Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Meunga Creek
Location
Meunga Creek to 20 m downstream of Bruce Highway, includes coastal waters outside mouth, 4 km north/north-west of Cardwell.
Plan number
Size
440 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
19 November 1983 (original declaration)
21 September 2001 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries)
Local government
Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Management features
Protection of barramundi habitat and associated wetlands.
Habitat values
Extensive mangrove zone (Rhizophora) associated with estuary; subtidal and intertidal flats; vegetated and unvegetated salt flats.
Fisheries values
Important recreational fishing area; commercial and Indigenous fishing; barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; grey mackerel; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; school mackerel; whiting.
Unique features
Lies adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Other values
Adjoining Melaleuca forests.