Yorkey’s Creek declared Fish Habitat Area

Location and plan number

• Yorkey’s Creek, 11km north to north-west of Cairns
• Plan number: FHA-034 (Revision 1)
• Cairns Regional Council

Size and management level

• 117 ha – Management B.

Declaration history

• 16 March 1974: Original declaration.
• 21 September 2001: Redeclaration:
  • to cadastral boundaries.
• 22 May 2009: Redeclaration:
  • to include adjoining fish habitats.

Management features

• Protects estuarine fish habitats from the expansion of urban and residential subdivisions and farmland.

Habitat values

• Mangrove-lined creeks and wetlands.

Fisheries values

• Recreational and Indigenous fishing.
• Species:
  • Barramundi
  • Blue salmon
  • Bream
  • Estuary cod
  • Grunter
  • Mangrove jack
  • Queenfish
  • Whiting
  • Tiger prawns.

Unique features

• Lies within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Other values

• Important area for education.