Annex 12 - Code 12 - Declared fish habitat area

  Performance outcomes                                   Acceptable outcomes                     Response
                                                                                                 https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-
                                                                                                 priorities/oceans/ocean-stories/restoring-shellfish-
                                                                                                 reefs/oyster-harbour/

                                                                                                 Swan River in Western Australia (pilot complete)

                                                                                                 https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-
                                                                                                 priorities/oceans/ocean-stories/restoring-shellfish-
                                                                                                 reefs/swan-canning-estuary/


                                                                                                 To help kick start the recolonisation process, the
                                                                                                 project will seed the reefs with oyster spat set on
                                                                                                 cured oyster shell (as per Project Restoration Plan,
                                                                                                 Section 5: Restoration substrate).

                                                                                                 Should the project encounter low recruitment, then
                                                                                                 oyster seeding will continue until natural recruitment
                                                                                                 at self-propagating levels is recorded.

                                                                                                 If the project encounters challenges with vessel
                                                                                                 strikes, significant erosion or public complaints, then
                                                                                                 the oyster reef patches will be modified and
                                                                                                 remediation action taken as per the Project
                                                                                                 Restoration Plan, Section 8.6 Contingency plan.

  PO7 Development does not increase the risk of           No acceptable outcome is prescribed.   Complies with PO7
  mortality, disease or injury, or compromise the
  health, productivity, marketability or suitability for
State Development Assessment Provisions – version 2.6
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