Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Hull River
Hull River declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Part of Hull River, 13 km south-east of Tully.
Plan number
Size
1,498 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
17 November 1983 (original declaration)
20 September 2001 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
Local government
Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Management features
Conservation of important barramundi habitat and associated wetlands; cooperative management with Traditional Owners.
Habitat values
Extensive stands of mangroves present throughout estuary; saltmarsh.
Fisheries values
Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing; barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; grey mackerel; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; school mackerel; whiting; blue-legged king prawns; tiger prawns; mud crabs.
Other values
Adjoining Melaleuca forests.