Kolan River declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

  • Parts of the Kolan River, downstream of Avondale, 28km 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 30m 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 and 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.