Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Barr Creek

Mangroves of the Barr Creek declared Fish Habitat area

Mangroves of the Barr Creek declared Fish Habitat area

Location

Barr Creek, 8 km north of Cairns.

Plan number

FHA-035 (PDF, 404.7KB)  

Size

64 ha

Management level

B

Declaration dates

16 March 1974 (original declaration)
21 September 2001 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries and to include adjoining fish habitats)

Local government

Cairns Regional Council

Management features

Estuarine and wetlands buffer zone for urban subdivision; educational area for nearby Holloways Beach learning centre.

Habitat values

Mangrove-lined creek; saltmarsh; sand flats.

Fisheries values

Commercial and recreational and Indigenous fishing; barramundi, blue salmon, bream, estuary cod, grunter, mangrove jack, queenfish, whiting, tiger prawns.

Other values

Non presently identified.