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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 />
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