Coomera declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

• Part of Southport Broadwater adjacent to Coomera Island, 15km north to north-west of Southport, Gold Coast
• Plan number: FHA-023
• City of Gold Coast Council

Management level and size

• 607 ha – Management B.

Declaration history

• 19 November 1983: Original declaration.
• 13 August 1999: Redeclaration:
  • redeclared to cadastral boundaries
  • include adjoining fish habitats.

Management features

• Wetlands buffer zone from residential development.
• Associated run-off for the Jumpinpin–Broadwater Fish Habitat Area.

Habitat values

• Mangrove communities (Avicennia and Rhizophora) along estuary and tidal creeks.
• Scattered seagrass beds and saltmarsh.

Fisheries values

• Commercial, recreational and indigenous fisheries.
• Species:
  • Bream
  • Estuary cod
  • Flathead
  • Garfish
  • Luderick
  • Mangrove jack
  • Sea mullet
  • Tailor
  • Whiting
  • Banana prawns
  • Eastern king prawns
  • Bay prawns.

Unique features

• Lies within and adjacent to the Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland.

Other values

• None presently identified.