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Introduction

This restoration strategy provides a blueprint for sitting and applying specific habitat restoration techniques in suitable waterfront locations. It can be used to guide shoreline planning and habitat restoration at various scales for shoreline reaches, different habitat types and specific sites. The strategy will be useful for locating compensatory habitat, designing restoration works and assessing proposed projects.

All proposals are based on thorough local knowledge including physical conditions, fish community characteristics, construction access, and other specific considerations. They are also designed to be compatible with existing and potential future uses of the lands and water.

The restorations are clustered and deployed to fulfil the objectives and the targets of the overall strategy. For example, coastal wetland techniques focus on reducing the biomass of common carp and the techniques for sheltered embayments are applied along the shoreline to increase the amount and diversity of aquatic vegetation communities.

The strategy also addresses the potential cumulative effects of restoration work, achieves fish management objectives for the waterfront, and provides a basis for developing quantifiable measures of habitat enhancements.