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

Engineering
TNC contracted coastal engineering specialists, International Coastal Management (ICM), to support development of
the designs, specifications, and site layouts of oyster reef patches at the four restoration sites (the footprints). The
work was extensive and is at the cutting edge of rock oyster restoration within constrained, and highly populated,
estuaries. ICM also assisted TNC with refining protocols for construction, sediment plume minimization, erosion
avoidance, reef patch rectifications, the use of oyster shell in oyster reef patch construction, and for the secure
placement of seeded oyster cultch within the oyster reef patches. The site engineering for the Tewantin restoration
site is given below as an example (Figure 17).




Figure 17: Tewantin site engineering




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