Cawarral Creek declared Fish Habitat Area
Location and plan number
- Cawarral and Coorooman creeks, 10km south of Emu Park, 45km east of Rockhampton
- Plan number: FHA-050 (Revision 1)
- Livingstone Shire Council
Size and management level
- 3,130 ha – Management A.
Declaration history
- 9 December 1994: Original declaration.
- 19 December 2003: Redeclaration:
- clarify boundaries.
- 11 November 2011: Redeclaration:
- add adjoining fish habitats.
Management features
- Protection of high-quality unimpacted estuarine fisheries habitat.
- Protection of fish spawning, nursery and grow-out habitat.
Habitat values
- Tidal creeks dominated by mangroves (Rhizophora, with patchy Avicennia and Ceriops)
- Estuary dominated by saltmarsh and intertidal flats
- Rocky structures
- Undercut and overhanging waterway banks
- Marine and freshwater swamps and lagoons
- Sand and pebble beaches.
Fisheries values
- One of 2 major destinations for recreational fishers on the Capricorn Coast.
- Indigenous fishing.
- Species:
- Barramundi
- Blue salmon
- Bream
- Estuary cod
- Flathead
- Grey mackerel
- Grunter
- Jewfish
- King salmon
- Mangrove jack
- Queenfish
- Sea mullet
- School mackerel
- Whiting
- Mud crab
- Banana prawns.
Unique features
- Adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
- Within the Capricorn Coast net-free fishing zone.
Other values
- None presently identified.