Oyster Information Portal – user
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1. NSW Department of Primary Industry NSW FA NSW Food Authority O P Oyster Information Portal OMP Oyster Monitoring Program OeH Office of the Environment and Heritage PMHC Port Macquarie Hastings Council SQAP Shellfish Quality Assurance program STP Sewage Treatment Plant SRCMA Southern Rivers Catchment management Authority WQ Water Quality Data sources available as per 19th November 2012 Scale1 Australia wide States General information on oyster industry in each state oyster species cultivated oyster legislation state fisheries groups production reports spat sales when available Oyster production per state by quantity and quality since 2000 2010 Scale1 NSW Study Areas LGAs 4 General information on Port Macquarie amp Hastings Lower Councils and CMA information Hawkesbury Shoalhaven Pambula lake State for the Catchment Reporting National Pollution Inventory Oyster industry for each of the 4 LGAs part of this project oyster species cultivated production value and production by oyster sizes oyster industry strategic management plans Metadata file for the Oyster Information Portal project Historical oyster production plots for Sydney rock oysters 1930 current OeH information on catchment river features area macrophytes area depth tidal limit flushing times average rainfall Annual evaporation Photos of the estuaries Scale 2 River scale See table in next page for details in data sou2. E e g click somewhere on NSW state or one of the NSW LGAs gt A new window will be populated under the Information tab You can scroll down to read about the information provided and clink on the plots images to visualise them at a larger scale more details on how to do this below ne You can open more than one Hyperlink per map Each SA hyperlink will result in a different window that will be collated anos like an accordion in the Information tab By clicking on the name of a window this will collapse or extend accordingly If you have opened too many Information tabs and you would like to close them all and start from scratch please tick the small square with the x in it it will clear all windows that are opened or it will clear the window you have selected Enlarge photos plots or other graphics 1 Large scale images appear in NEW front Window Click on image and the image will be displayed larger on your screen To close image press the x button on the bottom of the image if this does not work then press Esc If you right click on the image you can then Copy or Save as SO you can paste them in word if you would like to compare different plots from different regions In this version of the portal we do not have an option to compare side by side plots as we did in some industry workshops informadon lo mean precieal and adapts reaps bout eed rira charges in erouant opira Thee poe hau
3. Shire Council diseases etc Land use types LPMA Polygon Location of land use types State Forest and National Location of State Forest LPMA Location of State Forest and National Parks Parks and National Parks Flood gates location Flood mitigation SCC only available for Points Location of floodgates Dam Tallowa_Dam and SCA Points Location of Dam amp graphs about water volumes water Warragamba Dam in next releases and water quality downstream from dam version developing ASS Catchment Management Southern Rivers Catchment SRCMA Polygon Grid with catchment works click on the line of the grid work streambank Management Authority to get further information on the polygons where work riverbank re vegetation has been done description of how much work has been laneway floodgate work undertaken on each polygon fencing effluent Estuary Drainage Office of Environment and Metadata associated with each polygon It represents Catchment Heritage each of the drainage catchments so that you can estimate which direction water will flow Management Systems Oceanwatch CMAs documents
4. WQ Rubio A PhD Only for Points the Sholahaven Oyster Monitoring UoW SRCMA not in Polygon Program OMP leases oyster leases Camden Metadata of the monitoring program and some plots of the water quality some plots missing Daily data from in situ Temperature loggers deployed in some of the oyster baskets part of the OMP Location of leases and their lease numbers Location of priority leases and status Location of aquatic macrophytes Seagrass types mangroves and saltmarshes Layer in OIP Type oficon _ Data output Oyster performance Oyster Monitoring UoW SRCMA not Points Metadata of monitoring program and plots of oyster Program OMP available in Camden growth and mortality Oyster leases that are part of this program This data can be linked to the Water Temperature Layer as part of the OMP Oyster performance Research gt ANU_ Rubio Rubio A PhD data in Points Metadata of the monitoring program and some plots of Shoalhaven Shoalhaven oyster growth and mortality Research gt Uni of Sydney 1 year Hawkesbury Paul Pont amp Whittington POMS data in Hawkesbury 3months Oyster Disease QX and Uni of Sydney POMS Paul Pont amp POMS Hawkesbury for POMS Whittington POMS data Points data only for the Hawkesbury Metadata of the Polygons monitoring program and some plots of oyster mortality Hornsby Shire Council in Hawkesbury disease window of infection link to reports on these Hornsby
