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

                 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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