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Project summary

Extract (using a motorised trailing suction dredge) up to approximately 150,000 cubic metres of sand per annum for an initial period of 3 years and up to approximately 250,000 cubic metres per annum thereafter.

Project location

17 square kilometre area of seabed in the marine and coastal area of Bream Bay, Northland.

Project listing application

Bream Bay Sand Extraction Project application – Ministry for the Environment website