2017-01-16 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                     16 JANUARY 2017


 Planning Document                 Outcomes

                                    Continuing discussion with the relevant State agencies to take over
                                      agreed management responsibilities.
                                    Council submission to State’s Green Paper on fisheries
                                      management reform in Queensland seeking a ban on commercial
                                      netting on the NNS & investigation of commercial netting in the
                                      river.
                                    River research projects delivered:
                                      - History of Aquatic Restoration and Management Options for
                                          Noosa Estuary and Lakes.
                                      - Historical ecology of the Noosa Estuary Fisheries.
                                      - Restoration of Noosa Estuary – An Assessment of Oyster
                                          Recruitment.
                                    River rehabilitation projects underway:
                                      - Bring Fish Life Back aims to re-establish 16 oyster reefs to
                                          restore fish habitat, increase fish abundance and aquatic
                                          biodiversity in the Noosa Estuary.
                                      - Keep it in Kin Kin aims to reduce sediment input from the Kin
                                          Kin sub-catchment to the river by identifying areas most in need
                                          of rehabilitation.
                                   The projects listed above are delivered in partnership with Noosa
                                   Biosphere Reserve Foundation, The Thomas Foundation, The Nature
                                   Conservancy, Sunshine Coast University and Noosa and District
                                   Landcare.
Table 1 Noosa River Catchment planning achievements


4.1. More about management of on-river activities
It is Council’s view and that of the Noosa River Community Jury that on-river activities managed at
a local scale, as opposed to the State-wide approach, could:
   improve compliance with regulations;
   better manage long-term unattended anchoring;
   better manage vessels left abandoned and/or derelict;
   reduce environmental impacts;
   reduce river clutter in the lower estuary;
   improve amenity; and
   reduce conflicts with other river users.
To this end, Council sought support from State Government Ministers to establish a process where
their relevant Departments would provide detailed advice to Council about potential arrangements
to manage these activities at a local level, together with a number of legislative options to progress
these matters.




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