The NSW Oyster Industry Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy (OISAS) is the key management and policy document for the NSW oyster industry. OISAS contains:

• Best practice guidelines;
• A code of conduct;
• Identification of areas where oyster farming is a priority intended outcome known as Priority Oyster Aquaculture Areas;
• Water quality protection and improvement measures; and
• Streamlined approval for oyster leases in Priority Oyster Aquaculture Areas.

The strategy was gazetted in December 2006 and incorporated a 5 year review that is now due.  An inter-agency OISAS review working group has been established under the stewardship of the State Aquaculture Steering Committee and the Peak Oyster Advisory Group is the key industry liaison group for the review.

Call for Submissions

All oyster aquaculture permit holders are invited to make comment to NSW DPI to help us undertake the review. Your comments will be accepted up until: 10 February 2012.

SEND comments via email to oisas.review@industry.nsw.gov.au

POST comments to Steve McOrrie, Locked Bag 1, Nelson Bay, NSW 2315

FAX comments to: Steve McOrrie on 02 49819074

VIEW a copy of OISAS and the maps 

GO to your local Fisheries Office or Shellfish Program Coordinator to see OISAS maps.

JOIN the OISAS REVIEW on-line discussion forum on YAMMER – email oisas.review@industry.nsw.gov.au and ask to join the forum.

CALL Steve McOrrie on 02 49163921 or Tim Gippel on 49163823

You may wish to nominate areas for inclusion or exclusion as Priority Oyster Aquaculture Area or suggest new policy initiatives that would assist the whole industry.

Please note that receipt of your submission will be acknowledged in the review document and your submission may be published in the review or on-line.

Peak Oyster Advisory Group nominated issues

Industry members of Peak Oyster Advisory Group have already nominated six issues to be considered in the review:

• Estuary entrance management;
• On-site sewerage management;
• Inclusion of Land base leases;
• Climate change adaption;
• Lease signs; and
• Raft best practice guidelines.

OISAS Review Timeline