Coombabah declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

• Coombabah Creek and Lake, upstream of junction with Saltwater Creek, 10km north-west of Southport, Gold Coast
• Plan number: FHA-016
• City of Gold Coast Council

Size and management level

• 489 ha – Management B.

Declaration history

• 19 November 1983: Original declaration.
• 21 May 1988: Redeclaration:
  • revoke Saltwater Creek.
• 25 March 1989: Redeclaration:
  • add adjoining fish habitats.
• 24 July 1998: Redeclaration:
  • redeclared to cadastral boundaries.

Management features

• Wetlands buffer zone from residential development and associated run-off for the Jumpinpin–Broadwater Fish Habitat Area.
• Protection of the remaining undisturbed habitat.

Habitat values

• Mangrove communities (Avicennia and Rhizophora) along tidal creek
• Shallow silty-sand estuarine lake.

Fisheries values

• Fishing in Coombabah Creek.
• Species:
  • Bream
  • Estuary cod
  • Flathead
  • Garfish
  • Luderick
  • Mangrove jack
  • Sea mullet
  • Tailor
  • Whiting
  • Banana prawns
  • King prawns
  • Bay prawns.

Unique features

• Lies within the Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland.

Other values

• Boardwalk provides access to the declared Fish Habitat Area.