Kolan River declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

• Parts of the Kolan River, downstream of Avondale, 28 km north-west of Bundaberg
• Plan number: FHA-032 (Revision 1)
• Bundaberg Regional Council

Size and management level

• 1,827 ha Management B

Declaration history

• 17 November 1983:
  • original declaration
• 20 September 2001 redeclaration:
  • redeclared to cadastral boundaries
• 29 March 2024 redeclaration, effective from 21 May 2024 revised to:
  • exclude some areas of non-tidal land
  • exclude areas within 30 m of the public boat ramps at Miara and near Bailles Road, Booyan

Management features

• Important prawn and fish habitat

Habitat values

• Extensive mangrove stands along the estuary
• Some channel islands or sandbars

Fisheries values

• Supports important commercial prawn fishery, recreational finfish area Indigenous fishing
• Species:
  • Bream
  • Estuary cod
  • Flathead
  • Garfish
  • Grey mackerel
  • Mangrove jack
  • Sea mullet
  • School mackerel
  • Whiting
  • Banana prawns

Other values

• None presently identified

References

• Mackenzie, J, Duke, N C 2001, State of the Mangroves Report 2008: Condition assessment of the tidal wetlands of the Burnett May Region, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane.