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

                  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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