Cape Byron Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan 2020
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AMSA’s goals
AMSA is responsible, under the Navigation Act 2012, for maintaining a network of marine aids to navigation around Australia’s coastline assisting mariners to make safe and efficient passages.
AMSA’s present network of approximately 480 marine aids to navigation at 385 sites includes traditional lighthouses (like the Cape Byron Lighthouse), beacons, buoys, racons, differential global positioning system, and automatic identification system stations, MET-Ocean sensors including broadcasting tide gauges, current meter, directional wave rider buoys and a weather station.
Technological developments in the area of vessel traffic management have also contributed to increase the safety of navigation and helped promote marine environment protection. AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability
of lighthouses set by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA).
At the time of preparing this management plan, the major goal for the Cape Byron Lighthouse primarily encompassed continuing its utilisation as an AtoN (for as long as necessary), while up-keeping the appropriate maintenance to conserve and preserve the heritage values of the lightstation.