water quality limits at Pania Reef. This includes 40,000m3 of fine sand delivered to Westshore beach using a trailer suction dredge.