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2019-11-28 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa River Plan
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turtles to lay their eggs. These species are mainly the iden�y and record the turtle species, nes���� a��� and observed during Council opera�������
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less frequently, the vulnerable Green turtle (Chelonia monitor the hatchling and emergence success of nests. drainage works. iden������������ t region as a hotspot for
mydas). a number of key threats to endangered loggerheads
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popula���� e in decline. Key threats include: hatchling emergence success is op���� these threats:
evening’s arrival.
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• Marine debris. Mostly synthe��� ems such as An opportunity exists to establish a monitoring
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Queensland. The majority of this mortality occurs
with loggerhead and green turtles occurs in
shallow coastal waters adjacent t����������
In the Noosa region, volunteers from Coolum and North
Shore Coast Care monitor turtles and nes����� ats
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is undertaken in partnership with the Department of
Environment and Science as part of the Queensland
Marine Turtle Conserva���� ategy. A key outcome for
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nes at. Coast Care provides Council with the monitoring data could help direct feral animal control in this area, to
From late spring through to autumn the beaches of the to ensure the nes es along the eastern beaches ensure all known marine turtle nes es within the
Sunshine Coast become nes ats for marine Coast Care volunteers are trained and accredited to are iden s fox control program Noosa region are known and protected.
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turtles to lay their eggs. These species are mainly the iden y nd record the turtle species, nes a and observed during Council opera
endangered Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and and frequency, protect nests from fox preda beach raking, beach access maintenance and coastal The Queensland Marine Turtle Conserva ategy
less frequently, the vulnerable Green turtle (Chelonia monitor the hatchling and emergence success of nests. drainage works. iden t region as a hotspot for
mydas). a number of key threats to endangered loggerheads
The volunteers are heavily dependent on early-morning This integra forma s t@ ensure the popula ate’glConserva ategy
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evening’s arrival.
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