Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Repulse
Repulse declared Fish Habitat Area at Conway Beach
Location
Cape Conway to Seaforth, 40 km south-east of Proserpine.
Plan number
Size
69,496 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
19 November 1983 (original declaration)
10 May 1986 (redeclared to extend across Repulse Bay to St Helens Bay)
24 July 1998 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
Local government
Whitsunday Shire Council
Management features
Habitat conservation for fish and prawn stocks; protection of fishing grounds.
Habitat values
Mangrove-dominated floodplain with Rhizophora, Acanthus, Acrostichum, Avicennia and Ceriops common; mangrove-lined creeks; intertidal flats; seagrass beds around the mouth of Repulse Creek.
Fisheries values
Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing; barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; flathead; grey mackerel; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; school mackerel; whiting; banana prawns.
Other values
Protection of dugong and marine turtle habitat.