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the general community about the oyster restoration work, are super excited by oyster gardening and
the potential opportunities it affords for local awareness raising and education.

Oyster gardeners will be trained and supplied with appropriate equipment and advice and will be
registered with the program. The methodology that will be applied is summarised in Table 5.1 below.

Table 5.1 Oyster gardening methodology

 Gardening Steps                    Description
 1. Community register of           Interested community members register with the project.
 interest                           Maximum subscription is 40 oyster gardeners.
                                    Extra gardeners will join a waiting list.
 2. Potential oyster gardeners      Every potential oyster gardener will be interviewed for physical
 assessed for suitability by site   ability, suitability of jetty, access, and reason for being involved
 visit and interview                prior to be invited to participate.
 3. Selected oyster gardeners       Registration includes:
 are formally registered with            · Personal and household details and location map
 the project                             · Number of baskets to be supplied
                                         · Registration number
                                         · Permit number
 4. Oyster gardeners inducted       Project team (NICA+TNC) supplies oyster gardeners with:
 to the project                          · Oyster gardening guidelines.
                                         · Rules and obligations, insurances, and permit conditions.
                                         · Opportunity to participate in a workshop about oyster
                                              gardening.
 5. Oyster baskets prepared         Project team prepares oyster baskets with new mooring lines and
                                    a wash. The baskets have been provided by the Bribie Island
                                    oyster gardening project.

                                    The baskets are bio-secure, having been desiccated for 2 years,
                                    but will be cleaned again with fresh water prior to issuing to
                                    oyster gardeners.

                                    Additional baskets will be constructed using the same design, if
                                    required.

                                    Oyster baskets, when in operation will be secured at the opening
                                    with zip ties to prevent loss of seeded cultch.
 6. Oyster gardening kits           The project team provides each oyster gardener with a gardening
 prepared                           kit including:
                                    Gloves, spare rope, tags, zip ties, record sheets, oyster gardening
                                    guidelines, rules and obligations, copy of liability and insurance
                                    information, safety guidelines.
 7. Oyster gardening baskets        Project teams delivers each oyster gardener their kit and baskets
 and kits distributed to oyster     just prior to, or as they receive their allocation of seeded oyster
 gardeners                          cultch.
 8. Oyster gardens are stocked      The project team delivers 5-10kg of seeded oyster cultch per
                                    basket to each oyster gardener direct from the Bribie Island
                                    Research Centre and assists the gardener with setting the oyster
                                    basket/s in place in the river.

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