2020-09-14 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Noosa River Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project Annual Report No. 1

                             established
                             oyster reef,
                             constructed in
                             the Noosa River
                             estuary.
(A4.3) Monitoring and        1 related reef    As         On track   The Monitoring, Evaluation and
evaluation study for both    monitoring        required              Reporting (MER) Plan is in place
pilot and full restoration   program                                 and is being refined, as more
sites. Monitoring to         established                             specific methodologies are being
include oyster metrics,                                              refined, and in line with
invertebrates and fish use                                           recommendations made by the
(detailed in MER plan).                                              independent review of the plan.

                                                                     See:
                                                                     200802 TNC&NSC Noosa Project
                                                                     Management Plan Final –
                                                                     endorsed by Noosa Council

                                                                     The MER plan is currently being
                                                                     operationalised and baselines
                             2 six monthly                On track   established prior to the first
                             status reports                          deployment of restoration
                             submitted                               substrate into the estuary,
                                                                     forecast for 2021.

                                                                     The first six monthly report was
                             2 annual                     On track   completed in May 2020.
                             monitoring and
                             evaluation                              200527 TNC&NSC Noosa Oyster
                             report cards                            Project 6 Monthly Report 1
                             produced and
                             published                               The first of these will be released
                                                                     annually after the deployment of
                                                                     substrate at the first two trial
                                                                     restoration sites in 2021.
(A5.1) Run workshop with     1 workshop        31 March   Achieved   2019 workshop held between
Noosa Council to identify    facilitated       2020                  TNC and NSC and discussions
ongoing focus areas for                                              resulted in the development of
TNC support.                                                         the Alliance and Funding
                                                                     Agreement.

                                                                     TNC and NSC communicate
                                                                     weekly on areas of mutual
                                                                     interest and support.
*(A5.2) Provide              5 + peer review   30 June    On Track   When requested
technical/peer review on     reports           2022
minimum five                 submitted to
plans/reports/studies if     Noosa Council
requested by Noosa           during the
Council.                     three-year term




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