Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Dallachy Creek
Dallachy Creek declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Tidal portions of Dallachy and Whitfield creeks including a portion of coastal waters outside mouth of creek, 12 km north/north-west of Cardwell.
Plan number
Size
1,710 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
19 November 1983 (original declaration)
21 September 2001 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
Local government
Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Management features
Conservation and management of essential fish habitat for barramundi; cooperative management with Traditional Owners.
Habitat values
Extensive Rhizophora stands associated with the estuary, Melaleuca forests, subtidal and intertidal flats, vegetated and unvegetated salt flats.
Fisheries values
Important recreational and Indigenous fishing area, also commercial fishing; barramundi, blue salmon, bream, estuary cod, grey mackerel, grunter, mangrove jack, queenfish, school mackerel, whiting.
Other values
Adjoining Melaleuca forests.