2015-10-13 Planning & Organisation Agenda Attachment 2 to Item 7 Noosa Estuary and Lakes Restoration Assessment Report

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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
             terrestrial dunes,
             beach and near-
             shore areas
Wake        Manage boat speed                                                                                                    Increased aesthetic      Implementation ability     ?           Lost investment due to
management   and wake                                                                                                              value                    How to achieve                          failure
“between    Improve                                                                                                              Improved safety for       outcomes                               Loss of shoreline access
the lakes”   commercial boat                                                                                                       all users                Policing                                and appreciation of the
             design                                                                                                               Shoreline                                                         estuary

                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                   stabilisation through
                                                                                                                                   wake management
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Increased pressure
                                                                                                                                                                                                     elsewhere
                                                                                       *#                                         Integrity of
                                                                                                                                   ecotourism ventures
                                                                                                                                  Improved water
                                                                                                                                   filtration/quality


Estuary        Reduce the                                                                                                        Improved fishing         Needs to be part of        ?           Community backlash
zoning          recreational catch                                                                                                 practice resulting in     the package for                        No measurable
(emphasis on  Increase catch and                                                                                                  improved fish stocks      improved commercial                     improvement in fisheries
rec. fishing)   release programs                                                                                                                             fishing management
                including training /
                education                   
                                                   * 
                                                                                     #^
                                                                                                                                                            Community response
                                                                                                                                                            Increased fishing
               Provide support for                                                                                                                          pressure from
                improved fish                                                                                                                                elsewhere
                habitat
               Permitting
Cessation of  Closure of fishing                                                                                                 Improved water           Actual catch rates and                 Violence and backlash
commercial      areas particularly                                                                                                 quality                   current stock                           from fishing community
prawn           between the lakes                                                                                                 Improved benthic          assessment                             No recovery of stocks



                                             
trawling       Buyback of fishing                                                                                                 habitat quality and      Possibility for natural
                licences                                                                                                           sediment turnover         recovery
               Modified fishing                                                                                                  Increased
                practices                                                                                                          recreational fishing
               Decreased or
                                                                                       *#                                          benefits through DIY
                limited catch (size                                                                                                bait and target
                or timing)                                                                                                         species
Better         Limit catch on                                                                                                    Improved efficiency      Area too limited in size   ?           Violence and backlash
management      Noosa North Shore                                                                                                  in commercial             to have a measurable                    from fishing community
of
commercial
mullet
               Provide pathways to
                increase product
                value                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                   practices
                                                                                                                                  Improved water
                                                                                                                                   quality
                                                                                                                                                             impact on local stocks
                                                                                                                                                            Shifting fishing
                                                                                                                                                             pressure elsewhere -
                                                                                                                                                                                                    No recovery of stocks


fishery        Modify fishing
                                                                                       *   #^
                                                                                                                                  Increased                 mullet all caught
                practices -                                                                                                        commercial value of       further north


       – 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