Midge declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

• Dempster and Hervey Creek and the foreshore or coastal waters south to Dewars Point, 45km south-east of Proserpine
• Plan number: FHA-001
• Mackay Regional Council

Size and management level

• 8,199 ha – Management B.

Declaration history

• 10 May 1986: Original declaration.
• 24 July 1998: Redeclaration:
  • redeclared to cadastral boundaries.

Management features

• Wetlands buffer zone from rural development for Repulse Fish Habitat Area.
• Conservation of recreational fishing grounds.

Habitat values

• Closed mangrove forests (Rhizophora) along the estuary fringed by saltmarsh areas
• Seagrass beds towards the mouth of Black Rock Creek
• Inshore reefs.

Fisheries values

• Recreational and Indigenous fisheries.
• Species:
  • Barramundi
  • Blue salmon
  • Bream
  • Estuary cod
  • Flathead
  • Grey mackerel
  • Grunter
  • Mangrove jack
  • Queenfish
  • School mackerel
  • Sweetlip
  • Various emperor species
  • Banana prawns
  • Blue-legged king prawns.

Unique features

• Lies within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Other values

• Marine turtle habitat.