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Two further benefits are new opportunities for recreational fishing and the potential for wave attenuation where structures have grown heavy with marine life.  The structures are relatively easy to apply and offer opportunities for added services even when physical conditions or design constraints require hard solutions and\/or provide little space for Building with Nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/FloatingStructuresThreeMonths.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2074\" width=\"356\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/FloatingStructuresThreeMonths.png 348w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/FloatingStructuresThreeMonths-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9632,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"template":"","design-theme":[43,42],"landscape":[5,39,36,6,34,22],"language":[58],"class_list":["post-3475","concept","type-concept","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","design-theme-ecosystem-engineers","design-theme-green-gray-solutions","landscape-sandy-coasts","landscape-muddy-coasts","landscape-lakes","landscape-rivers-and-estuaries","landscape-cities","landscape-ports","language-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Creating hanging and floating structures - EcoShape<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/en\/concepts\/creating-hanging-and-floating-structures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Creating hanging and floating structures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Floating and hanging structures add variation to otherwise smooth underwater environments and provide artificial substrates for habitat creation. 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