Tully River declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

  • Parts of Tully River downstream of junction with Lagoon Creek, 15km south-east of Tully
  • Plan number: FHA-045
  • Cassowary Coast Regional Council

Size and management level

  • 652 ha – Management A.

Declaration history

  • 19 November 1983: Original declaration.
  • 21 September 2001: Redeclaration:
    • to cadastral boundaries
    • to include adjoining fish habitats.

Management features

  • Protection of barramundi and sooty grunter habitat.

Habitat values

  • Extensive mangrove stands (Rhizophora) associated with the estuary
  • Subtidal and intertidal flats
  • Vegetated and unvegetated salt flats
  • Sandy mouth.

Fisheries values

  • Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing.
  • Species:
    • Barramundi
    • Blue salmon
    • Bream
    • Estuary cod
    • Grey mackerel
    • Grunter
    • Mangrove jack
    • Queenfish
    • Sooty grunter
    • School mackerel
    • Whiting.

Unique features

  • Adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Other values

  • Adjoining Melaleuca forests.