Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Hays Inlet
Hay's Inlet
Location
Parts of Pine River and Hays Inlet upstream from Hornibrook Highway, between Redcliffe and Brisbane.
Plan number
Size
1,205 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
23 January 1969 (original declaration)
4 November 1989 (redeclared to include upstream adjoining fish habitats)
23 July 1998 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
Local government
City of Moreton Bay
Management features
Protection of shoal estuarine flats and intertidal fish habitats; stands of mangroves (Excoecaria) in estuary (this species is uncommon elsewhere in Moreton Bay); limited habitat modification (runnels) for mosquito control.
Habitat values
Dominated by open mangrove forests (Avicennia) with other fringing mangrove communities along deeper muddy-sand substrates; small over-wash mangrove islands; saltmarsh flats (dominated by samphire) associated with Pine River and Hays Inlet; seagrass beds at estuary mouth.
Fisheries values
Major recreational fishing ground; Australian bass; bream; blue salmon; estuary cod; flathead; garfish; jewfish; luderick; mangrove jack; sea mullet; tailor; whiting; mud crabs; sand crabs; banana prawns; eastern king prawns.
Unique features
Lies within the Moreton Bay Ramsar wetland.
Other values
Recreational area; education opportunities at Osprey House Environmental Centre.