2015-11-10 - P&O Agenda - Item 7, Attach 1 - Historical Ecology of the Noosa Estuary Fisheries

environmental changes that have occurred within the river system in recent
decades. To achieve this, archival materials were collated and local residents
interviewed about historical fisheries in the Noosa Estuary and Lakes system.
Data collation focused upon commercial and recreational fin fisheries, prawns
and oysters.

Previous studies

This report is certainly not the first to focus upon the history of the Noosa region,
or to mention its fisheries, although it may be the first to exclusively focus upon
these within a historical context. A number of references sourced from local
history collections, academic and government libraries have guided the context
for this study and are referenced throughout. For additional information on the
history of the Noosa River, the following references are suggested:


      Brown E (1996) Nineteenth Century Cooloola. MA Thesis, The University
       of Queensland.
      Monks C (2000) Noosa: the way it was, the way it is now. Noosa Library.
      Adams RJL (2004) Noosa Horizons: a history. Ultreya Publications.
      Adams RJL (2000) Noosa and Gubbi Gubbi. Ultreya Publications.
      Cato N (1979) The Noosa story. John Wiley and Sons.
      Wallace WAJ (1945) The mud crab collection. Noosa Library.




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