Bohle River declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

  • Lower parts of the Bohle River and foreshore to the mouth of the Black River, 12km north-west of Townsville
  • Plan number: FHA-027 (Revision 1)
  • Townsville City Council

Size and management level

  • 4,788 ha – Management B.

Declaration history

  • 19 November 1983: Original declaration.
  • 13 August 1999: Redeclaration:
    • to cadastral boundaries.
  • 21 December 2012: Redeclaration:
    • include the Townsville Town Common
    • better define the offshore boundary.

Management features

  • Estuarine and wetlands buffer zone from urban development.
  • Controlled development adjacent to tidal wetlands.

Habitat values

  • Extensive stands of mangroves, saltmarshes and unvegetated claypans along the estuary
  • Seagrass beds
  • Undercut banks
  • Sandy beaches.

Fisheries values

  • Recreational, Indigenous and commercial fishing.
  • Species:
    • Barramundi
    • Blue salmon
    • Bream
    • Estuary cod
    • Flathead
    • Grey mackerel
    • Grunter
    • Mangrove jack
    • Queenfish
    • Sea mullet
    • School mackerel
    • Tiger prawns
    • Banana prawns
    • Blue-legged king prawns.

Unique features

  • Adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Other values

  • None presently identified.