Appendix 3- Noosa restoration assessment report- Including Expert Elicitation Minutes

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Option         Key actions            Consequence for chosen indicators                                                         Other benefits             Key uncertainties           Cost       Pre-mortem
                                                                                                                                                                                       estimate
                                      Prawns     Bream     Whiting    Mullet       Birds      Yabbies Crabs          Biodiver
                                                                                                                     sity
                education                                                                                                         product                   Actual catch rates and
                                                                                                                                 Increased habitat          current stock
                                                                                                                                  value and                  assessment
                                                                                                                                  productivity
                                                                                                                                 Reduction in habitat
                                                                                                                                  destruction
Transform       Transform gill net                                                                                              Improved efficiency       Current fish stocks and   ?           Backlash from
gill-net         industry to high                                                                                                 in commercial              impact of fishing                      commercial fishers
fishery to       value line caught                                                                                                practices                  practice                              Inability to adopt new
higher value
fishery
                 industry
                                                                                                                             Improved water
                                                                                                                                  quality
                                                                                                                                                                                                    fishing practices
                                                                                                                                                                                                   No improvement in fish
                                                                                                                                 Increased                                                         stocks
                                                                                                                                  commercial value of
                                                                                                                                  product
Stormwater  Improve the quality                                                                                                 Enhance biogenic          Magnitude of              $500K+      No tangible benefit to
management   of water runoff                                                                                                      habitat quality and        improvement possible                   water quality
             flowing into the                                                                                                     resilience due to          given there is limited
             estuary through                                                                                                      reduced external           future development
             wetlands and other          §          §          §           §          §          §          §           §         pressures
             design features such                                                                                                Increased viability of
             as flow restrictors                                                                                                  restoration success
             and pollution traps




       – Positive effect on indicator species                        * shorebirds (e.g. migratory waders, oystercatchers etc.); # raptors; ^ seabirds; § consequence not able to be assessed due to a

       – Negative effect on indicator species                            lack of specificity about the actions to be taken