2016-09-06 - Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   6 SEPTEMBER 2016




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             6 SEPTEMBER 2016

                   Vehicle Access Permit    Beach Camping Permit
      2011-12              55,071                   20,014
      2012-13              54,432                   19,247
      2013-14              65,880                   23,276
  Source: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Sunshine Fraser Coast Region.
  The commercial fisheries authorised to operate in the Noosa North Shore area consists of:
  °     an ocean beach net fishery (K8 fishery symbol) — targeting mullet; and
  °     an inshore fin fish fishery (N1 fishery symbol) — targeting various inshore fin fish species by
        net in estuaries and offshore waters (see K8 and N1 fishery area maps attached).
  Those commercial fishermen with the K8 symbol on their commercial fishing boat license are also
  allowed the use of N1 gear in the N1 fishery area.
  Given this high recreational use of the Noosa North Shore beach and the commercial fishery
  operations occurring within this space, it is not uncommon for conflicts to occur between the
  recreational and commercial fishermen and other members of the community; and also between
  groups within the commercial fishing sector itself.
  Council receives historic and on-going complaints from residents and visitors to the NNS
  specifically about the:
  °     lack of fish caught by recreational fishers and their families visiting the NNS;
  °     the quantity of fish caught by commercial fishermen; and
  °     incidental catch left dead on the Noosa North Shore beach by commercial fishermen in full
        view of visitors and recreational fishers.
  Consequently Council is often asked why these commercial fishing operations are allowed in a
  State declared recreational area which visitors pay to access; why aren’t recreational fishers given
  ‘reasonable access’ to the fishery resource; is the area being overfished; and is an adjustment to
  this fishery overdue.
  From 1992 to 2014 the netted catch recorded by commercial fishermen on the NNS (i.e. Noosa
  River to Double Island Point) was 3,176.16 tonne (see detailed graph below). This data is gleaned
  from the logbooks of the commercial operations and should be viewed as having around 70%
  confidence rate of accuracy.

                               Weight (t) of Netted Fish
                250.00 ———
                200.00 ——-- ;
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                100.00
                             |     TT       ]       TT      @ Weight (t) of Netted Fish
                 ooo LLL
                  0.00
                        NM nWNOR DotA MNR DA M
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                       DnaAaannoeoeoenrdredcsaoaooeo so
                       ~UTS see qge as 8
                       N TWO     WONT         BO DON
                          Dnanndndceoeocrlhcuc~mlCmUcUOmUlUcrthlUcrl
                       AAA ARRRARRRAR
  Source: Fisheries Queensland, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2014.

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