5. bee TEE GpEJ Sa Tour Oya pung eag in L ie oi Ca T _ Equally you can click on any external web link shown from the Information window Prediction walue of di oysters by Hate ABARE 2010 e a a ee ia a ga aren ane eat at at yea Zoom to Scale 2 River scale How to Zoom from LGA to River scale Legend Visualise layers of information If you scroll to the end of the page from the LGA window there is an entry to Zoom to a Scale 2 River name If you click on this link a second web browser tab will be opened with the River scale map you have selected Depending on your computer set up this second browser could open in a new window or a new tab If you want to have different tabs windows for each Scale 2 map for each river please right click on the Zoom to Scale 2 hyperlink at the bottom of the page and select Open in new tab or Open in new window Currently there are 4x Scale 2 maps developed one for each OIP oyster river Camden Hawkesbury Shoalhaven and Pambula When working on this scale map please do not use the back arrow to go back or your map will re appear blank with none of the selections you have been working on As you open a new map no layer of information will be selected You need to click and unclick the squares for each layer of information as you wish to visualise the information You can overlay layers of information by clicking on
6. A Polygon Metadata and Table biotoxin results per month and year Area Bacteriological water NSW FA Shellfish Quality NSW FA Point Metadata of monitoring program and plots of and oyster Assurance Program bacteriological water quality and rainfall Water Water Shellfish Temperature Salinity for individual sampling points NSW FA Shellfish Quality NSW FA Point Metadata of monitoring program and graphs for each Assurance Program Heavy Heavy Metal parameter across years sampled in most Metal cases one point that represents the whole river Included in each Harvest NSW FA Polygon Metadata of monitoring program and major harmful Area algae groups diatoms dinoflagellates combined for all phytoplankton sites in one river each one represents a Harvest Area Graphs represent monthly variability with data combined for years 2005 current Heavy Metals in Oysters Microalgae Phytoplankton Layer in OIP Type oficon _ Data output Microalgae Phytoplankton Water quality Water quality Physical chemical and nutrients Water quality Temperature and Salinity Water quality Temp Sal pH DO Turb NSW FA Shellfish Quality Assurance Program Plankton NSW FA Point PMHC NRCMA only Polygon for Camden at this stage PMHC water quality summary area Councils involved per LGA lt Council name gt water quality NSW FA Shellfish Quality Assurance Program Water Shellfish NSW FA U
7. Oyster Information Portal user guide 19 11 2012 version Developers Ana Rubio amp Pia Winberg Shoalhaven Marine and Freshwater Centre University of Wollongong Further information comments arubio uow edu au Ana 0427 28 5999 UNIVERSITY OF M WOLLONGONG C FRDC DCCEE 2010 534 Ensuring that the Australian Oyster Industry adapts to a changing climate a natural resource and industry spatial information portal for knowledge action and informed adaptation frameworks This project has initially focused on 4 Local Government Areas in the NSW coast Port Macquarie Hastings Lower Hawkesbury Shoalhaven and Bega with focus on Pambula Lake for a proof of concept of an Oyster Information Portal This prototype can be expanded to other oyster farming states and coastal catchments in Australia in the future Background The Australian oyster industry identified a need to consolidate and access natural resource information based on environmental monitoring and industry management data Such data exists and could contribute to increased resilience of the industry in light of climate change Leith and Haward 2010 and interactions with catchment development However the data is currently dispersed inaccessible and or difficult to interpret By accessing and relating information such as environmental and management approaches with oyster performance the oyster industry should become stronger and more resilient It will provide the industry
