2021-09-13 GC Agenda - Item 11 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Oyster Project Annual Report 2

Bruce McConkey - Noosa Integrated Catchment Association
Nick Hluszko - President of the Noosa North Shore Association Inc.
Chris Massoud - Commercial fishing family
Ben Broadfoot - Ozfish - Noosa Chapter
Peter Hunnam - Tewantin Bushcare
Michael Gloster - Noosa Parks Association
Bryan Walsh - Noosa Parks Association
Bruce Davidson - Recreational fisher’s interest
Jady Smith - Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation
Craig Doolan - Noosa Shire Council
Callum Dittes - The Nature Conservancy
Helen Bowyer - The Nature Conservancy
Craig Bohm - The Nature Conservancy
Simon Branigan - The Nature Conservancy
Tom Wegener - Noosa Shire Council (workshop walk in)
Also invited:
Brian Warner - Kabi Kabi Nation
Juanita Bloomfield - Tourism Noosa

The workshop participants discussed these topics enthusiastically, identifying project areas that best fit their interests
and expertise, and which could be explored in further detail. Table 3 summarises the state of play with these
partnerships.

Table 3: Community Partnerships Update

 Project area          Objective                     Partnership                          Status
 Shuck Don’t           Engage local businesses       3 restaurants participating in       Restaurants enthusiastically
 Chuck                 in the project                supplying local oyster shell to      collecting, washing and
                                                     the project as Shuck Don’t           storing shells.
                                                     Chuck partners:
                                                          -   Noosa Yacht and             Contractor engaged to
                                                              Rowing Club                 collect shell from
                                                          -   Noosa Harbour Fish          restaurants on a fortnightly
                                                              Market                      basis.
                                                          -   Grenny’s Noosa by the
                                                              River
                       Collect oyster shells to      Resource Recovery Australia          15 tonnes of oyster shell are
                       add to oyster beds and        (RRA), Cleanaway and                 now curing at the Doonan
                       for use in oyster             Mooloolaba Fish Market               Solid Waste Facility
                       gardening                          -                               following strict biosecurity
                                                                                          protocols
 Water quality         Improve resolution of         NICA to provide water quality        Partnership established
 monitoring            water quality data sets at    information at the oyster            Baseline monitoring has
                       the oyster restoration        restoration sites                    commenced
                       sites
 Oyster gardening      Engage local households,      NICA to implement oyster             Partnership established
                       businesses and/or groups      gardening, beginning with a
                       in the project                pilot phase, then review and         Grant agreement in place
                                                     consideration of upscaling, if       and work has commenced
                                                     practical



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