13 – 14 June 2019, Crown Conference Centre, Southbank

2019 Victorian Marine & Coastal Forum

‘building partnerships for our future’

PROGRAM

MINISTERIAL FOREWORDWelcome to the 2019 Victorian Marine and Coastal Forum, jointly hosted by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Coastcare Victoria and the Victorian Marine and Coastal Council.

The forum aims to provide a unique opportunity to bring together coastal and marine managers, decision makers, traditional owners, researchers, community members and volunteers to enable the building of relationships, sharing of knowledge and collaborating across the sector to discuss current and future marine and coastal challenges.

I am particularly thrilled to welcome our two keynote speakers, Ms Susan Alberti AC, Deputy Chair of Volunteering Australia, and Associate Professor Daniel Ierodiaconou from Deakin University.

The Victorian Government is committed to providing a better future for Victoria’s marine and coastal environment. I would like to acknowledge the thousands of Victorians who make significant contributions to protecting and improving the health and values of the marine and coastal environment while addressing ongoing challenges such as population growth, climate change and ageing infrastructure.

The breadth of people and organisations involved in marine and coastal management means that a collaborative approach is vital. No single agency can deliver an integrated response across the various sectors and tiers of state and local government, agencies, non-government organisations and community groups. The forum is one of many actions the Victorian Government is undertaking to assist in building community engagement and action.

I wish you all a successful and collaborative forum.

The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MPMinister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change

VICTORIAN MARINE AND COASTAL COUNCIL FOREWORDThe Victorian Marine and Coastal Council is pleased to be a supporting partner of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning in hosting the 2019 Victorian Marine and Coastal Forum, and extend a warm welcome to all delegates.

Established under the Marine and Coastal Act 2018, the Council was formed in August 2018. Our purpose is to provide evidence and stakeholder-informed advice to enable leadership in the adaptive planning and management of Victoria’s marine waters and coastal areas. We advise the ministers responsible for marine and coastal planning and management, including providing scientific advice when requested.

This forum provides Council an excellent opportunity to meet marine and coastal managers, researchers and volunteers – to listen and better understand your experiences and insights. Our conversations and interactions will help Council ensure that the advice we give is stakeholder informed and evidence-based.

I encourage you to make the most of the forum’s program, which has been led by the delegates. You can get inspired by the wonderful keynote speakers, share your knowledge in workshops and open space events, and importantly, strengthen and build relationships that will solve current and future marine and coastal challenges.

On behalf of my six fellow Council members I wish you an enjoyable, informative and successful forum and we look forward to meeting with many of you over the two days.

Anthony BoxshallChair, Victorian Marine and Coastal Council

2019 Victorian Marine & Coastal Forum

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RO

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H1

8:15

AM

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min

sW

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&

Op

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men

ce: D

oo

rs O

pe

n, R

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istr

ati

on

& N

etw

ork

ing

9:15

AM

5 m

ins

MC

’s O

pen

ing

Ad

dre

ss: W

elc

om

e &

ho

use

kee

pin

g: D

r A

nth

on

y B

oxs

ha

ll, C

ha

ir, V

icto

ria

n M

ari

ne

an

d C

oa

sta

l Co

un

cil (

VM

aC

C)

9:2

0A

M15

min

sW

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me

Ad

dre

ss: A

ckn

ow

led

ge

me

nt

of

Co

un

try,

Fo

rum

Ove

rvie

w &

Ou

tco

me

s: J

oh

n B

rad

ley,

Se

cre

tary

, DE

LWP

9:3

5AM

30

min

sK

eyn

ote

Sp

eake

r: S

usa

n A

lbe

rti A

C, D

ep

uty

Ch

air

, Vo

lun

tee

rin

g A

ust

ralia

10:0

5AM

15 m

ins

DE

LWP

Intr

o: W

ha

t is

DE

LWP

do

ing

in c

on

tem

po

rary

ma

rin

e a

nd

co

ast

al m

an

ag

em

en

t?: K

ylie

Wh

ite,

De

pu

ty S

ecr

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ry, D

ELW

P

10:2

0A

M3

0 m

ins

Mo

rnin

g T

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PS

TAIR

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OY

ER

/ B

RE

AK

OU

T A

RE

AG

et t

o k

no

w D

ELW

P! -

Po

licy

(La

nd

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

Po

licy

& B

iod

ive

rsit

y)

