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

Project chronology
The chronology of key project activities since commencement of the Agreement is summarized in Table 1. Activities are also
reflected on in Table 2 and elaborated on under the section, ‘Project Highlights’.

Table 1: Chronology of key project activities

 Year              Core activities undertaken
 2019              -   Initial project consultations
                   -    Partnership agreement finalization
                   -    Project manager selection
 2020              -    Project manager appointment
                   -    One-on-one and group community meetings/consultations
                   -    Local partnership project scoping and identification
                   -    Habitat Suitability Model and Restoration Suitability Models developed
                   -    Project Restoration Plan finalization and endorsement by NC
                   -    Shuck Don’t Chuck shell recycling project commencement
 2021              -    Detailed technical surveys (bathymetry, habitat, engineering, ecology)
                   -    Further public consultations
                   -    Restoration site selection and confirmation
                   -    Securing of additional 1.2m under Reef Builder program
                   -    Appointment of second project staff (under Reef Builder program)
                   -    Development of permit application reports
                   -    Securing of Owners Consent from Department of Natural Resources
                   -    Establishment and support for Senior Schools, Junior Schools and Oyster Gardening partnership
                        projects
                   -    Continuation of Shuck Don’t Chuck with local restaurants
                   -    Production of seagrass condition analysis and report
 2022              -    Permit submissions
                   -    Permit negotiations and approvals with state and local government
                   -    Construction communications planning and public notifications
                   -    Baseline ecological and erosion monitoring surveys and reporting
                   -    Construction contracting, load out site establishment and reef construction
                   -    Engineering oversight and certification of reef construction
                   -    Completion of Senior Schools and Junior Schools projects
                   -    Completion of Oyster Gardening project (yr1)
                   -    Securing indigenous name for the oyster reefs
                   -    Facilitation of project ‘Shellebration’ launch in partnership with NC and Kabi Kabi elders
                   -    Production of project interpretive signage at Tewantin

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