Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Pine River Bay
Rocky foreshore habitats of Pine River Bay declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Pine River Bay, in the northern part of Albatross Bay, near Weipa.
Plan number
Size
25,573 ha
25,560 ha management A
13 ha management B
Management level
A and B
Declaration dates
25 November 2011 (declared)
Local government
Cook Shire Council and Napranum Local Council
Management features
Management of fish habitats in Pine River Bay; protection of popular local Indigenous, recreational and commercial fishing and fishing charters.
Habitat values
Seagrass meadows; open waters; inshore reefs; sandy shores; rocky shores; mangrove forests; marine swamps; estuarine waters; intertidal banks; saltpans.
Fisheries values
Banana prawns; tiger prawns; grey and Spanish mackerel; shark; mud crab; barramundi; threadfin salmon; mangrove jack; fingermark; queenfish.
Other values
Pine River Bay has both cultural and fisheries significance to the Thanakwith Anguthimiri and Thanakwith Thayngath people.
Further references
Baker, R & Sheppard, R 2006, Fisheries Resources of Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.