Provincial Office received complaints, asking for urgent erosion
mitigation. It chose to construct riprap on the beach (Fig. 6a).
Unfortunately, the attempt was not satisfactory since riprap rock
size was too small to resist high waves. Additionally, it failed to
involve local communities. The stone riprap prevented fishermen
who needed to tow their boats up the shoreface when they came
back from the sea. As the result, the fishermen destroyed the riprap,
making themselves gaps wide enough to be able to move their
boats up and down the beach berm (Fig. 6b). Such action destabilized
overall stability of the riprap.