Restoration Plan

 

 

 

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and enjoyment of the
lower Noosa River
estuary

 

 

 

Navigational Hazard Unlikely Moderate. Oyster reef restoration units
Restoration sites have been designed to
were deliberately minimise navigational hazards
selected to minimise | (Appendix 5). All reefs will be
navigational located away from navigational
hazards. channels on suitable substrate
to allow restoration units to be
secured. All reefs will be fitted
with appropriate educational
and warning signage in
accordance with MSQ
requirements.
Effects on human use Unlikely Low. There may be Oyster reef restoration units

some incidences of
informal boating, or
other water-based
recreational activities
at, or in the vicinity,
of restoration sites.
However, all
restoration sites
were deliberately
selected to minimise
navigational
hazards, and to
minimise any
interference with
recreational users or
with commercial
fishers.

 

have been designed to
minimise navigational hazards
(Appendix 5). All reefs will be
located away from navigational
channels on suitable substrate
to allow restoration units to be
secured, All reefs will be fitted
with appropriate educational
and warning signage in
accordance with MSQ
requirements. This project has
a community focus, and will
include community
engagement and education
initiatives to engender
ownership of restored oyster
reefs. Moreover, the reefs are
small, easy to avoid, and there
are many alternative areas
available for recreational use
and fishing.

 

 

 

14.Reporting |

Monitoring results will be reported on annually for at least three years’ post deployment of the oyster
reef restoration units. Annual monitoring reports will be submitted by Noosa Council to the
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries within 60 business days following each anniversary of the
deployment of oyster reef restoration units, for a minimum of three years.

The annual reports shall: 1) identify whether oyster reef restoration units are likely to meet
performance within the three-year trial period; 2) identify which restoration units will need to be
relocated to other restoration locations (i.e. within the footprint of the existing RAA) where rates of
oyster recruitment, benthic invertebrate accretion, and biogenic matrix formation are acceptable; and
3) recommend which restoration units are likely to unsuccessful and, therefore, might need to be

removed in year 4.

The 4" annual report shall confirm that all oyster restoration units that failed to meet the performance
objectives have been removed from the Noosa River System prior to the 4" anniversary of
deployment and identify the legal location of their disposal.

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