Fisheries Resources of Calliope River, Gladstone Central Queensland 2014
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Fisheries Resources of Calliope River, Gladstone Central Queensland 2014 Prepared by: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Marine Resources Management, Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing The preparation of this report was funded by the Gladstone Ports Corporation's offsets program. © State of Queensland, 2014. The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek our permission, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland as the source of the publication. 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Citation Fisheries Resources of Calliope River, Gladstone: Central Queensland 2014 Brisbane: Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing, Queensland Government. July 2014 Contents List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. 1 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Fisheries management, fish habitats and fisheries ...................................................................................... 4 1.2 Regional Fish Habitat Focus ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Purpose of report .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2 Defining the Calliope River study area ................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Calliope River study area description ........................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Local Authority boundaries ........................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter 3 Faunal Communities in the Calliope River and surrounding areas ...................................................... 8 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Data sources ................................................................................................................................................. 8 3.3 Results .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.4 Discussion ................................................................................................................................................... 10 3.5 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Chapter 4 Fisheries of Calliope River and surrounds .......................................................................................... 11 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 11 4.2 Fishery Data Sources ................................................................................................................................. 11 4.3 Commercial Fishing .................................................................................................................................... 12 4.4 Indigenous fishing ....................................................................................................................................... 18 4.5 Recreational fishing .................................................................................................................................... 18 4.6 Boyne Tannum Hookup .............................................................................................................................. 19 4.7 Fishing closure 2011 ................................................................................................................................... 19 Chapter 5 Habitat Diversity .................................................................................................................................. 21 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 21 5.2 Habitats of the Calliope River ..................................................................................................................... 23 5.3 Unique habitat features ............................................................................................................................... 30 5.4 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................ 31 Chapter 6 Riparian zone ...................................................................................................................................... 32 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 32 6.2 Riparian zones within the Calliope River .................................................................................................... 32 6.3 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................. 33 Chapter 7 Climate, catchment flows and impoundment structures ..................................................................... 34 Chapter 8 Water quality ....................................................................................................................................... 36 8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 36 8.2 Water quality ............................................................................................................................................... 36 8.3 Sediment quality ......................................................................................................................................... 37 8.4 Dredging operations ................................................................................................................................... 37 8.5 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................ 37 iii Chapter 9 Land use within and adjacent to the Calliope River ............................................................................ 38 9.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 38 9.2 NRG Power Station..................................................................................................................................... 38 9.3 Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal.......................................................................................................... 39 9.4 RG Tanna Coal Terminal ............................................................................................................................ 40 9.5 Other land uses ........................................................................................................................................... 41 9.6 Artificial Structures ...................................................................................................................................... 41 9.7 Future development proposals ................................................................................................................... 44 9.8 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................