Annex 12 - Code 12 - Declared fish habitat area

  Performance outcomes                                     Acceptable outcomes                                   Response
                its condition before the performance             Roads or Gold Coast Waterways Authority;        restoration at the scale proposed here, while still
                of the works or activity; or                     or                                              fitting within the existing mosaic of habitat types in
             e. constructing a temporary structure            4. is for a cyclone buoy mooring and:              the estuary.
      2. for management B areas only:
                                                              a. is identified under the relevant port cyclone
                                                                                                                 The project seeks to put back habitat in areas where
              a. constructing a permanent structure              contingency plan by the controlling authority   oyster ecosystems are likely to have occurred within
                 on tidal land or within the                     (for example, a port authority)                 the lower estuary, which are inside and outside the
                 management area; or                          b. is located in accordance with any cyclone       fish habitat management type A area, as evidenced
              b. depositing material for beach                   mooring plan prepared by the controlling        by prior work and habitat assessments.
                 replenishment in the management                 authority
                 area.                                        c. is only used during a cyclone event or other    We are also supplementing habitat in some areas
                                                                                                                 that have been heavily modified to improve the
                                                                 genuine emergency situation.                    mosaic of structured habitats available for fish i.e. in
                                                                                                                 the Noosa Sound Restoration Zone, which is outside
                                                           For any other development, no acceptable outcome      of the declared fish habitat area but has been heavily
                                                           is prescribed.                                        modified due to coastal urban development.

  PO3 Only those aspects of a development that have        No acceptable outcome is prescribed.                  Complies with PO2
  a physical or functional requirement to be located
  within the declared fish habitat area occur within the                                                         This project seeks to extend previous trial oyster
  area. Ancillary elements (for example, car and trailer                                                         restoration efforts inside and outside declared fish
  parks, rest rooms, offices) occur outside the declared                                                         habitat A areas, to restore natural processes and fish
  fish habitat area.                                                                                             habitat. The total area to be restored in Phase I is
                                                                                                                 6,684m2, which is only 2 to 9% of the possible
                                                                                                                 growth envelope of 41,530m2 to 207,650 m2 as
                                                                                                                 calculated by Ecological Service Professionals in
                                                                                                                 2016 (see Section 1.3 Historic Occurrence, Project
                                                                                                                 Restoration Plan). The potential growth envelope
                                                                                                                 encompasses areas both inside and outside fish
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