Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Elliott River
Elliott River mangroves
Location
Lower parts of the Elliott River, 14 km south of Bundaberg.
Plan number
Size
803 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
19 December 2003 (original declaration)
Local government
Bundaberg Regional Council
Management features
Management of important nursery grounds for local and regional fisheries; protection of a range of near pristine fisheries habitats in one of the few unimpounded systems of southern Queensland.
Habitat values
Mangrove forests dominated by Avicennia, Rhizophora and Ceriops; ephemeral Halophila and Zostera seagrasses; intertidal sand and mud banks; rock bars.
Fisheries values
Recreational, commercial and Indigenous fishing; flathead; whiting; bream; barramundi; estuary cod; sweetlip; mullet; king, tiger and banana prawns; mud and sand crabs.
Unique features
One of the few coastal systems in southern Queensland not regulated by weirs, dams or other impoundment structures, providing unimpeded connectivity between estuarine and freshwater habitats.
Other values
None presently identified.
Further references
McKinnon, S, Lupton, C & Beumer, J 2002, Declaration of Elliott River Fish Habitat Area, Final Report for Project MPA 31420