Annex 12 - Code 12 - Declared fish habitat area

  Performance outcomes                                   Acceptable outcomes                    Response
                                                                                                Project Restoration Plan, Section 6.4. Sediment
                                                                                                management.


  (1) PO13 The design and siting of development          No acceptable outcome is prescribed.   Not applicable
      maximises light penetration under the structure
      where feasible, through measures such as:                                                 The works are not elevated off the seabed.
      1. increasing the height of the structure above
          the substrate
      2. decreasing the width of the structure
      3. using a north-south orientation
      4. using pedestrian decking surfaces that
          maximise light penetration to the substrate.
  PO14 Development is designed, sited and                No acceptable outcome is prescribed.   Complies with PO14
  constructed such that the potential for additional
  works to ensure long term operability is minimised,                                           Site selection has been carefully considered as
  having regard to (amongst other things) the need for                                          outlined in the Project Restoration Plan (Section 2) to
  future:                                                                                       maintain access, avoid marine plants and minimise
                                                                                                navigational hazard. Oyster reef patches arethe
      1. dredging to maintain access
                                                                                                foundation of oyster ecosystems, which will develop
      2. trimming of marine plants; or                                                          on the restoration substrate and require no long-term
      3. warning signs or protective structures.                                                additional works, once established. The works will
                                                                                                require monitoring and maintenance initially, and may
                                                                                                requiretop-up or reprofiling in response to settlement
                                                                                                minor subsidence, to ensure the structure remains
                                                                                                within a desirable depth range for the target species.



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