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invertebrates recruit   Recruitment >             once every year for    oyster recruitment, as
to the restoration      mortality (count/m2)      the following years.   per specifications. See
substrates10            per restoration site                             Annex 7: Engineering
                                                                         Specifications –
                        Within 6-8years:                                 Rectifications Table

                        Density of rock oysters                          Seeded oyster cultch
                        at restoration site                              and live oysters added
                        average of > 200                                 to rock substrate to
                        individuals/m2                                   augment recruitment
                                                                         as per specifications.
                        4+ age classes of rock                           Substrate height
                        oysters present at                               adjusted to optimise
                        restoration site (=                              oyster recruitment, as
                        approx. 2 cohorts of                             per specifications. See
                        oysters reproductive)                            Annex 7: Engineering
                                                                         Specifications
                        > 5% of rock oyster
                        population at the site
                        is 3+ years old

                        Increased density of
                        oyster recruits with 3-
                        4 reproductive cycles

                       5 times more epifauna
                       on oyster habitat than
                       on surrounding
                       sediment
3. Community use and enjoyment of oyster restoration sites
Oyster beds do not     Visually monitor         Ongoing - report         Maintain complaints
significantly impact   community use of the significant complaints       mechanism as per
community safety,      restoration sites        or incidents to          Section 8.5 Complaints
access and/or use of                            authorities              management
the Noosa River        If a site needs closer
estuary including Fish monitoring, as           Annually - report        Modify oyster reef
Habitat Areas.         directed by a public     feedback received and    patch/es or signage,
                       authority, then the      responses in project     aids to navigation as
                       project will establish a report                   per Section 8.6
                       specific action for that                          Contingency plan
                       purpose.
                                                                         Report feedback and
                        Maintain records of                              adaptive management
                        partner or community                             responses in the
                        feedback and reported                            project annual report.
                        evidence of substrate
                        or signage vandalism
                        or vessel strike.

                        Records will include:
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