Pine River Bay declared Fish Habitat Area
Location and plan number
- Pine River Bay, in the northern part of Albatross Bay, near Weipa
- Plan number: FHA-073
- Cook Shire Council and Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council
Size and management level
Total size: 25,573 ha:
- 25,560 ha – Management A
- 13 ha – Management B.
Declaration history
- 25 November 2011: Original declaration.
Management features
- Management of fish habitats in Pine River Bay.
- Protection of popular local Indigenous, recreational and commercial fishing and fishing charters.
- Cooperatively managed with the Central and Western Thanakwith peoples.
Habitat values
- Seagrass meadows
- Open waters
- Inshore reefs
- Sandy shores
- Rocky shores
- Mangrove forests
- Marine swamps
- Estuarine waters
- Intertidal banks
- Salt pans.
Fisheries values
- Species:
- Banana prawns
- Tiger prawns
- Grey mackerel
- Spanish mackerel
- Shark
- Mud crab
- Barramundi
- Threadfin salmon
- Mangrove jack
- Fingermark
- Queenfish.
Other values
- Pine River Bay has both cultural and fisheries significance to the Thanakwith Anguthimiri and Thanakwith Thayngath people.
References
- Baker, R and Sheppard, R 2006, Fisheries Resources of Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, Department of Primary Industries.