Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - Myora-Amity Banks
One Mile, Myora-Amity Banks declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Myora and Amity Banks, north-west side of North Stradbroke Island
Plan number
Size
7,151 ha
Management level
A
Declaration dates
23 January 1969 (original declaration of Myora Reserve)
14 May 1992 (original declaration of Myora Extension)
13 August 1999 (redeclared to cadastral boundaries and to combine Myora and Myora Extension FHAs)
Local government
Redland City Council
Management features
Management of commercial fishing areas including oyster areas; intertidal seagrass; protection of wetland habitats to assist the ongoing productivity of the marine environment and viability of commercial and recreational fishing industries; important prawn nursery area.
Habitat values
Shoreline dominated by mangroves (fringing Avicennia with patches of Rhizophora); extensive seagrass beds (including Zostera, Halophila and Syringodium species); intertidal shoals; foreshore flats; corals; freshwater habitats.
Fisheries values
Bream; flathead; cobia; snapper; garfish; spotted and school mackerel; sea mullet; tailor; whiting; banana, eastern king and bay prawns; mud and sand crabs; oysters.
Unique features
Capembah Creek provides a constant direct freshwater input to the mangrove community; lies within the Moreton Bay Ramsar wetland.
Other values
Research, education, management and long-term maintenance of a biological sampling and educational site near Brisbane; important dugong and turtle habitat.