Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Kippa-Ring
Silty-sand foreshore, Kippa-Ring declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
South end of Deception Bay, 5 km west/south-west of Redcliffe.
Plan number
FHA-014Size
818 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
23 January 1969 (original declaration)
24 July 1998 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
21 December 2012 (redeclared to improve boundary definition including offshore boundary)
Local government
Moreton Bay Regional Council
Management features
Protection of estuarine and bay fish habitats in close proximity to urban development; ephemeral seagrass; extensive sand and mud intertidal flats; mangrove communities along southern foreshore of Deception Bay.
Habitat values
Sandy and silty-sand foreshores and shoals; Avicennia-dominated foreshore with some Ceriops; samphire flats and seagrass beds.
Fisheries values
Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fisheries; bream; blue salmon; estuary cod; flathead; garfish; jewfish; luderick; mangrove jack; sea mullet; tailor; whiting; mud crabs; sand crabs; banana prawns; eastern king prawns; bay prawns.
Other values
Popular recreational area.