2022-05-16 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 2 - Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project - Project Restoration Plan

                 TNC Project Management Plan 2020

                 The TNC Project Management Plan was formally adopted by the project’s Technical Advisory Group
                 (TAG) and Noosa Shire Council in September 2020. The Plan, available on request, broadly scopes the
                 restoration project and includes:

                     a. Risk Assessment
                     b. Communications Plan
                     c. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) Plan

                 1.8 Definitions

                 Restoration zone

                 ·   An area of the estuary, with distinguishable physical and ecological characteristics in which specific
                     restoration sites are selected.

                 Restoration site

                 ·   A specific area of riverbed where restoration works are undertaken.
                 ·   A restoration site is larger than the restoration footprint to allow for the expansion of the
                     restoration footprint in the future.

                 Restoration footprint

                 ·   The area of the rock and/or rock + shell composite substrate in direct contact with the riverbed
                     within a restoration site.
                 ·   The footprint comprises a series of oyster reef patches, which are the on-site placement of modular
                     designs.
                 ·   The footprint area is the sum of the area of oyster reef patches on a given restoration site, or across
                     restoration sites.
                 ·   The footprint area of a restoration site is less than the area of the restoration site in which they
                     site.

                 Oyster reef patch

                 ·   An area rock or rock + shell placed on a restoration site as the foundation for oyster ecosystem
                     restoration, and which is readily discernible from all other oyster reef patches.
                 ·   Oyster reef patches are placed in association with each other, to maximise ecological interaction
                     (as a reef complex) and are placed on site to best match the profile and ecological character of a
                     restoration site.
                 ·   Oyster reef patches are separated to maximise water flow between and around each patch, to
                     reduce sedimentation potential, reduce erosion potential (of the patch itself – undercutting, and
                     shoreline – by refraction waves), and to not impede fish passage.
                 ·   The number of oyster reef patches on a restoration site in a series may vary reflect the site
                     characteristics.
                 ·   The number of rows of oyster reef patches may vary to reflect the site characteristics, particularly
                     bathymetry.
                 ·   If more than one row of oyster reef patches is placed on a site, the rows of oyster reef patches are
                     offset.


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