Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Beelbi
Beelbi declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Beelbi and Marsh creeks and coastal foreshore, 34 km north-west of Maryborough.
Plan number
FHA-030 (revision 1)
Size
1,841 ha
1,286 ha management A
555 ha management B
Management level
A and B
Declaration dates
10 May 1986 (original declarations)
19 December 2003 (redeclared combining Beelbi and southern part of Burrum Toogoom FHAs)
25 February 2005 (revised management area along foreshore in front of Toogoom)
Local government
Fraser Coast Regional Council
Management features
Conservation of commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing grounds; inshore fish and crustacean nursery area.
Habitat values
Extensive mangrove stands with low closed Avicennia and Aegialitis shrubs and open mixed forests; seagrass areas; shallow littoral flats; patches of saltmarsh.
Fisheries values
Bream, estuary cod, flathead, garfish, luderick, mangrove jack, sea mullet, tailor, whiting, banana prawns, king prawns, mud crabs.
Other values
Habitat for dugong.