Ecological outcomes

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Each of the following is an ecological outcome for water in the plan area—

(a)

the continued capability of a part of the river system to be connected to another, including by maintaining flows that—

(i)

allow for the movement of native aquatic fauna between riverine, floodplain, wetland, estuarine and marine environments; and

(ii)

support water-related ecosystems; and

(iii)

support river-forming processes;

(b)

provision of a flow regime that ensures—

(i)

maintenance of fresh water to the Boyne River estuary; and

(ii)

maintenance of waterholes, including the Nagoorin waterhole; and

(iii)

riffle habitats; and

(iv)

maintenance of estuarine ecosystem functions, including, for example, flows for the movement and recruitment of barramundi (Lates calcarifer), sea mullet (Mugil cephalus) and banana prawn (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) growth;

(c)

minimisation of the impacts of taking water on water-related ecosystems;

(d)

protection and maintenance of refugia associated with waterholes, lakes and wetlands.

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12 Ecological outcomes