The Dredging of Port Phillip Bay has provided many negative outcomes and effects, easily outweighing the positives. I do not believe that the dredging of Port Phillip Bay in the last decade was worth while as there are evidently several down falls. Toxins being dumped in the bay and contaminating the water which is then ruining marine habitats is something that ecosystems cannot rebuild and restore quickly. Even if it had to be deepened, only one ship has passed through making it pointless. Portsea front beach is now barely a beach and is surrounded with sand bags in attempt to somewhat save it. The dredging in 2009 is seen as a temporary fix to the bay and will have to be depended within the next 30 years to support the next generations of