8. ari Hope the following notes are helpful when using the portal Contact us if you have any problems accessing the data Go to http www oysterinformationportal net au data portal The data portal is password protected please contact Ana Rubio arubio uow edu au if you would like to have access to it University of Catchment Management Authority Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority Northern Rivers BAe ye Wis Wollongong camer Bekey NSW XY a W R hb a Australian Government BVSC N W i Sieis A Department of Climate Change Se GOVERNMENT and Energy Efficiency With in kind support from the NSW Food Authority Coastal Councils and Government departments in the 4 LGAs where we are working on this project http www oysterinformationportal net au sponsors http www oysterinformationportal net au data portal General tools Most of the tools used in this web mapping tool are similar to the tools you use in web and GIS softwares Enlarge Map or Legend window You can place mouse on margin separating both windows you will see that the mouse pointer changes to an arrow with both points left click mouse and while holding left click drag mouse so that the margin moves based on the window you would like to enlarge Please familiarise at this scale with the tools for Zoom in Zoom out Panning Back to original view useful for when you have zoom in too much and you are not sure where
9. he scale and press ok enter 2 A specific topic sampling site by selecting from the drop down window under the Object selection Once you have selected the item you want to zoom to the map will bring the appropriate scale and location for your selection Make sure that the layer of information you want to see has been ticked from the Legend tab Using the iy Hyperlink icon you can hover over a sampling point and the sampling point will be highlighted and the sampling ID Number will be shown in a box Sometimes you might find a plot with no data on it It means that information exists for this monitoring program but not for the location you have selected If you click on another location within this program you should be able to find plots showing data If there is data but the plot has not been created then you will read Plot in progress and if this is the case you should contact the corresponding data custodian to access the data if you are interested If you see in the Information tab a link to Further Data click on it as a report table website or some other type of information will pop up Acronyms ASS Acid Sulfate Soils DO Dissolved Oxygen EMS Environmental Management Systems HA Harvest Areas LGA Local Government Agency LPMA Land amp Property Management Authority MHL Manly Hydraulic Laboratory NOW NSW Office of Water NRCMA Northern Rivers Catchment management Authority NSW DPI
10. ni of Wollongong WQ probe data Metadata of monitoring program and plots of specific algae species for individual sampling points including monthly Total algae counts ie proxy for biomass by year main harmful algae groups ie Diatoms dinoflagellates and others main genus Pseudo nitzschia Alexandrium Prorocentrum etc and plots for some of the most harmful species through time Hawkesbury River plots above only developed for Sites 31 44 amp 7 The rest of the NSW FA SQAP Phyto sites have been fully developed for other OPI rivers Metadata of monitoring program and WQ graphs for sampling points within an area time series of different sampling points so that data can be compared across sampling points in one area Metadata of monitoring program and Water Quality graphs for individual sampling points time series Current and historical information for some councils Metadata of monitoring program and plots of Bacteriological testing of water sampling sites within oyster growing areas including rainfall water temperature and salinity time series Metadata of monitoring program and plots of water quality collected from research programs via an in situ logger a subset Water quality OzCoasts water quality DECC and DEW Points Metadata of the monitoring program and historical data water quality data for sampling points Water quality Water Temperature Aquaculture leases OISAS priority leases Macrophytes Rubio ANU
