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

                 4.7 Additional communications

                 TNC has produced special fact sheets about the project’s construction methodology, site designs, shell
                 recycling and biosecurity measures and have distributed these widely. TNC is currently producing a
                 special fact sheet about the biosecurity measures in place for this project. This will also be distributed
                 widely.

                 TNC and Noosa Council are also collaborating to produce a package of construction communications
                 and TNC will manage a public complaints mechanism during and post construction for the project,
                 whereby requests for information or concerns will come to TNC directly.

                 4.8 Project-based engagement actions

                 TNC has also established a series of local partnerships to support the imbedding of this initiative in the
                 Noosa community. These initiatives include:

                 Noosa Shuck Don’t Chuck – shell recycling by 3 local Noosa restaurants, who collect and wash oyster
                 shells for use in oyster seeding, as well as community based shell-washing – where local volunteers help
                 TNC wash, bag and store over 9 tonnes of cured oyster shell ready for use in the project.

                 Noosa Junior Schools Project – local partner organisation, Noosa Community Biosphere Association,
                 works with local junior schools to deliver activities which celebrate shellfish restoration efforts and
                 conservation of the Noosa River.

                 Noosa Senior Schools Project – local partner organisation, Noosa Environmental Education Hub works
                 with local senior schools to imbed shellfish restoration activities into curriculum subjects.

                 Noosa Oyster Gardening Project – local partner organisation, Noosa Integrated Catchment Association,
                 works with local jetty owners and businesses to grow local Noosa oysters in baskets, which are then
                 released onto the project’s rocky restoration substrates

                 Noosa Estuary Sediment Study – local partner organisation, Noosa Parks Association, works with
                 partner ecological firm, Ecological Service Professionals, to map the sediment distribution in the Noosa
                 River (sediment being recognised as one of the major impediments to natural oyster ecosystem
                 formation.

                 Other actions include presentations to local community groups, working with recreational fishing
                 groups such as Ozfish to collect underwater video footage of the restoration sites, and plans with
                 Tourism Noosa to imbed marine restoration key messages into tourism information products
                 throughout the Noosa Shire.




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