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

                                        COMMUNITY & STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN - OVERVIEW

Continue to engage with the Queensland Government on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries
Strategy 2017-2027 and make a submission on some identified regulatory changes based on feedback from
key local stakeholders contained in this paper. Some of the proposed regulatory changes included in the
Council submission be included in the broader community consultation as part of the final River Plan. Council
writes to the Queensland Government to inform them of the outcomes of this Report and to seek their support
to work together on the permitted activities in the Noosa River, estuary and beaches to achieve the reforms
Council has identified. Once Council gains agreement from the Queensland Government to partner with
Council on a pathway to implementation of some fisheries management reforms, the community consultation
process occurs in stages.

                                                         COMMUNITY CONSULTATION – STAGE ONE
Notify the community of Council’s preferred options on the proposed permitted activities in the Noosa River
and waterways and seek community and stakeholder support as part of the Noosa Council River Plan. Once
feedback is received from the community and the level of community support has been identified, informs the
community of the outcome via the Noosa Council Website and amends the Draft River Plan to include the
proposed reforms.

                                                         COMMUNITY CONSULTATION – STAGE TWO
Council engages directly with stakeholders that are assessed as HIGH IMPACT HIGH INTEREST and HIGH
IMPACT LOW INTEREST and LOW IMPACT HIGH INTEREST23 to inform them that Council intends to
implement the reforms agreed in the community consultation, in partnership with the State Government.

                                     ESTABLISH THE NOOSA FISHING FUTURES WORKING GROUP
Noosa Council establishes a Working Group of key stakeholders to work through the proposed reforms and
work with the Queensland Government to implement the reforms ensuring all legislative and regulatory
amendments are secured. The Noosa Fishing Futures Working Group will facilitate implementation of Noosa
Council’s short term options. The plan also allows for community announcements as the preferred options
issues are considered and completed.
                                                                                            THE PLAN
The Noosa Council community stakeholder and engagement plan will conduct a range of community
engagement activities to understand community views regarding the future permitted activities in the Noosa
River, lakes and beaches. The final Noosa Council Fishing Futures Report will note Council’s preferred options
for the future management of Noosa waterways to ensure these unique community assets is protected for
future generations. More detail to be provided once Council decides on the options it is going to pursue.

                                                                                   ENGAGEMENT PURPOSE
Noosa Council has received the Noosa Fishing Futures Report that provided insights previously not well
understood by Council into the current commercial fishing activities conducted in our waterways and beaches
to inform the River Plan. The Report provides some context to Noosa Council’s proposed preferred options
that is the basis for this engagement process, to seek community support to have a greater level of input into
the permitted activities allowed in the Noosa waterways. This includes the commercial fishing activities
currently allowed in the Noosa region. The affected stakeholders are Noosa residents and those assessed in
the stakeholder analysis as high impact high interest, low impact high interest and high interest low impact.




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     Refer Stakeholder Spreadsheet
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