Mackay aquaculture development area

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

Location snapshot

Name

• Bloomsbury

Local government

• Mackay

ADA size

• 2,126ha on 3 land parcels

Water access

• Potential 2 creek access (Dempster, Hervey Creeks) for intake/discharge

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 70km north of Mackay CBD; 40km south of Proserpine (70km north of Mackay airport; 30km south of Whitsunday Coast airport).
• Near Bruce Highway (major highway) and North Coast railway line.
• Seawater access possibly in Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park general use and habitat protection zones (preference for minimal aquaculture structures in habitat protection zones).
• Seawater access possible in the Dempster, Hervey Creeks (fish habitat area—management B area).
• Water supply may be periodic due to high tidal range in the region.
• Sections of matters of state environmental significance along the coast and creeks (category B— remnant vegetation).
• Site located within coastal management district—any coastal hazard risks may need to be mitigated.

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