Annex 12 - Code 12 - Declared fish habitat area

  Performance outcomes                                   Acceptable outcomes   Response
                                                                               footprint at a minimum distance of 2m. Seagrass is found
                                                                               outside of the restoration footprint and is excluded from the
                                                                               footprint at a minimum distance of 10m from the footprint.

                                                                               The proposed oyster reef patches are designed and
                                                                               certified by engineers. The oyster reef patches are spaced
                                                                               (1-4m apart) so as not to not impede fish passage, cause
                                                                               significant erosion (due to wave refraction) or impact
                                                                               negatively on natural hydrological processes of the
                                                                               waterway including laminar river flow. The oyster reef
                                                                               patches are set away from the shoreline and will not
                                                                               interfere with overland flow and runoff as a result of floods.

                                                                               Water quality will be maintained at the restoration sites
                                                                               during the construction phase in accordance with the
                                                                               sediment management protocol outlined in the Project
                                                                               Restoration Plan (Section 6.4: Sediment Management).
                                                                               The restored oyster ecosystems will enhance water quality
                                                                               by filtering estuarine water, removing algae and particulate
                                                                               matter from the water column and converting nutrients,
                                                                               such as nitrogen and phosphorus, into biogenic oyster
                                                                               growth as well as binding these into the surrounding
                                                                               sediments.
                                                                               Water quality will be monitored at the restoration sites
                                                                               using standard parameters (pH, temperature, dissolved
                                                                               oxygen, salinity, total dissolved solid) and significant
                                                                               changes reported.

                                                                               The works will maintain recreational access to shorelines
                                                                               or the waters in which the oyster ecosystems grow. All
                                                                               shorelines with recreational access have been excluded
                                                                               from the selection process. Visual amenity will be
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