Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Murray River
Murray River declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Murray River, 22 km south/south-east of Tully.
Plan number
Size
1,579 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
Protection of important barramundi habitat; cooperative management with Traditional Owners.
Habitat values
Extensive Rhizophora zone associated with estuary; sub-tidal and intertidal flats; vegetated and unvegetated salt flats; sandy foreshores and river mouth.
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; tiger prawns.
Other benefits
Adjoining Melaleuca forests.
Other values
None presently identified.