There are approximately forty shacks and coastal homes sparsely distributed along the fringe of Fitzgerald Bay whose interests are represented by the Cultana Jenkins Shackowners' Association.

Fitzgerald Bay is home to an outstanding geological feature; a section of stranded shingle beach ridges that date back to the late Pleistocene period.

The feature received South Australian state heritage listing in the early 2010s after nomination by the Cultana Jenkins Shackowners Association.

[18][19] The proposal was never formalised, though uranium-bearing ore was mined in South Australia at Radium Hill and refined at Port Pirie during the 1950s and early 1960s.

"[20] Fish farming in Fitzgerald Bay began in the late 1990s at pilot scale with yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi.

[citation needed] In 2021, Clean Seas Seafood received all the necessary approvals to resume fish farming within Fitzgerald Bay.

The return of the activity had raised concerns about nutrient pollution loading impacting the bay's ecology and the nearby giant Australian cuttlefish aggregation.