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

Habitat mapping
TNC contracted Ecological Service Professionals (ESP) to map marine habitats within the four planned restoration
sites, as well as at two sites in Weyba Creek, which have since been withdrawn for consideration as restoration sites,
pending further analysis. The work included mapping marine habitats included seagrass beds, mangroves, remnant
oyster beds, rocky reefs and shoreline vegetation. This information was then overlayed with the bathymetric
information to guide the placement of the oyster reef patches. This extensive body of work was also critical to support
the permitting process, in which the project had to demonstrate no significant impact on marine habitats. The
habitats of the Tewantin restoration site are given below as an example (Figure 16).

TNC extends a special thanks also to Simon Walker from ESP, who worked way beyond his mandate, in a voluntary
capacity, to undertake this work and to provide extensive technical input to the multiple code and environmental
impact assessments undertaken.




Figure 16: Tewantin habitat map



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