Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Beelbi
Beelbi declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Beelbi and Marsh creeks and coastal foreshore, 34km north-west of Maryborough.
Plan number
FHA-030 (revision 2)
Size
1,432 ha
885 ha management A
547 ha management B
Management level
A and B
Declaration dates
10 May 1986 (original declarations)
19 December 2003 (redeclared combining Beelbi and southern part of Burrum Toogoom FHAs)
25 February 2005 (revised management area along foreshore in front of Toogoom)
29 March 2024 (effective from 21 May 2024) (redeclared - revised to exclude the area within 30 meters of the public boat ramp at Toogoom and change an area at Beelbi Creek to Management B. Plan revised to show the exclusion of non-tidal land within Burrum Coast National Park)
Local government
Fraser Coast Regional Council
Management features
Conservation of commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishing grounds; inshore fish and crustacean nursery area.
Habitat values
Extensive mangrove stands with low closed shrubs(Avicennia and Aegialitis) and open mixed forests; seagrass areas; shallow littoral flats; patches of saltmarsh.
Fisheries values
Bream; estuary cod; flathead; garfish; luderick; mangrove jack; sea mullet; tailor; whiting; banana prawns; king prawns; mud crabs.
Other values
Habitat for dugong.