2020-07-07 P&E Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - TNC Project Management Plan

    •     Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation – Community Partner
    •     Sunfish and Ozfish Unlimited – Community Partner
    •     Noosa Integrated Catchment Association (NICA) - Community Partner
    •     Noosa North Shore Association Inc. – Community Partner
    •     Local residents - Community Partner

Private sector
     • Unitywater – (potential) Project Supporter
     • Suez – (potential) Project Supporter
     • Ecological Service Professionals – Technical Advisor, (potential) Project Delivery Partner
     • Queensland Seafood Industry Association and local commercial fishers – Technical Advisors, Community
         Partner
     • Restaurants, seafood wholesalers (various) – Community Partner
     • Local businesses associated with the Noosa River (e.g. boat hire, fishing tackle shops, tourism) –
         Community Partner
     • Shellfish growers/aquaculture industry – Project Partner
     • Commercial maritime, construction and diving businesses – Project Partner

Academic
    • University of Sunshine Coast - Technical Advisor, (potential) Project Partner
    • University of Queensland - Technical Advisor, (potential) Project Partner
    • Central Queensland University - Technical Advisor, (potential) Project Partner
    • James Cook University/Tropwater - Technical Advisor, (potential) Project Partner

Roles and responsibilities

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is the Project Lead and is accountable for all deliverables, engaging and managing
subcontractors and working with community delivery partners. In collaboration with NSC and the Noosa community,
TNC will also undertake project monitoring, evaluation and reporting and lead or support community education,
volunteering and communications.

Noosa Shire Council (NSC) will provide planning, consultation and implementation functions associated with the
Project to ensure it can be effectively embedded within local government policy and management for the benefit of
Noosa residents, businesses and visitors. This includes NSC contributing to communications and public engagement,
as well as the monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Kabi Kabi are recognized as traditional owners of the Noosa region and will be engaged at key stages of the project to
provide advice on how best to incorporate Indigenous needs, knowledge and culture into the planning and long-term
management of oyster ecosystems and other project outcomes.

The purpose of this Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is to:

          •    Support detailed project planning for the Noosa Oyster Restoration Project that will see oyster
               ecosystems re-established in the Noosa River estuary by June 2022.
          •    Provide ongoing expert advice on the implementation of the Project Plan, and support in overcoming
               legislative, scientific and practical barriers that occur during the term of the project.
          •    Ensure that the Project meets all technical, statutory and policy requirements in a timely manner to the
               satisfaction of relevant decision-making authorities.


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        BRING BACK THE FISH: PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN