Amended Noosa Project Restoration Plan V12_5

SECTION 3 – RESTORATION SITES
Restoration works are planned in four restoration sites. These sites are located at Tewantin, Goat Island,
Noosa Sound East and Noosa Sound West as indicated in Figure 3.1.




Figure 3.1: Above left, Location of the Tewantin and Goat Island restoration sites in the Main Channel
Restoration Zone; Above right, Location of the Noosa Sound East and Noosa Sound West restoration
sites in the Noosa Sound Restoration Zone. Source: International Coastal Management (ICM)

Marine habitats report

In September 2020, TNC contracted Ecological Service Professionals (ESP) to undertake benthic surveys
in the Tewantin, Goat Island and Noosa Sound restoration sites and surrounds, as well as upper and
lower Weyba Creek. The report is presented in (Annex 1: Noosa River Habitat Survey Report). The
Weyba Creek sites are not part of this restoration plan and information specific to the proposed
restoration footprints has been extracted and included in the refined restoration site descriptions
below.

ESP completed their habitat surveys over four days (7–8 September and 4–5 November 2020). ESP’s
survey results advised the positioning of the oyster reef patches within the sites. The benthic maps
produced by ESP have been incorporated in the site diagrams (Annex 14: Engineering Drawings).

The ESP report specifically discusses the Tewantin restoration site, where temporary disturbance of
macroalgae is anticipated.


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