Fremantle Port Inner Harbour and Channel ... - Fremantle Ports

Contents
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Scope of this WQMP ......................................................................................................... 1
1.2. Project Description ........................................................................................................... 1
1.3. Environmental Management Framework ................................................................ 2
1.3.1. Relation to the Dredge Spoil and Disposal Management Plan ....................... 2
1.3.2. Fremantle Ports Environmental Management System and
Construction Contractor’s Construction Environmental Management
Plans ........................................................................................................................... 2
2. Environmental Values and Objectives .................................................................... 3
3. Monitoring Sites .............................................................................................................. 5
3.1. Water Quality Overlying Seagrass and Coral ........................................................ 5
3.2. Return Water Plume ........................................................................................................ 5
3.3. Inner Harbour Dredge Plume ....................................................................................... 6
3.4. Offshore Dredge and Disposal Plume ....................................................................... 6
3.5. Recreation and Aesthetic Water Quality ................................................................. 6
3.6. Inner Harbour and Rous Head Water, Sentinel Mussel and Sediment
Quality ................................................................................................................................... 6
3.7. Provision of monitoring site coordinates ................................................................ 7
4. Environmental Quality Indicators and Targets ................................................. 10
4.1. Water Quality .................................................................................................................... 10
4.1.1. Ecosystem Health (EQO1: Maintenance of Ecosystem Integrity) ............... 10
4.1.2. Recreational and Aesthetic Values (EQOs 3 to 5: Maintenance of
primary and secondary contact recreation values and aesthetic
values) ...................................................................................................................... 12
4.2. Sentinel Mussel Quality ................................................................................................ 13
4.2.1. Fishing and Aquaculture Values (EQO 2: Maintenance of aquatic life
for human consumption) ...................................................................................... 13
4.3. Sediment Quality ............................................................................................................. 13
4.3.1. Ecosystem Health (EQO1: Maintenance of Ecosystem Integrity) ............... 13
4.4. Limits of Reporting ......................................................................................................... 13
5. Monitoring Process, Schedule and Contingency Management
Measures .......................................................................................................................... 19
5.1. Water Quality .................................................................................................................... 19
5.1.1. Ecosystem Health Values ..................................................................................... 19
5.1.2. Recreational and Aesthetic Values ..................................................................... 25
5.2. Sentinel Mussel Quality ................................................................................................ 28
5.2.1. Fishing and Aquaculture Values (Seafood Safe to Eat) surrounding
the Inner Harbour and Rous Head ..................................................................... 28
5.3. Sediment Quality ............................................................................................................. 29
5.3.1. Ecosystem Health Surrounding the Inner Harbour and Rous Head ............ 29
6. Compliance Reporting ................................................................................................. 31
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