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4.4

Land use and regional economy

The most significant land-uses and economic activities in the MidCoast region are agriculture (beef, dairy), aquaculture, fishing, forestry, urban and rural residential development, tourism and conservation reserves (18%). Agriculture is a widespread land-use throughout the Manning River catchment and estuary. Dairy and beef grazing dominate, with localised areas of sheep and poultry farming. Approximately 12% of the catchment is classified as Grazing Modified Pasture in the NSW Land Use Map 2017. 25 Stock intensity for cattle and sheep varies across the catchment as shown in Figure 21. 26 Based on Annual Stock Return data (2009-2018), relatively high stock numbers are found in the Barnard, Upper Manning, Barrington, Gloucester and Lansdowne subcatchments, with moderate stock numbers in the Nowendoc, Manning, Dingo Creek and Dawson. Poultry rates are highest in the North East and South West of the catchment but are localised (Swanson 2020). While horses aren’t included in stock intensity, there are some large equine properties in the Manning catchment with irrigated and fertilized pastures. The oyster industry was established in the Manning in 1871 and produced 66,414 dozen oysters in 2019-20. Figure 21: Stock intensity in the catchment

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Figure 39 MidCoast Council Organisational Structure

Appendix 6: MCC land-use strategies aligned to the CM SEPP objectives

Implementation Streams

Appendix 2: The Public Participation Spectrum

13. Bibliography

12. Proposed amendments to the CM SEPP

11.3 The Manning River ECMP Research Program

11.1 MERI for the Manning River, Estuary and Catchment

7. Management Actions

6.15 Systems thinking: the interaction between issues

10. Coastal Zone Emergency Sub-Plan

6.13 Sewerage and Septic System Pathogens

Figure 33: The Manning River floodplain, 20 March 2021

Figure 32: Cattle on the riverbank is a common sight

Table 4: Key impacts associated with water pollution from diffuse-source runoff

Figure 25: Estuary with negative impacts vs well-managed estuary

Figure 27: Cattai Wetlands

Figure 26: Conceptual diagram of the Greenhouse Effect

Figure 24: The relationship between activities, stressors and ecological impacts

Figure 22: Risk ratings for sediment and nutrient loading in drainage units

Table 2: Subcatchments posing the highest risk to ecological and community values

Figure 21: Stock intensity in the catchment

Figure 18: Manning River TN and TP readings from 2015-18

Figure 17: The sampling location for water quality data

Figure 9: The Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework

Figure 15: National Parks make up18.5% of the Manning catchment

Figure 14: Program Logic Model

Figure 12: Values our community ascribed to each subcatchment

Figure 11: The consultation program

Figure 16: Water quality monitoring sites in the estuary

Figure 10: Option for the Manning River ECMP Governance Structure

Figure 7: The five stages of a Coastal Management Program