2022-04-12-P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - TNC Noosa_Oyster Project _6_Monthly_Report

allocation authority, for     the Noosa River                                      -    General Fisheries
oyster reef restoration       obtained                                                  Permits
                                                                                    -   development approval
                                                                                        (DA)
(A2.3) Community,             1 set of                  30 June     Achieved   TNC has continued to meet with
industry, and stakeholder     engagement                2020                   stakeholders, to keep them
consultation sufficient to    records provided                                 updated and seek input to
gain majority support for     to Noosa Council                                 various aspects of the project.
reef restoration locations.   of public and
                              stakeholder                                      Community oriented
                              consultations,                                   publications and media
                              including one-                                   opportunities have been
                                                                               developed.
                              on-one
                              meetings, open                                   Information continues to be
                              forums, media,                                   shared via the Noosa Oyster
                              etc.                                             Chronicle, personal
                                                                               communications and through
                                                                               development and release of
                                                                               special information sheets.
(A3.1) Community,             1 consultation            31 August   Achieved   Shell Recycling facilitated at
industry, and stakeholder     completed                 2020                   Doonan Solid Waste Depot
consultation to identify                                                       utilizing 166 hours of volunteer
most appropriate              1 + volunteering                                 contribution.
community volunteering        opportunities
opportunities (e.g., shell    identified                                       NICA volunteers have
recycling, oyster gardens,                                                     contributed over 150 in-kind
oyster watch, video                                                            hours toward the project
monitoring).                                                                   additional to the above.
(A3.2) Establish at least     1 + volunteering          31          Achieved   TNC established community-
one community                 program defined           December               based oyster gardening with
volunteering program          and                       2020                   NICA, who will lead oyster
identified from the above     implemented                                      gardening activities with 20
process which considers                                                        households/businesses/groups
current and future            Record of volunteer
                              hours dedicated to
resources, management,                                                         TNC established a volunteer
                              community
and interest.                 volunteering                                     water quality monitoring project
                              programs, such as:                               with NICA.
                              shell recycling, oyster
                              gardens, oyster
                                                                               TNC established three
                              watch, video
                              monitoring.                                      community partnerships with
                                                                               local restaurants who now
                                                                               voluntarily supply the project
                                                                               with oyster shell under the Shuck
                                                                               Don’t Chuck project banner.

                                                                               The restaurant partners are:
                                                                                   • Noosa Yacht and
                                                                                        Rowing Club
                                                                                   • Noosa Harbor Fish
                                                                                        Market


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