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
                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

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             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