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Contents<br />

Introduction 4<br />

Queensland <strong>aquaculture</strong> 5<br />

<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Sandy</strong> <strong>region</strong> 6<br />

<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Sandy</strong> <strong>region</strong>al mar<strong>in</strong>e <strong>aquaculture</strong> plan 6<br />

Legislative framework 7<br />

Aquaculture approvals 7<br />

Environmental permits 7<br />

Shellfish Quality Assurance Program 7<br />

Aquaculture permitted with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> GSRMAP 8<br />

Sea ranch<strong>in</strong>g 8<br />

Surface l<strong>in</strong>es 8<br />

Subsurface l<strong>in</strong>es 8<br />

Racks 8<br />

Sites available for commercial development 9<br />

Double Island Po<strong>in</strong>t prec<strong>in</strong>ct 11<br />

Inskip Po<strong>in</strong>t prec<strong>in</strong>ct 12<br />

Wide Bay Bar prec<strong>in</strong>ct 13<br />

Wide Bay Harbour prec<strong>in</strong>ct 14<br />

T<strong>in</strong>nanbar prec<strong>in</strong>ct 16<br />

Big Woody Island prec<strong>in</strong>ct 18<br />

Pearl Bank prec<strong>in</strong>ct 19<br />

Coongul Po<strong>in</strong>t prec<strong>in</strong>ct 21<br />

Burnett prec<strong>in</strong>ct 22<br />

Additional site <strong>in</strong>formation 24<br />

Interactions with o<strong>the</strong>r users 24<br />

Non-exclusive access 24<br />

Limited tenure 24<br />

Native title 24<br />

Port <strong>in</strong>frastructure 24<br />

Extreme wea<strong>the</strong>r 24<br />

Water quality 24<br />

Policy change 24<br />

Theft 24<br />

Broodstock and spat availability 25<br />

More <strong>in</strong>formation 25<br />

Appendix 1: Ports and boat ramps potentially<br />

available to service GSRMAP sites 26<br />

Background and expression <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong>formation 3

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