Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Barr Creek
Mangroves of the Barr Creek declared Fish Habitat area
Location
Barr Creek, 8 km north of Cairns.
Plan number
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.