Eight Mile Creek declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

• 150km north-west of Burketown, between Tully Inlet and Bundella Waterholes
• Plan number: FHA-063
• Burke Shire Council

Size and management level

• 35,245 ha – Management A.

Declaration history

• 19 May 1990: Original declaration.
• 1 July 2010: Redeclaration:
  • redeclared to cadastral boundaries
  • extended seaward.

Management features

• Conservation of commercial, recreational and Indigenous fisheries resources.

Habitat values

• Narrow discontinuous fringe of mangroves (Avicennia) along stream banks.
• Extensive unvegetated sand flats occur both within and outside the estuary.

Fisheries values

• Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fisheries.
• Species:
  • Barramundi
  • Blue salmon
  • Grey mackerel
  • King salmon
  • Queenfish
  • Grunter
  • Mud crabs
  • Catfish.

Other values

• None presently identified.