Halifax declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

  • Parts of Victoria and Gentle Annie creeks, 20km north-east of Ingham
  • Plan number: FHA-024
  • Hinchinbrook Shire Council

Size and management level

  • 5,270 ha – Management B.

Declaration history

  • 17 November 1983: Original declaration.
  • 25 November 1989: Redeclaration:
    • exclude an area of fish habitats.
  • 18 December 2003: Redeclaration:
    • redeclared to cadastral boundaries
    • returned an area that was revoked in 1989 to the declared Fish Habitat Area
    • add other fish habitats.

Management features

  • Conservation of important fish habitats, including juvenile Barramundi habitat.

Habitat values

  • Mangrove forests (Rhizophora, Avicennia and Acanthus)
  • Extensive intertidal banks in the lower reaches of estuaries.

Fisheries values

  • Recreational fishing.
  • Species:
    • Barramundi
    • Blue salmon
    • Bream
    • Estuary cod
    • Flathead
    • Garfish
    • Grey mackerel
    • Grunter
    • Mangrove jack
    • Queenfish
    • School mackerel
    • Tiger prawns.

Unique features

  • Adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Other values

  • Important area for fisheries and fish habitat research.