and is mangrove species, flathead, mullet, mackerel, approximately dominated by shark, whiting, mangrove 92,000 Rhizophora, Avicennia jack, queenfish, bream, dart, hectares in and Ceriops species and trevally and jewfish. Prawns size Xylocarpus mekongensis; and mud crabs. dense seagrass meadows at least eight – species of seagrass recorded; extensive saltpans. Bowling Bowling Green Closed Rhizophora and Major barramundi nursery Declared to Green Bay Bay south of Ceriops dominated habitat; area identified as conserve (declared Townsville and mangrove stands with important to the food chain of commercial and in 1989) is extensive areas of salt offshore billfish fishery; recreational fishing approximately marsh, sparse seagrass barramundi, blue salmon, grounds and 68,600 beds within the bay, bream, estuary cod, flathead, resources and as hectares in exposed banks and grey mackerel, grunter, important dugong size. freshwater lagoons. mangrove jack, queenfish, and loggerhead school mackerel, whiting, turtle habitat. tiger and banana prawns. Adjacent to Bowling Green Bay RAMSAR wetlands, freshwater lagoons immediately upstream. Nature refuges A nature refuge is a class of protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 that acknowledges a commitment to manage and preserve land with significant conservation values while allowing compatible and sustainable land uses to continue. Although a nature refuge agreement may be entered into voluntarily, a nature refuge agreement is legally binding. There are two nature refuges in the Haughton basin, the Corrick Plains Nature Refuge and Serpentine Nature Refuge. These are shown in Figure 2.2.1
and is approximately 92,000 hectares in size mangrove species, dominated by Rhizophora, Avicennia and Ceriops species and Xylocarpus mekongensis; dense seagrass meadows – at least eight species of seagrass recorded; extensive saltpans. flathead, mullet, mackerel, shark, whiting, mangrove jack, queenfish, bream, dart, trevally and jewfish. Prawns and mud crabs. Bowling Green Bay (declared in 1989) Bowling Green Bay south of Townsville and is approximately 68,600 hectares in size. Closed Rhizophora and Ceriops dominated mangrove stands with extensive areas of salt marsh, sparse seagrass beds within the bay, exposed banks and freshwater lagoons. Major barramundi nursery habitat; area identified as important to the food chain of offshore billfish fishery; barramundi, blue salmon, bream, estuary cod, flathead, grey mackerel, grunter, mangrove jack, queenfish, school mackerel, whiting, tiger and banana prawns. Declared to conserve commercial and recreational fishing grounds and resources and as important dugong and loggerhead turtle habitat. Adjacent to Bowling Green Bay RAMSAR wetlands, freshwater lagoons immediately upstream. Nature refuges A nature refuge is a class of protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 that acknowledges a commitment to manage and preserve land with significant conservation values while allowing compatible and sustainable land uses to continue. Although a nature refuge agreement may be entered into voluntarily, a nature refuge agreement is legally binding. There are two nature refuges in the Haughton basin, the Corrick Plains Nature Refuge and Serpentine Nature Refuge. These are shown in Figure 2.2.1
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