The textured tiles would help rebuild habitats and attract animals like water voles and kingfishers.
An environmental charity has submitted plans to install bio-receptive tiles in an estuary to rebuild habitats for coastal wildlife.
Groundwork North East & Cumbria want to build 95 bio-receptive tiles and six artificial rock pools on the disused slipway at Whitehall Landing, in Whitby, near the A171. It is hoped the plans would help to attract new species and improve diversity of species such as water voles, kingfishers and freshwater pearl mussels.The estuary was chosen after being identified as a "heavily modified water body" due to the artificial changes made to it, which has led to reduced habitat diversity.
If approved by North Yorkshire Council, the tiles would be bolted onto the existing concrete surface of the slipway, around 200m to the north of the A171 road bridge at Whitby.The tiles help to create a more complex texture than the existing concrete, which is expected to encourage colonisation by seaweeds and green algae, followed by other species.
Currently, three types of seaweed are present towards the lower end of the slipway while towards the top end of the ramp, no vegetation was recorded.Once pushed to the brink of extinction by overfishing, bluefin tuna has experienced a spectacular rebound in recent years. But can it survive the onslaught of climate change?Muck spreading row reaches High Court
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