TIM

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SE

SS

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RO

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: CC

H1

RO

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: CC

H2

RO

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S: M

15 &

M16

RO

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S: M

12 &

M13

Concurrent Presentations Session 1

Po

licy

Th

eme

Ch

air

: D

r G

eoff

Wes

cott

, D

eak

in U

niv

ersi

ty

Vo

lun

teer

ing

Th

eme

Ch

air

: S

cott

Mill

er, C

EO

, V

olu

nte

erin

g V

icto

ria

Pa

rtn

ersh

ips

Th

eme

Ch

air

: A

lista

r R

ob

erts

on

, V

Ma

CC

B

oa

rd M

emb

er

Ch

an

gin

g C

lima

te &

Co

ast

sC

ha

ir:

Ca

role

Ma

cmill

an

D

ELW

P

10:4

5AM

25 m

ins

1. F

utu

re D

ire

ctio

ns

an

d t

he

Ma

rin

e &

C

oa

sta

l Act

(R

eb

ecc

a P

rice

& R

oh

an

Sn

art

t,

DE

LWP

)

4.

23 y

ea

rs o

f vo

lun

tee

r re

sto

rati

on

at

Me

rric

ks B

ea

ch F

ore

sho

re

(Nic

ho

las

Will

iam

s, M

err

icks

Be

ach

F

ore

sho

re C

om

mit

tee)

7.

Inte

gra

ted

Ca

tch

me

nt

an

d C

oa

sta

l M

an

ag

em

en

t -

the

BC

N m

od

el t

ha

t w

ork

s (

Ma

tt C

raw

ley,

Be

llari

ne

C

atc

hm

en

t N

etw

ork

)

10.

Inve

rlo

ch C

oa

sta

l Re

silie

nce

Pro

ject

(P

hill

ip H

ea

th, S

ou

th G

ipp

sla

nd

C

on

serv

ati

on

So

cie

ty)

11:10

AM

25 m

ins

2.

Th

e P

ort

Ph

illip

Ba

y C

oa

sta

l Ha

zard

A

sse

ssm

en

t: A

co

llab

ora

tive

e

nd

ea

vou

r (T

am

ara

Va

n P

ola

ne

n P

eta

l, D

ELW

P &

CS

IRO

)

5.

Fra

min

g C

oa

sta

l Co

nse

rva

tio

n

Gro

up

as

Co

mm

un

itie

s o

f P

ract

ice

(J

ulia

n R

eid

, Ce

ntr

al Q

ue

en

sla

nd

U

niv

ers

ity)

8.

Sh

ifti

ng

Sa

nd

s: t

he

ch

an

gin

g

lan

dsc

ap

e o

f e

nvi

ron

me

nta

l co

llab

ora

tio

ns

an

d p

art

ne

rsh

ip

bu

ildin

g (

Ne

il B

lake

, Po

rt P

hill

ip

Eco

Ce

ntr

e)

11.

Pa

rtn

ers

re

spo

nd

ing

to

co

ast

al

ero

sio

n a

t In

verl

och

Su

rf B

ea

ch

(De

rek

Hib

be

rt, B

ass

Co

ast

Sh

ire

C

ou

nci

l)

11:3

5AM

25 m

ins

3.

Fin

din

gs

of

Fin

an

cin

g t

he

Co

ast

P

roje

ct -

Sta

ge

1 (

Liz

Pa

tte

rso

n,

DE

LWP

)

6.

We

Se

e S

ea

Slu

gs

by

the

Se

a S

ho

re

(Nic

ole

Me

rte

ns,

Re

efW

atc

h,

Vic

tori

an

Na

tio

na

l Pa

rks

Ass

oci

ati

on

)

9.

Vic

tori

an

Co

ast

al M

on

ito

rin

g

Pro

gra

m

(Bla

ke A

llan

, De

ak

in U

niv

ers

ity)

12.

