Tully River declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

• Parts of Tully River downstream of junction with Lagoon Creek, 15 km 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