Client: Sea Farms Group Limited
Project: Large scale aquaculture
Timeline: 2015 – 2022
Seafarms Group Limited proposed to develop a substantive aquaculture project located on the Legune coastal floodplain within the extreme north-west corner of the Northern Territory.
Austecology was commissioned to design and negotiate survey strategies and methods acceptable to both the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments. A comprehensive and systematic field survey program was approved. Key elements of the survey program were:
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Austecology was commissioned to implement the 5-year monitoring program, which included an annual report of findings in the context of the agreed limits of acceptable change. The main aspects of the annual survey work were:
Energy Resources of Australia commissioned Austecology to conduct ecological surveys of aquatic and semi-aquatic vertebrate fauna at the Ranger mine site in the Northern Territory to support long-term rehabilitation and monitoring.
The Coomera Connector (sometimes referred to as the Second M1), is a future state-controlled road extending some 45 kilometres from the northern Gold Coast to Loganholme.
Spanning approximately 2,000 hectares, the Yarrabilba Urban Development Area represents a significant State urban planning initiative in South-East Queensland.
