Barr Creek declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

• Barr Creek, 8km north of Cairns
• Plan number: FHA-035
• Cairns Regional Council

Size and management level

• 64 ha – Management B

Declaration history

• 16 March 1974: Original declaration.
• 21 September 2001: Redeclaration:
  • redeclared to cadastral boundaries
  • include adjoining fish habitats.

Management features

• Estuarine and wetlands buffer zone for urban subdivision.
• Educational area for the nearby Holloways Beach learning centre.

Habitat values

• Mangrove-lined creek
• Saltmarsh
• Sand flats.

Fisheries values

• Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing.
• Species:
  • Barramundi
  • Blue salmon
  • Bream
  • Estuary cod
  • Grunter
  • Mangrove jack
  • Queenfish
  • Whiting
  • Tiger prawns.

Other values

• None presently identified.