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journal contribution
posted on 2017-02-18, 00:08 authored by Shane OrchardShane Orchard, Hamish Rennie, Bailey Peryman

Coastal News, 55, 1-2.
March, 2014.

Abstract
New Zealand was the first country in the world to adopt surf break protection within its resource management framework. Surf breaks are now specifically provided for under the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010. These developments resulted from a groundswell of interest from the grassroots surfing community, backed by an improved knowledge of surf break environments that has been developing internationally. At the community level, learning from previous examples of surf break degradation has contributed to the current level of awareness. There remains however, an urgent need to improve our understanding of issues for management, underlying causes, and potential remedies.

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