Na

tura

l Co

ast

al P

rote

ctio

n S

yste

ms

(Be

th S

tra

in, N

ati

on

al C

en

tre

fo

r C

oa

sts

& C

lima

te, U

niv

ers

ity

of

Me

lbo

urn

e)

12:0

0P

M15

min

sQ

& A

12:15

PM

60

min

sLu

nch

UP

STA

IRS

FO

YE

R /

BR

EA

KO

UT

AR

EA

Get

to

kn

ow

DE

LWP

! - S

tate

wid

e C

oa

sta

l Pro

gra

ms,

VM

aC

C a

nd

Co

ast

care

Concurrent Presentations Session 2

Ma

rin

e &

Oce

an

s T

hem

eC

ha

ir:

Dr

Geo

ff W

esco

tt,

Dea

kin

Un

iver

sity

Bio

div

ersi

ty T

hem

eC

ha

ir:

Cra

ig W

hit

efo

rd,

Zo

os

Vic

tori

a

Incl

usi

on

& A

cces

sib

ility

Ch

air

: A

nn

a G

rag

e V

Ma

CC

Bo

ard

Mem

ber

Ch

an

gin

g C

lima

te &

Co

ast

sC

ha

ir:

Co

lleen

Wh

ite,

D

ELW

P

1:15P

M25

min

s13

. C

he

ck, C

lea

n, D

ry: h

elp

sto

p t

he

sp

rea

d o

f m

ari

ne

pe

sts

(Ma

rk R

od

rig

ue,

Pa

rks

Vic

tori

a)

16.

Wh

at

are

ou

r w

ad

er

stu

die

s te

llin

g u

s?

(Ro

ge

r S

tan

de

n, V

icto

ria

n W

ad

er

Stu

dy

Gro

up

Inc)

19.

Co

ast

Gu

ard

ian

Pro

gra

m: e

ng

ag

ing

, e

du

cati

ng

an

d s

kill

ing

up

ou

r yo

un

g

coa

sta

l ste

wa

rds

(Hila

ry B

ou

ma

, Gre

at

Oce

an

Ro

ad

C

oa

st C

om

mit

tee)

22.

Po

rtla

nd

Co

ast

al S

tab

ility

A

sse

ssm

en

t- R

isks

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

(Ma

lco

lm A

rmst

ron

g, G

len

elg

Sh

ire

C

ou

nci

l)

1:4

0P

M25

min

s14

. M

ap

pin

g O

cea

n W

ea

lth

: V

alu

ing

A

ust

ralia

’s c

oa

sta

l we

tla

nd

s (P

au

l C

arn

ell,

Blu

e C

arb

on

La

b, D

ea

kin

U

niv

ers

ity)

17.

Re

spo

nd

ing

to

Ce

tace

an

E

nta

ng

lem

en

ts; H

isto

ry &

Le

sso

ns

fro

m 2

018

in P

ort

lan

d, V

icto

ria

(I

an

We

sth

orp

e, D

ELW

P)

20.

Ch

an

gin

g li

ves

thro

ug

h s

urfi

ng

: E

ng

ag

ing

th

e c

om

mu

nit

y w

ith

O

cea

n E

nvi

ron

me

nts

(R

ach

ae

l Pa

rke

r, O

cea

n M

ind

Inc)

23.

A li

vin

g s

ho

relin

e a

pp

roa

ch t

o

bu

ildin

g c

oa

sta

l re

silie

nce

-

art

ifici

al r

ee

f (R

alp

h R

oo

b,

Cit

y o

f G

rea

ter

Ge

elo

ng

)

2:0

5PM

25 m

ins

15.

Ma

rin

e S

pa

tia

l Pla

nn

ing

: De

sig

nin

g

a F

ram

ew

ork

fo

r V

icto

ria

(N

ico

la

Wa

ldro

n, D

ELW

P)

18.

Co

mm

un

ity

Ed

uca

tio

n f

or

ou

r co

ast

s (M

att

Mo

nte

mu

rro

, Ma

rin

e M

am

ma

l F

ou

nd

ati

on

)

21.

Th

e v

alu

e o

f im

pro

ved

acc

ess

ibili

ty

to b

ea

che

s fo

r d

isa

ble

d d

ive

rs (

Rya

n

Sm

ith

, Dis

ab

led

Div

ers

Ass

oci

ati

on

M

em

be

r)

24.

