Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Tully River
Tully River declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Parts of Tully River downstream of junction with Lagoon Creek, 15 km south-east of Tully.
Plan number
Size
652 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
19 November 1983 (original declaration)
21 September 2001 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries and to include adjoining fish habitats)
Local government
Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Management features
Protection of barramundi and sooty grunter habitat; cooperative management with Traditional Owners.
Habitat values
Extensive Rhizophora stands associated with estuary; subtidal and intertidal flats; vegetated and unvegetated salt flats and sandy mouth.
Fisheries values
Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing; barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; grey mackerel; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; sooty grunter; school mackerel; whiting.
Other values
Adjoining Melaleuca forests.