Hinchinbrook (Halifax/Braemeadows) aquaculture development area

Read the Hinchinbrook (Halifax/Braemeadows) aquaculture development area (ADA) overview. This location is suitable for Queensland northern fish species and prawns.

Location snapshot

Name

• Halifax/Braemeadows

Local government

• Hinchinbrook

ADA size

• 1,476ha over 16 property addresses

Water access

• Potential creek access (Victoria Creek, Lagoon Creek) or beach access for intake/discharge, or combination.

Examples of potential aquaculture species

• Marine prawns (black tiger and banana prawns)
• Barramundi
• Marine finfish (e.g. tropical groper and cod, cobia, threadfin, snapper, mullet species)

Further information

• Approximately 13km east of Ingham CBD (100km north of Townsville airport).
• Next to Bruce Highway (major highway) and North Coast railway line.
• Certain land parcels include pockets of regulated vegetation (e.g. category R-GBR riverine; essential (wildlife) habitat).
• Sections of wildlife habitat (endangered or vulnerable) adjacent to certain land parcels and parts of Victoria Creek.
• Site located within natural hazard areas including flooding and storm-tide inundation—any hazard risks may need to be mitigated and corresponding impacts to adjacent properties avoided or minimised.
• Sections of certain land parcels may be below highest astronomical tide (HAT)—development for land-based marine aquaculture will need to be located above HAT.

View a map of the Hinchinbrook (Halifax/Braemeadows) ADA.