2019-07-18 OM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Fishing Futures

                                                                                   CONTENTS


Executive Summary                                                                 Page 3

Introduction                                                                      Page 4

An overview of commercial fishing activity in the Noosa waterways,                Page 6
Queensland Fisheries data on these fisheries, the regulatory arrangements
and current issues relevant to those commercial fisheries

              K8 OCEAN BEACH NET FISHERY
              N1 RIVER AND LAKES NET FISHERY
              T5 BEAM TRAWL FISHERY

Options for the Noosa Council and the Queensland Government to work               Page 21
more closely on future fisheries management arrangements including the
status quo, short-term, medium-term and longer-term

SHORT-TERM OPTIONS

              NOOSA COUNCIL PREPARE a SUBMISSION to QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT DISCUSSION
               PAPER to be RELEASED IN JUNE
              A REALLOCATION of the T5 BEAM TRAWL FISHERY

MEDIUM-TERM OPTIONS

              BEGIN a PROCESS to REMOVE NETS FROM PARTS of the NOOSA RIVER and LAKES
              WORK WITH the QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT on a NOOSA REGIONAL MANAGEMENT
               TRIAL

LONGER-TERM OPTIONS

              ESTABLISH a NET FREE ZONE in PARTS of the NOOSA RIVER, ESTUARIES and LAKES
              ESTABLISH a NOOSA MARINE PARK

Community and stakeholder engagement plan                                         Page 38

       COMMUNITY and STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN

PRECIS of OTHER SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES                      Page 41




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