2019-07-18 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                               18 JULY 2019


The opportunities identified within the Noosa Fishing Futures paper have informed Council’s
submission to the next stage of the State’s reform process, which is the release of the State’s
Discussion Paper: Proposed amendments to the Fisheries Regulation 2008. Importantly, this is the
final round of public consultation on proposed changes to implement the fisheries reforms in
Queensland legislation.




Queensland Government fisheries reform process to date
The release of the State’s Discussion Paper: Proposed amendments to the Fisheries Regulation
2008, provides a framework for a response to dealing with some of these pressures influencing the
Noosa river system. Submissions on the States Discussion Paper are due on 19 July 2019, The
consultation period on this paper has been from 20 June 2019 – 19 July 2019.
Council’s submission to the Discussion Paper (Attachment 3) provides detailed responses through:
     active support of proposals in the discussion paper that will benefit the Noosa area
     proposing changes to proposals that could be improved, or do not quite meet the needs of
      Noosa’s particular circumstance
     suggesting several other opportunities, based on the Noosa Fishing Futures research paper,
      that were not included in the Discussion Paper.
There are several further opportunities in the Noosa Fishing Futures paper that are outside of the
scope of the current State Discussion Paper. These will be included in the draft Noosa River Plan,
and Council will seek community feedback through this process, prior to finalising the Noosa River
Plan.
Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 20 December 2018, Item 3, Page 16
That Council note the report by the Environmental Services Manager to the Planning & Environment
Committee Meeting dated 11 December 2018, and:
A.    Agree to the preparation of a Noosa Fishing Futures research-based directions paper, with the
      primary objective of long term sustainable fisheries management of the Noosa River, estuaries
      and beaches;
B.    Refer the funding of the Noosa Fishing Futures research-based directions paper to Budget
      Review 3; and
C.    Request the Chief Executive Officer to seek quotations from suitably qualified consultants in
      accordance with Council's procurement policy and appoint a consultant following the
      assessment of those quotations and further, request the Chief Executive Officer to report the
      outcome of that procurement process to a future Council meeting.
Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 15 September 2016, Item 1, Page 13
That Council note the report by the Environment Officer (Rivers and Coast) to the Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting dated 6 September 2016 and the further report to the Ordinary
Meeting dated 15 September 2016 regarding the release of the Green Paper on Fisheries
Management Reform in Queensland and agree to make a submission to the Green Paper as follows:
A.    Note that Noosa Council is not opposed to commercial or recreational fishing per se, but rather,
      wants to ensure that such activities can be carried out in a genuinely sustainable fashion for
      the benefit of future generations; and
B.    Council supports overall ecosystem based management and locality-based fisheries councils;
      and

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