Declared Fish Habitat Area summary - West Hill
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West Hill declared Fish Habitat Area
Location
Yarrawonga Point/Marion Creek south to Flaggy Rock Creek including West Hill Island and adjacent coastal waters, around 80km south-east of Mackay.
Plan number
Size
17,546 ha
6,482 ha management A
11,064 ha management B
Management level
A and B
Declaration dates
22 November 1986 (original declaration)
22 May 2009 (redeclared and combined with Carmila and Marion Fish Habitat Areas)
Local government
Isaac Regional Council
Management features
Protection of important fish habitat; Marion and Carmila sections (management B) provide a wetlands buffer zone from rural development for the West Hill section (management A).
Habitat values
Extensive mangrove stands, tending towards patchiness around Feather Creek; extensive saltmarshes and intertidal flats; salt flats also present; seagrass beds (Zostera and Halophila species); fringing inshore reef.
Fisheries values
Protection of commercial and recreational fisheries for barramundi and mud crabs; barramundi; blue salmon; bream; estuary cod; flathead; grey mackerel; grunter; mangrove jack; queenfish; sea mullet; school mackerel; whiting; mud crab.
Unique features
Lies within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Other values
None presently identified.