Be

ach

Pro

filin

g: K

no

win

g w

ha

t is

“n

orm

al”

he

lps

de

tect

ab

no

rma

l (D

avi

d B

ills-

Th

om

pso

n, P

ort

Fa

iry

Co

ast

al G

rou

p)

2:3

0P

M15

min

sQ

& A

PR

OG

RA

M -

DAY

1 -

Th

urs

da

y 1

3th J

un

e

Pre

sen

tati

on

sW

ork

sho

ps

Op

en

Sp

ace

* P

rog

ram

su

bje

ct t

o c

ha

ng

e

PR

OG

RA

M -

DAY

1 -

Th

urs

da

y 1

3th J

un

e c

on

tin

ue

d

TIM

ED

UR

AT

ION

SE

SS

ION

RO

OM

: CC

H1

RO

OM

: CC

H2

RO

OM

S: M

15 &

M16

RO

OM

S: M

12 &

M13

2:4

5PM

30

min

sA

fter

no

on

Te

aU

PS

TAIR

S F

OY

ER

/ B

RE

AK

OU

T A

RE

AG

et

to k

no

w D

ELW

P! -

La

nd

& B

uilt

En

viro

nm

en

t

Workshops

Wo

rksh

op

#1

Wo

rksh

op

#2

Wo

rksh

op

#3

Wo

rksh

op

#4

3:15

PM

90

min

sU

pd

ati

ng

th

e C

oa

sta

l an

d M

ari

ne

M

an

ag

em

en

t P

lan

s G

uid

elin

es

(Liz

Pa

tte

rso

n, D

ELW

P)

Ris

k M

an

ag

em

en

t E

sse

nti

als

; To

ols

fo

r C

oa

sta

l Ma

na

ge

rs &

Vo

lun

tee

rs

(VM

IA)

Lit

ter

Wa

tch

& B

ea

ch P

atr

ol P

rog

ram

s;

Usi

ng

ph

on

e A

pp

s to

re

cord

litt

er

da

ta

(Kim

be

rly

Ma

cDo

na

ld, B

ea

ch P

atr

ol

Au

stra

lia &

Lit

ter

Wa

tch

)

Ho

w t

o d

esi

gn

qu

alit

y p

roje

cts:

ke

ep

ing

b

oth

“ci

tize

n”

an

d “

scie

nce

” in

cit

ize

n

scie

nce

(F

am

Ch

ark

o, P

ort

Ph

illip

Eco

Ce

ntr

e)

4:4

5PM

Da

y 1

Clo

se

5:3

0P

M9

0 m

ins

Net

wo

rk

fun

ctio

nTo

nic

Ba

r -

Op

en

ing

wit

h –

(D

ELW

P &

VM

AC

C)

Fa

cilit

ato

r: D

r A

nth

on

y B

oxs

ha

ll, C

ha

ir, V

icto

ria

n M

ari

ne

an

d C

oa

sta

l Co

un

cil

PR

OG

RA

M -

DAY

2 -

Fri

da

y 1

4th

Ju

ne

* P

rog

ram

su

bje

ct t

o c

ha

ng

e

TIM

ED

UR

AT

ION

SE

SS

ION

RO

OM

: CC

H1

9:0

0A

M15

min

sW

elco

me

&

Op

enin

gM

C’s

Op

enin

g A

dd

ress

: We

lco

me

an

d D

ay

1 re

cap

(M

C):

Je

nn

ife

r F

rase

r, V

Ma

CC

Bo

ard

Me

mb

er

9:15

AM

30

min

sK

eyn

ote

2: L

eve

rag

ing

pa

rtn

ers

hip

s to

bu

ild k

no

wle

dg

e (

DE

LWP

& D

ea

kin

Un

ive

rsit

y)

TIM

ED

UR

AT

ION

SE

SS

ION

RO

OM

: CC

H1

RO

OM

: CC

H2

RO

OM

S: M

15 &

M16

RO

OM

S: M

12 &

M13

Workshops, Open Space & Presentations

Tra

dit

ion

al O

wn

er T

hem

eC

ha

ir:

