Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Bassett Basin
Bassett Creek
Location
Parts of Pioneer River and Bassett, Vines and Barnes creeks immediately adjacent to Mackay City.
Plan number
FHA-044 (Revision 1)
Size
662 ha
Management level
B
Declaration dates
13 April 1995 (original declaration)
13 August 1999 (redeclared to revoke one area of fish habitats and to add another area)
28 March 2008 (redeclared to clarify the boundary)
Local government
Mackay Regional Council
Management features
Conservation and management of fish habitats in the Pioneer River and adjoining creeks; protection of recreational, Indigenous and commercial fishing; buffer zone between human influence and the tidal environment; local educational resource.
Habitat values
Open Rhizophora shrubland, sand bars and tidal channels; saltmarsh; undercut banks; melaleuca wetlands.
Fisheries values
Barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; flathead; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; whiting; mud crabs; tiger prawns; grey mackerel nursery.
Unique features
Freshwater ponds flow into Bassett Basin, making a unique tidal habitat important for barramundi.
Other values
None presently identified.