Enclosure 6 - ESP Letter

                                                                         Ecological Service Professionals
                                                                                                    Sustainable Science Solutions


Site      Recommendation                                        Reason
                                                                habitat site)
                                                                Seagrass observed in close proximity to proposed
                                                                development footprint

Site 7    Keep as per plan – bare sandy mud bottom              Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
                                                                harvesting area
          Pre-construction seagrass survey required
                                                                Seagrass observed in close proximity to proposed
          Monitor sediment accumulation                         development footprint

Site 8    Keep as per plan – sandy bottom                       Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
                                                                harvesting area
                                                                Oyster shell habitat likely dredged from this area

Site 9    Keep as per plan – sandy bottom                       Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
                                                                harvesting area
                                                                Oyster shell habitat likely dredged from this area

Site 10   Keep as per plan – sandy bottom                       Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
                                                                harvesting area
                                                                Oyster shell habitat likely dredged from this area

Site 11   Keep as per plan – sandy bottom                       Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
                                                                harvesting area
                                                                Oyster shell habitat may have been dredged from this
                                                                area

Site 12   Keep as per plan – sandy bottom                       Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
                                                                harvesting area
          Pre-construction seagrass survey required
                                                                Oyster shell habitat may have been dredged from this
                                                                area
                                                                Seagrass observed in close proximity to proposed
                                                                development footprint

Site 13   Keep as per plan – sandy bottom                       Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
                                                                harvesting area
          Pre-construction seagrass survey required
                                                                Oyster shell currently buried at site (historical oyster
                                                                habitat site)
                                                                Seagrass observed in close proximity to proposed
                                                                development footprint

Site 14   Keep as per plan – sandy bottom                       Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
                                                                harvesting area
          Pre-construction seagrass survey required
                                                                Oyster shell currently buried at site (historical oyster
          Monitor sediment accumulation                         habitat site)
                                                                Seagrass observed in close proximity to proposed
                                                                development footprint

Site 15   Remove or relocate to a new site upstream away from   Optimal zone for oyster growth, within historical oyster
          seagrass                                              harvesting area. However, reef placement is over
                                                                recovered Halophila seagrass bed.

Site 16   Keep as per plan – fine sand/silt bottom              Fine sediment easily re-suspended by wave action.
          Pre-construction seagrass survey required             Hard rock rubble below sediment surface
          Monitor sediment accumulation                         Seagrass observed in close proximity to proposed
                                                                development footprint



We would recommend applying a development condition specifying that restoration units are
only placed on bare sand or mud substrate and not over existing mangrove propagules or

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