Submarine Stakeholder three submarine cables across questioned whether the Cables Team Information brochure. Bass Strait connecting Victoria department still wanted to and Tasmania, but they do not receive updates since their appear to be in the vicinity of the assets were not in the vicinity activity areas Department of Defence 19/9/2017– emailed Defence activities may 2018 Offshore 20/10/2017: Defence has Cooper Energy will continue to overlap Campaign reviewed the proposed activities no assessment required DOD-001 send DoD notices Stakeholder and has no objections. Information brochure. Australian Fishing activities 27/10/2017– emailed 27/10/2017: Confirmed that Southern Bluefin within area 2018 Offshore activities unlikely to impact SBT Tuna Industry Campaign migration or fishing and ranching Cooper Energy will continue to Association Stakeholder operations that mainly occur in no assessment required ASBTIA-001 send ASBTIA notices (ASBTIA) Information brochure. central and eastern GAB but would like to keep receiving notices Dallas Barrett Prawn 9/9/2017 - Phone 9/9/2017: Prawn fisherman Cooper Energy responded Fisherman conversation as a objected to losing fishing – with the following: Lakes Entrance result of SMS grounds at the HDD site stating Sole pipeline now and in the Cooper Energy messages from the following: future is over trawlable, but a acknowledge the SETFIA (8/9) re HDD He had not been consulted. recommendation is to avoid fisherman as a relevant works commencing the area in the short term. DB-001 He protested the risk of stakeholder although and request to avoid damaging his nets on pipelines the pipeline has a 3LPP outside scope of the EP area with growth on them in the coating and marine growth is as related to HDD. future. reduced and there are no major snagging items on the He was not allowed to fish over line the existing PB
Submarine Cables Team Stakeholder Information brochure. three submarine cables across Bass Strait connecting Victoria and Tasmania, but they do not appear to be in the vicinity of the activity areas questioned whether the department still wanted to receive updates since their assets were not in the vicinity Department of Defence Defence activities may overlap 19/9/2017– emailed 2018 Offshore Campaign Stakeholder Information brochure. 20/10/2017: Defence has reviewed the proposed activities and has no objections. no assessment required Cooper Energy will continue to send DoD notices DOD-001 Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association (ASBTIA) Fishing activities within area 27/10/2017– emailed 2018 Offshore Campaign Stakeholder Information brochure. 27/10/2017: Confirmed that activities unlikely to impact SBT migration or fishing and ranching operations that mainly occur in central and eastern GAB but would like to keep receiving notices no assessment required Cooper Energy will continue to send ASBTIA notices ASBTIA-001 Dallas Barrett Prawn Fisherman – Lakes Entrance 9/9/2017 - Phone conversation as a result of SMS messages from SETFIA (8/9) re HDD works commencing and request to avoid area 9/9/2017: Prawn fisherman objected to losing fishing grounds at the HDD site stating the following: He had not been consulted. He protested the risk of damaging his nets on pipelines with growth on them in the future. He was not allowed to fish over the existing PB Cooper Energy acknowledge the fisherman as a relevant stakeholder although outside scope of the EP as related to HDD. Cooper Energy responded with the following: Sole pipeline now and in the future is over trawlable, but a recommendation is to avoid the area in the short term. the pipeline has a 3LPP coating and marine growth is reduced and there are no major snagging items on the line DB-001
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