Draft Amendment No. 3 to the Storm Bay off Trumpeter Bay, North Bruny Island Marine Farming Development Plan July 1998 Report of the Marine Farming Planning Review Panel August 2018 i Contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 Purpose of Report .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Structure of Report ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Background ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Legislative Changes – Finfish Farming Environmental Regulation Act 2017 ............................................ 2 Role of the Marine Farming Planning Review Panel ................................................................................ 2 Context ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 2 Requirements of the Act ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Sections 21 and 22 of the Marine Farming Planning Act 1995 ............................................................. 5 Resource Management Objectives .............................................................................................................. 6 2.2.1 Promote sustainable development ...................................................................................................... 6 2.2.2 Provide for fair and orderly development ......................................................................................... 7 2.2.3 Encourage public involvement in resource management and planning and take account of the community's right to have an interest ................................................................................................... 7 2.2.4 Facilitate economic development ........................................................................................................ 8 2.2.5 Promote sharing of responsibility for resource management and planning .............................. 8 2.2.6 Integrate marine farming activities with other marine uses .......................................................... 8 Use and development of the region as an entity ..................................................................................... 8 Coordinated approach with the Marine and Safety Authority or Council ....................................... 8 3 Key Issues .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Issues relating to the proposed amendment description ...................................................................... 9 3.1.1 Infrastructure and servicing .................................................................................................................. 9 3.1.2 Stock husbandry aspects ...................................................................................................................... 11 3.1.3 Decommissioning and rehabilitation ................................................................................................. 13 Impacts on the Natural Environment ....................................................................................................... 14 3.2.1 Water Quality ........................................................................................................................................ 14 3.2.2 Substrates and fauna ............................................................................................................................. 17 3.2.3 Marine Vegetation ................................................................................................................................. 20 3.2.4 Birds .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 3.2.5 Marine mammals .................................................................................................................................... 23 3.2.6 Threatened species ............................................................................................................................... 24 3.2.7 Chemicals ................................................................................................................................................ 26 3.2.8 Disease and Biosecurity ....................................................................................................................... 26 3.2.9 Introduced marine pests ...................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.10 Climate change .................................................................................................................................... 30 ii 3.2.11 Environmental management ............................................................................................................. 30 Impacts on the Human Environment ........................................................................................................ 32 3.3.1 Visual ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 3.3.2 Navigation ............................................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.3 Reservations ........................................................................................................................................... 35 3.3.4 Noise ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 3.3.5 Commercial fishing ................................................................................................................................ 37 3.3.6 Recreational fishing ............................................................................................................................... 40 3.3.7 Recreational activities ........................................................................................................................... 41 3.3.8 Tourism.................................................................................................................................................... 41 3.3.9 Land use and development .................................................................................................................. 42 3.3.10 Socio-economic aspects .................................................................................................................... 42 Other matters ................................................................................................................................................ 43 3.4.1 Marine farming planning process ....................................................................................................... 43 3.4.2 Holistic impact assessment ................................................................................................................. 44 3.4.3 Application of the Precautionary Principle ...................................................................................... 46 3.4.4 Moratorium ............................................................................................................................................. 48 3.4.5 Stakeholder consultation ..................................................................................................................... 49 3.4.6 Zone/ Lease size and location ............................................................................................................ 50 3.4.7 Tasmanian Brand ................................................................................................................................... 50 3.4.8 Additional recommendations of the Planning Authority ............................................................. 51 4 Conclusions and Recommendations ................................................................................................................. 52 Principal Recommendation ......................................................................................................................... 52 Additional Recommendations .................................................................................................................... 52 4.2.1 Environmental Monitoring ................................................................................................................... 52 4.2.2 Rate of Development ........................................................................................................................... 52 4.2.3 Biosecurity Management ...................................................................................................................... 52 4.2.4 Planning for mass-mortality events ................................................................................................... 53 5 Appendices.............................................................................................................................................................