Su

zie

Co

ate

s, A

bo

rig

ina

l Em

plo

ym

ent

& C

ult

ura

l Sa

fety

, DE

LWP

Wo

rksh

op

#5

Wo

rksh

op

#6

Wo

rksh

op

#7

9:4

5AM

30

min

s25

. M

an

ag

ing

Wa

da

wu

rru

ng

Cu

ltu

ral H

eri

tag

e

on

th

e c

oa

st (

Wa

da

wu

rru

ng

)C

oa

sta

l Re

serv

es

- U

nd

ers

tan

din

g V

alu

es

an

d U

ses

(Ro

be

rt M

ollo

y, V

icto

ria

n

En

viro

nm

en

tal A

sse

ssm

en

t C

ou

nci

l)

Pa

ssio

n, p

urp

ose

an

d

pe

rsis

ten

ce –

cre

ati

ve

forw

ard

th

ink

ing

fo

r vo

lun

tee

rs

(Ba

rba

ra J

aco

b, E

nvi

roK

ids

an

d v

olu

nte

er

ne

two

rks)

DE

LWP

’s C

om

mit

tee

of

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

Kio

sk:

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

on

ris

k,

pa

rtn

ers

hip

s, p

art

icip

ati

on

&

ou

tco

me

s (M

ich

ae

l Bla

ck, D

ELW

P)

10:15

AM

30

min

s26

. T

rad

itio

na

l Ow

ne

r’s

an

d S

ea

Co

un

try

10:4

5AM

15 m

ins

Q &

A

11:0

0A

M3

0 m

ins

Mo

rnin

g t

ea

Workshops, Open Space & Presentations

Fo

resh

ore

s T

hem

e C

ha

ir: V

an

essa

Sch

ern

icka

u, C

EO

, GO

RC

CW

ork

sho

p #

8W

ork

sho

p #

9W

ork

sho

p #

10

11:3

0A

M4

0 m

ins

27.

Co

mm

un

itie

s a

nd

tid

es

are

sh

ap

ing

th

e

futu

re o

f th

e Q

ue

en

sla

nd

co

ast

line

(E

lisa

Za

vad

il, A

lluvi

um

)

Glo

ba

l Vic

tori

a: b

uild

ing

in

clu

sive

, mu

ltic

ult

ura

l p

rog

ram

s to

co

nn

ect

wit

h

an

d p

rote

ct c

oa

sts

an

d

wa

terw

ays

(A

pri

l Sey

mo

re,

Po

rt P

hill

ip E

coC

en

tre)

Ho

w d

oe

s yo

ur

com

mu

nit

y w

an

t to

be

en

ga

ge

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Thank you for attending the 2019 Victorian Marine and Coastal ForumYour attendance and participation are greatly appreciated, and we hope you’ll find the forum useful and informative.

All presentations will be made available on the forum website at the conclusion of the event.

We will also be conducting an online survey to identify what participants gained at the forum, inform next steps and to ensure that any future forums build on what was achieved at this event.

Participants will be contacted by email to undertake the survey, which will take 5-10 minutes to complete. Once compiled, survey results will be shared with all participants.

Again, thank you for attending.

We look forward to building productive partnerships for our future and gaining a better understanding of the Marine & Coastal Act 2018.

2019 VMCF Steering Group

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DisclaimerThis publication may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication.

Photo credit:Cover: Marcia Riederer and Sal Ahmad, Mirring – Country, DELWP’s Aboriginal Cultural Identity by Tom DayPage 2: Marcia RiedererPage 5: Marcia Riederer and Kishin ThadaniPage 6: Marcia Riederer

Acknowledgment

We acknowledge and respect Victorian Traditional Owners as the original custodians of Victoria's land and waters, their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it. We honour Elders past and present whose knowledge and wisdom has ensured the continuation of culture and traditional practices.

We are committed to genuinely partner, and meaningfully engage, with Victoria's Traditional Owners and Aboriginal communities to support the protection of Country, the maintenance of spiritual and cultural practices and their broader aspirations in the 21st century and beyond.

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and coastal environment that benefits the

Victorian community now and in the future

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