Introduction

The case studies included here are intended to provide relevant examples of the various techniques for saltmarsh management. They represent the most recent case study examples that were available to us at the time of drafting. However, that is not to say that all of the examples are recent or illustrate recent practices. That is, some of the examples included here are relatively old, but are included (as the most recent examples available to us) in order to make the Manual as comprehensive as possible. The age of the case studies described is, however, an interesting illustration in itself of the likely current use of particular techniques. Moreover, examples are not only provided for successful saltmarsh management schemes, but are also provided of failed approaches.

Technique	Location
Grazing	Aberlady, East Lothian
	Bridgwater Bay, Somerset
Vegetation planting	Chichester Harbour, West Sussex
	Cleavel Point, Poole Harbour, Dorset
Sedimentation fences	Wellhouse, West Mersea, Essex
Intertidal recharge	Horsey Island, Hamford Water (northeast)
	Horsey Island, Hamford Water (southeast)
	North Shotley, Orwell Estuary
	Shotley and Trimley Enhancement Schemes
Other hard engineering techniques	Rock Sills, South Ferriby, Humber Estuary
	Coir rolls, Lymington River
Managed realignment	Abbotts Hall Farm, Salcott Estuary
	Orplands, Blackwater Estuary, Essex
	Tollesbury realignment site
	North Trimley Marsh, Orwell Estuary
Regulated tidal exchange systems	Goosemoor, Devon