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14.0 GLOSSARY<br />

Amenity<br />

Aquaculture<br />

the quality <strong>of</strong> being pleasant or agreeable in situation etc.,<br />

especially the pleasantness <strong>of</strong> a place; convenient features,<br />

facilities or services <strong>of</strong> a house, estate, district and so on.<br />

the farming <strong>of</strong> organisms in freshwater, marine or estuarine<br />

aquatic environments. Includes mariculture, and fish farming.<br />

Best <strong>Management</strong> Practice to undertake a task or management action using the best<br />

available technology and knowledge <strong>of</strong> management systems.<br />

Catchment Area<br />

Charter Boats<br />

Development<br />

Ecologically sustainable<br />

development<br />

Ecology<br />

Ecosystem<br />

Estuarine Resources<br />

Estuary<br />

Foreshore<br />

Goal<br />

Habitat<br />

an area from which something is collected; an area <strong>of</strong> land from<br />

which rainwater that falls on it drains through a single drainage<br />

network.<br />

specifically refers to those vessels used for organised group<br />

cruises including vessels used as restaurants or floating<br />

reception areas but do not include sail or motor boat hire and<br />

skippered by individuals for private recreational purposes.<br />

anything built or constructed, or the undertaking <strong>of</strong> any<br />

construction, residential development, subdivision, commercial<br />

development, construction <strong>of</strong> roads and other infrastructure,<br />

development <strong>of</strong> recreational facilities and tourist developments.<br />

using, conserving and enhancing the community's resources so<br />

that the ecological processes on which life depends are<br />

maintained and the total quality <strong>of</strong> life, now and in the future,<br />

can be increased.<br />

the study <strong>of</strong> the inter-relationships between living organisms<br />

and their environment.<br />

an assemblage <strong>of</strong> plants, animals and micro-organisms and<br />

their physical environment interacting as an ecological unit.<br />

the totality <strong>of</strong> the animal, vegetable and mineral matter<br />

associated with an estuary and its environs, including estuarine<br />

waters, together with the amenity <strong>of</strong> the estuary.<br />

an enclosed or semi-enclosed body <strong>of</strong> water having an open or<br />

intermittently open connection to coastal waters in which water<br />

levels vary in a periodic fashion in response to ocean tides.<br />

the area <strong>of</strong> shore between low and high tide marks and land<br />

adjacent thereto.<br />

the desired overall, long-term outcome <strong>of</strong> a policy, plan or<br />

strategy.<br />

a place or kind <strong>of</strong> place in the environment usually occupied by<br />

a particular organism or a group <strong>of</strong> organisms.<br />

<strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Management</strong> - July 1995 Page 54

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