Annex 5 - Community Engagement Workshop Report

Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project

Community Engagement Workshop Report

On Monday the 7th of December 2020, TNC facilitated a community engagement workshop with key Noosa River
stakeholders. The objective of the workshop was to discuss opportunities for piloting community-based
education, volunteering and citizen science activities in 2021 that complement the Noosa Oyster Ecosystem
Restoration Project. These activities will be led by project partners and supported, where resources allow, by TNC.

A summary of the meeting outcomes is presented below. TNC wishes to thank Noosa Shire Council for hosting
this event.

Participants
John News - Noosa Community Biosphere Association
Dalia Mikhail - Noosa Environmental Education Hub
Richard Howard - Noosa Integrated Catchment Association
Bruce McConkey - Noosa Integrated Catchment Association
Nick Hluszko - President of the Noosa North Shore Association Inc.
Chris Massoud - Commercial fishing family
Ben Broadfoot - Ozfish - Noosa Chapter
Peter Hunnam - Tewantin Bushcare
Michael Gloster - Noosa Parks Association
Bryan Walsh - Noosa Parks Association
Bruce Davidson - Recreational fisher’s interest
Jady Smith - Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation
Craig Doolan - Noosa Shire Council
Callum Dittes - The Nature Conservancy
Helen Bowyer - The Nature Conservancy
Craig Bohm - The Nature Conservancy
Simon Branigan - The Nature Conservancy
Tom Wagner - Noosa Shire Council (workshop walk in)
Also invited:
Brian Warner - Kabi Kabi Nation
Juanita Bloomfield - Tourism Noosa

The workshop participants discussed these topics enthusiastically, identifying project areas that best fit their
interests and expertise, and which could be explored in further detail. Table 3 summarises the state of play with
these partnerships.

Table 3: Community Partnerships Update

 Project area         Objective                   Partnership                        Status
 Shuck Don’t          Engage local businesses     3 restaurants participating in     Restaurants
 Chuck                in the project              supplying local oyster shell to    enthusiastically collecting,
                                                  the project as Shuck Don’t         washing and storing shells.
                                                  Chuck partners:
                                                       -   Noosa Yacht and           Contractor engaged to
                                                           Rowing Club               collect shell from
                                                       -   Noosa Habour Fish         restaurants on a fortnightly
                                                           Market                    basis.
                                                       -   Grenny’s Noosa by
                                                           the River
                      Collect oyster shells to    Partnerships with Resource         12 tonnes of oyster shell is
                      add to oyster beds and      Recovery Australia, Cleanaway      now curing at the Doonan
                      for use in oyster           and Mooloolaba Fish Market         Solid Waste Facility
                      gardening                        -