Annex 11 - Code 11 - Marine Plants

  Performance outcomes                                      Acceptable outcomes                    Response
                                                                                                   restoration works or the long-term presence of oyster
      1. biotic and abiotic conditions, such as water
                                                                                                   ecosystems.
         and sediment quality
      2. substances that are toxic to plants or toxic to                                           The site selection process considered biotic and
         or cumulative within fish                                                                 abiotic conditions and disturbance of sediments. The
      3. design of structures                                                                      works employ locally occurring clean
      4. impacts on reproductive success                                                           igneous/metamorphic rock as the primary restoration
      5. effect on fish energy reserves                                                            substrate. The oyster shell used for augmentation is
                                                                                                   cured as per QLD End of Waste – Shell Code, and
      6. whether fish may be physically damaged,                                                   pre-washed prior to use (See Section 5.3 - Project
         killed, trapped or stranded                                                               Restoration Plan). The oyster brood stock for shell
      7. fish passage and access to habitats                                                       seeding will be sourced from the Noosa River,
         generally; and                                                                            spawned in a hatchery and returned to the Noosa
      8. the impacts of pest fish and other relevant                                               River following biosecurity protocols and the
         pest species.                                                                             conditions of a General Fisheries Permit secured for
                                                                                                   this purpose.

  Note: A fish salvage plan may be required to                                                     Sediment controls will be in place to protect marine
  demonstrate compliance with the performance                                                      plants and are specified in Section 6.4 of the Project
  outcome and may form a condition of any                                                          Management Plan. These measures, which may
                                                                                                   include the deployment of sediment control curtains,
  approval.
                                                                                                   will be temporary, carefully monitored by the
                                                                                                   construction contractor and avoid any entrapment of
  Permits or other authorities may be required                                                     fish or other fauna.
  under the Fisheries Act 1994 for the use of
  regulated fishing apparatus and to posess                                                        The restoration substrates pose no threat to fish or
  fisheries resources.                                                                             fish passage through their rugose modular design.
                                                                                                   The module design of the substrates has been
                                                                                                   specifically designed to prevent any one module
                                                                                                   creating a barrier to trap fish behind at low tide with
                                                                                                   adequate gaps for fish to move through to fringing
                                                                                                   riparian habitats as the water rises and falls with the
                                                                                                   tide.

  PO8 Works are undertaken to encourage fish habitats and   No acceptable outcome is prescribed.   Complies with PO8
  fisheries resource values to naturally regenerate.
                                                                                                   The works encourage fish habitats and fisheries
  Note: Substitution of fish habitats is not                                                       resource values to naturally regenerate through the
  supported.                                                                                       careful design and placement of the restoration
                                                                                                   substrates.

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