Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - K'gari
Indian Head, K'gari declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Foreshores of K'gari between Moon Point, Sandy Cape and Hook Point.
Plan number
FHA-053 (Revision 1)
Size
23,837 ha
Management level
B
Declaration dates
17 November 1983 (original declaration)
28 March 2008 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries and adjoining fish habitats included)
29 March 2024 (effective from 21 May 2024) (redeclared - name changed from Fraser Island FHA to K’gari to reflect the official name change of the island and outer boundary revised in the vicinity of Beaksea Spit to reflect the limit of Queensland Coastal Waters.)
Local government
Fraser Coast Regional Council
Management features
Protection of foreshores for commercial ocean beach and recreational tailor fisheries.
Habitat values
Interface of tropical and temperate floral assemblages and supports a high diversity of mangrove species dominated by Avicennia, Aegiceras, Ceriops and Rhizophora; extensive sheltered tidal flats; steep rocky cliffs; sandy ocean beaches and some freshwater springs.
Fisheries values
Fish communities comprised of tropical and temperate species; bream; estuary cod; flathead; grey mackerel; luderick; mangrove jack; mulloway; sea mullet; school mackerel; spotted mackerel; swallowtail dart; golden trevally; tailor; whiting; eastern king prawns.
Unique features
Best example of a complex of wetlands characteristic of south-east Queensland.
Other values
None presently identified.
Further references
Beumer, J & Halliday, I 1994, Effects of habitat disturbance on coastal fisheries resources of Tin Can Bay/Great Sandy Strait, Report to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.
Lee Long, W J & O’Reilly, W K 2007, Ecological character description for the Great Sandy Strait RAMSAR site July 2007, Report for the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency