Myora–Amity Banks declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

  • Myora and Amity Banks, north-west side of North Stradbroke Island
  • Plan number: FHA-017
  • Redland City Council

Size and management level

  • 7,151 ha – Management A.

Declaration history

  • 23 January 1969: Original declaration of Myora Reserve.
  • 14 May 1992: Original declaration of Myora Extension.
  • 13 August 1999: Redeclaration:
    • redeclared to cadastral boundaries
    • combine Myora and Myora Extension Fish Habitat Areas.

Management features

  • Management of commercial fishing areas, including oyster areas.
  • Intertidal seagrass.
  • Protection of wetland habitats to assist the ongoing productivity of the marine environment and viability of commercial and recreational fishing industries.
  • Important prawn nursery area.

Habitat values

  • Shoreline dominated by mangroves (fringing Avicennia with patches of Rhizophora)
  • Extensive seagrass beds (Zostera, Halophila and Syringodium)
  • Intertidal shoals
  • Foreshore flats
  • Corals
  • Freshwater habitats.

Fisheries values

  • Species:
    • Bream
    • Flathead
    • Cobia
    • Snapper
    • Garfish
    • Spotted mackerel
    • School mackerel
    • Sea mullet
    • Tailor
    • Whiting
    • Banana prawns
    • Eastern king prawns
    • Bay prawns
    • Mud crabs
    • Sand crabs
    • Oysters.

Unique features

  • Capembah Creek provides a constant direct freshwater input to the mangrove community.
  • Lies within the Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland.

Other values

  • Research, education, management and long-term maintenance of a biological sampling and educational site near Brisbane.
  • Important dugong and turtle habitat.