2022-10-24 General Committee Meeting- Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project - Final Report (1)

                                                                              (see Project Highlights in this report)

                                                                              TNC established three community
                                                                              partnerships with local restaurants who
                                                                              now voluntarily supply the project with
                                                                              oyster shell under the Shuck Don’t
                                                                              Chuck project banner.

                                                                              The restaurant partners are:
                                                                                  • Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club
                                                                                  • Noosa Habour Fish Market
                                                                                  • Grenny’s Noosa by the River

                                                                              TNC established a senior schools and
                                                                              indigenous engagement project with
                                                                              Noosa Environmental Education Hub
                                                                              (EEHub).

                                                                              TNC established a junior schools and
                                                                              indigenous project with Noosa
                                                                              Biosphere Community Association
                                                                              (NBCA).

                                                                              See Annex 5 (pgs. 23-24)

                                                                              (See Project Highlights in this report)

                                                                              TNC worked with Noosa Parks
                                                                              Association to establish the Noosa
                                                                              Sediment Accumulation Study project.

                                                                              (See Project Highlights in this report)

(A4.1) Restoration at   17. At least two sites with at least      Complete    2 sites – Tewantin and Goat Island
two sites (approx.      80m overall shoreline length of reef      and being
40m-50m shore           restored, and being actively              monitored   Combined shoreline length – 160
length per site)        monitored                                             metres
which test reef
design and                                                                    Combined reef footprint – 683m2
construction and
oyster growth and                                                             Baseline monitoring undertaken in July
survival.                                                                     2022 by consultant, Ecological Service
                                                                              Professionals. Post construction
                                                                              monitoring commences in Autumn
                                                                              2023 in line with development
                                                                              approval conditions.

                                                                              See Annex 43
(A4.2) Restoration      18. In addition to the two pilot sites,   Complete    Additional 2 restoration sites – Noosa
across multiple         a number of sites comprising a            and being   Sound East and Noosa Sound West
further sites, as       minimum of a further aggregated           monitored
determined by           600m2 surface area of restored                        Combined reef footprint – 1585m2
habitat suitability     oyster reef in the Noosa River
modelling and           estuary                                               Combined shoreline length – 337
outcomes of                                                                   metres
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