Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Currumbin Creek
Currumbin Creek declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Part of Currumbin Creek, adjacent to Palm Beach and Currumbin High School, Gold Coast.
Plan number
Size
9 ha
Management level
B
Declaration dates
19 November 1983 (original declaration)
13 August 1999 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
Local government
Gold Coast City Council
Management features
Habitats support commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing; used for both education and research.
Habitat values
Scattered mangrove stands dominated by Avicennia, seagrass and saltmarsh along estuary.
Fisheries values
Important recreational fishing area of southern Gold Coast; bream, estuary cod, flathead, garfish, mangrove jack, sea mullet, tailor, whiting, mud and sand crabs.
Unique features
The most southerly estuary in Queensland, with some of the last remaining examples of natural marine vegetation in this area.
Other values
Excellent boardwalk with fishing platforms; outstanding educational value with adjoining school launching ramp and fish habitat interpretive signage in FHA.