At the time, the Southern Coal Jetty was the only jetty on the southern coalfields capable of loading large ocean-going vessels. The new breakwaters of the Outer Harbour not only provided a reliably safe anchorage but also protected the jetties structures from damage. [14] That left the No.1 Jetty as the sole coal wharf at Port Kembla. No reef break here. [12] The No.3 Jetty was still in use during the 1930s—its use confined to smaller vessels including ‘sixty-milers' [13]—but by 1939 it was out of use and due to be demolished. The artificial reefs have proven to be very effective in creating productive fish habitat for a diverse range of species and the DPI Fisheries long term monitoring program has identified a range of key fish species including yellowtail kingfish, snapper, silver trevally, mulloway, yellowtail scad and blue mackerel. The No.2 Jetty had become unsafe and had fallen out of use by 1916. Port Kembla is a man-made cargo port or artificial harbour, ... for the breakwaters nearby and that the first part of the eastern breakwater could be placed on an existing natural reef extending seaward from the rocky headland. This new port was named Port Kembla, after the Mount Kembla mine from where the coal was transported by rail.

To add 170 Tonnes of structure to the reef for free; just sounds like the right way forward! Each artificial reef project is being funded through recreational fishing licence fees as part of the Recreational Fishing Initiatives Fund, with the South West project also receiving funding from the Royalties for Regions program ($1.86 million)..

The NSW Department of Primary Industries – Fisheries (DPI) will be deploying an offshore artificial reef off the Illawarra coastline (offshore from Perkins Beach, south of Wollongong) to increase fishing opportunities in the region. After Port Kembla was selected for further development as the main port for the Illawarra region,[3] the two existing coal wharves and 496.5 acres of foreshore land were acquired by the government—during 1900 and 1901—but the companies were allowed to continue to use their former wharves pending a public tender. Red Point and the Five Islands provided some protection from southerly weather. The reef site will be readily accessible from Wollongong, Port Kembla and Shellharbour. The reef site will be readily accessible from Wollongong, Port Kembla and Shellharbour. This location was previously selected for an offshore artificial reef by DPI Fisheries following detailed community consultation and constraints mapping. So it will definitely boost the marine life in these areas and create even more tourism for the local area.

Show your support by signing the petition and change the fate of this valuable public asset. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the northwest.

During the last few decades, artificial reef development has increasingly been undertaken as a way to create new habitat, increase fishery production and promote activities like fishing and diving.
Map of geographical locations for each of the proposed reef modules ..... 27 Figure 13. The first two 55,000 tonne car carriers commenced unloading on 10 May 2007.

A second jetty belonging to the Southern Coal Company was opened in 1887, which loaded coal sent by rail from the Corrimal Colliery. The Wollongong artificial reef site was previously selected following a detailed environmental assessment, which was approved by the Commonwealth Government.