Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Meunga Creek
Location
Meunga Creek to 20 m downstream of Bruce Highway, includes coastal waters outside mouth, 4 km north/north-west of Cardwell.
Plan number
Size
440 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
19 November 1983 (original declaration)
21 September 2001 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
Local government
Cardwell Shire Council
Management features
Protection of barramundi habitat and associated wetlands; cooperative management with Traditional Owners.
Habitat values
Extensive Rhizophora zone associated with estuary; subtidal and intertidal flats; vegetated and unvegetated salt flats.
Fisheries values
Important recreational fishing area; commercial and Indigenous fishing; barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; grey mackerel; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; school mackerel; whiting.
Other values
Adjoining Melaleuca forests.