Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Kippa-Ring
Silty-sand foreshore, Kippa-Ring declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
South end of Deception Bay, 5km west/south-west of Redcliffe.
Plan number
FHA-014 (Revision 1)
Size
818 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
23 January 1969 (original declaration)
24 July 1998 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
21 December 2012 (redeclared to improve boundary definition including offshore boundary)
Local government
City of Moreton Bay
Management features
Protection of estuarine and bay fish habitats near urban development; seasonal seagrass; extensive sand and mud intertidal flats; mangrove communities along southern foreshore of Deception Bay.
Habitat values
Sandy and silty-sand foreshores and shoals; mangrove dominated foreshore (Avicennia and Ceriops species); saltmarsh flats (with samphire species) and seagrass beds.
Fisheries values
Commercial, recreational and Indigenous fisheries; bream; blue salmon; estuary cod; flathead; garfish; jewfish; luderick; mangrove jack; sea mullet; tailor; whiting; mud crabs; sand crabs; banana, eastern king and bay prawns.
Unique features
Lies within the Moreton Bay Ramsar wetland.
Other values
Popular recreational area.