Thriving Coasts CRC
The Thriving Coasts CRC will drive economic recovery, helping to develop productive and sustainable industries, and build long-term resilience in Australia’s vital coastal communities.
The Challenge
85% of Australians live within 100km of the coast where land and sea-based industries such as tourism, aquaculture, fisheries, shipping, utilities, construction and recreational services occur. Operating in coastal zones is increasingly constrained by competition to access coastal areas and by restrictions on coastal uses. Compounding these pressing challenges are the increasing impacts of sea level rise and extreme events (erosion, storms, floods, bushfires) and now the economic impacts of COVID-19.
The Opportunity
Thriving Coasts CRC will bring industry, small and medium enterprises, governments, academics and coastal communities together to help develop innovative Australian coastal industries and build prosperous, vibrant and resilient coastal communities for the future.
Thriving Coasts CRC will help:
- Reboot Australia’s world-class tourism sector devastated by the impact of Covid-19
- Reposition Australia’s aquaculture and fisheries sector and place it on a globally competitive growth trajectory
- Protect Australia’s critical coastal infrastructure and population centres with more efficient and cost-effective technologies and solutions
- Enable Australian technology, engineering and other coastal service SME’s to grow their businesses and pursue significant export opportunities
- Provide governments at all levels with better science for decision making, policy development, risk assessment, and monitoring
- Help develop effective alternatives and opportunities of carbon offset
- Secure the health, restoration and integrity of our coastal environment for future generations
Outcomes
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
- Better data for strategic planning and investment decision making
- International competitive advantage
- Industry recovery and innovation
- New tourism ventures and developments
FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
- Production and yield improvements
- Restoration & restocking solutions
- Adoption of new technologies
- Industry growth and export opportunities
- Product diversification and price premiums
PORT AND HARBOUR AUTHORITIES
- More efficient risk assessment
- Improved infrastructure planning
- Optimised dredging activity
- Robust investment decision making
COASTAL ENGINEERING AND SERVICES
- Streamlined decision making
- New and advanced technologies
- Industry supply chain growth
- New export opportunities
WATER UTILITIES
- More efficient risk assessment
- Improved infrastructure planning
- Robust investment decision making
- Carbon, waste and nutrient offsets
FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
- Greater decision making confidence
- More efficient risk assessment
- More integrated regulatory/policy frameworks
- Economic recovery and growth
- The health and integrity of our environment for future generations