11. rces Data output by clicking on icon Water Level amp Discharge NOW to metadata and NOW online web portal Rainfall gauges BoM Rainfall BoM Icon Location of Rainfall gauges with links to metadata and BoM online climate data portal only included in Shoalhaven Scale 2 Sewage Treatment Plant Sewage Treatment Plant Local council Sydney lcon Polygon Location of STPs type of STP annual reports on STP Water Shoalhaven discharge and nutrient production Water Water level reports and link to online websites with latest values Historical Water quality OzCoast Water Quality OzCoast State and local Icons Historical data on water quality as per website OzCoast government Some locations have a large extent of parameters while others hardly have any data recorded for some locations Historical Water quality NSW Fisheries and Others NSW Fisheries Icons Historical water quality information on scanned old Researchers report created sampling point on map as per description in report to link to such resource Oyster Harvest Areas Harvest Areas NSW FA Polygon Metadata information on management of each harvest area HA including opening and closures reports from NSW FA and summary tables describing the number of days that a HA has been closed Also information on SQAP algae data that compares all the algae sites each represents one HA Also it includes Oyster Biotoxin monitoring program Oyster flesh Biotoxin Included in each Harvest NSW F
12. several layers These layers are organised so that a top layer will lay on top of a bottom layer i e as if you are making a cake or lasagna This means that layers on top will hide overlay information from layers below If you cannot see one layer of information might be because another layer could be covering the area that you have selected or you might not have clicked that layer to be visualised from the Legend tab AQ 0g From here you can select information from features on the map sampling points polygons areas by using the Li Hyperlink icon Information windows for each selectable point will appear in the Information tab as per Scale 1 A table summarising data information by custodian used in this data portal has been included at the end of this user guide This table also includes a list of acronyms used in this portal Other ways of Zooming zoas kater quality data Y AUC Historical water quality w AVA bacteriological EcoRealth water quality a a NASL S NG c men oysterinformationportal net au mippetze P Total Nitrogen mg L o wo es yp PAP APP APSA chal Phosp mgP L o wn aen EEEE Phosp mgP L o Orth ee PP O PP SK SK You can click on the Search tab and choose 1 A specific scale enter t
13. with the capacity to inform pre emptive adaptation responses rather than reactive ones Project outline This project will collate and translate environmental industry catchment and climate related data into a user friendly online map based portal The oyster industry its stakeholders and Natural Resource Management agencies have been consulted throughout with an initial focus on the 4 oyster producing areas in NSW used in this proof of concept project Current status Current prototype of the Oyster Information Portal OIP covers 4 main oyster producing rivers used in this proof of concept Camden Haven Hawkesbury River Shoalhaven River and Pambula Lake Data used in the OIP includes priority data sets identified by oyster industry members and catchment managers at workshops undertaken as part of this project These data sets cover water quality data from monitoring programs undertaken by local and state government researchers and the oyster industry through their Shellfish Quality Assurance Program managed by NSW Food Authority bacteriological heavy metals biotoxins algae and water quality In addition catchment related information oyster monitoring programs and links to reports websites programs that contribute towards the health and management of coastal estuaries and land are also included The following notes have been put together to assist you with the navigation through the OIP The OIP works best using Google Chrome Firefox or Saf
14. you are in the overall map You will need to use the Ki Hyperlink shown in red rectangular to extract information from the different layers polygons or points The information associated with the feature you have selected will come up in the Information tab See more information on this below under the Information tab The Legend tab will show the layers of information that the map holds at any scale In some cases the layers will always be shown as in Scale 1 diagram on the left and in other cases each layer will have a square in front of the name of the layer that will allow you to switch them on by ticking the square so the map draws the information from this layer or switch them off by un ticking the square so the information is not displayed in the map see below 4 a ak a is oe Square ticked Layer visible Square un ticked layer not visible You have two options in Scale 1 to Zoom to using the drop down D E t gt arrows on the top of the map area qaq A You can Zoom to LGA or you can Zoom to a State LGA Local Government Area Remember that in this prototype we have been working in 4 LGAs Port Macquarie Hastings Lower Hawkesbury Shoalhaven and Bega with focus on Pambula Lake Information tab yster Information Portal prototype r _ _ _ infermnaten Cree Ss se iy Click on the E icon and then click on a feature on the map N
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