Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Staaten-Gilbert
Staaten River near the mouth
Location
120 km north-west of Karumba, between just south of Gilbert River mouth to approximately 8 km north of Staaten River mouth.
Plan number
Size
22,147 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
19 May 1990 (original declaration)
1 July 2010 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries, extended offshore)
Local government
Carpentaria Shire Council
Management features
Department of Primary Industries sampling stations in the Staaten River from Dinah Island upstream to Wyaaba Creek supported original declaration.
Habitat values
Closed and open Avicennia along foreshore; closed Avicennia and mixed communities in riverine areas; extensive unvegetated salt flats associated with estuary; extensive nearshore sand banks associated with river mouths; extensive scald areas.
Fisheries values
Conservation of commercial, recreational and Indigenous fisheries resources; important prawn and fish nursery area; barramundi; blue salmon; grey mackerel; king salmon; queenfish; grunter; mud crabs.
Other values
None presently identified.