Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Yorkey's Creek
Yorkey's Creek declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Yorkey’s Creek, 11 km north/north-west of Cairns.
Plan number
FHA-034 (revision 1)
Size
117 ha
Management level
B
Declaration dates
16 March 1974 (original declaration)
21 September 2001 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
22 May 2009 (redeclared to include adjoining fish habitats)
Local government
Cairns Regional Council
Management features
Protects estuarine fish habitats from expansion of urban and residential subdivision and farmland.
Habitat values
Mangrove-lined creeks and wetlands.
Fisheries values
Recreational and Indigenous fishing; barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; whiting; tiger prawns.
Other values
Important area for education.