Annex 12 - Code 12 - Declared fish habitat area

  Performance outcomes                                   Acceptable outcomes                    Response
  program appropriate for the scale of the restoration                                          supported by an ecological monitoring plan being
  works.                                                                                        developed for the project in addition to the measures
                                                                                                outlined here. Monitoring actions will be undertaken
                                                                                                and reported on by professional ecologist contractors
                                                                                                and the TNC Monitoring and Evaluation team.

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

  PO18 Marine plants to be used for revegetation         No acceptable outcome is prescribed.   Not applicable
  purposes have local provenance and are obtained
  from within a declared fish habitat area only if:                                             No mangroves, saltmarsh or seagrass will be
      1. no alternative source of marine plants is                                              impacted or used in the restoration project. Any
          feasible; or                                                                          natural increase in the extent of these habitats will be
      2. the removal of marine plants will have                                                 monitored and reported on as part of the ongoing
          minimal impact on the declared fish habitat                                           monitoring program associated with the proposed
          area.                                                                                 development.

  Note: Vegetation to be used in a restoration project
  should comply with any relevant provisions of the
  National policy for the translocation of live aquatic
  organisms. See Management and protection of
  marine plants and other tidal fish habitats (FHMOP
  001), Department of Primary Industries and
  Fisheries, 2007 for specific guidance on marine plant
  translocation.
State Development Assessment Provisions – version 2.6
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