Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Kolan River
Mangroves, Kolan River
Location
Plan number
FHA-032 (Revision 1)
Size
1,827 ha
Management level
B
Declaration dates
17 November 1983 (original declaration)
20 September 2001 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
29 March 2024 (effective from 21 May 2024) (redeclared - revised to exclude some areas of non-tidal land and the areas within 30 meters of the public boat ramps at Miara and near Bailles Road, Booyan.)
Local government
Bundaberg Regional Council
Management features
Important prawn and fish habitat.
Habitat values
Extensive mangrove stands along estuary with some channel islands/sandbars present.
Fisheries values
Supports important commercial prawn fishery; recreational finfish area; Indigenous fishing; bream; estuary cod; flathead; garfish; grey mackerel; mangrove jack; sea mullet; school mackerel; whiting; banana prawns.
Other values
None presently identified.
Further references
Mackenzie, J & Duke, N C 2001, State of the Mangroves Report 2008: Condition assessment of the tidal wetlands of the Burnett May Region, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane.