Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Sand Bay

Constant Creek, Sand Bay declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Sand Bay, 25 km north-west of Mackay.
Plan number
FHA-006 (revision 1)
Size
11,490 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
10 May 1986 (original declaration)
23 July 1998 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
22 May 2009 (redeclared to include adjoining fish habitats)
Local government
Mackay Regional Council
Management features
Protection of fishing grounds.
Habitat values
Mangrove-lined creeks with Aegiceras, Avicennia, Ceriops, Excoecaria and Rhizophora; intertidal flats and seagrass areas.
Fisheries values
Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing; barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; flathead; grey mackerel; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; school mackerel; whiting.
Other values
Protection of dugong habitat; flatback and green turtle nesting area.