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About Fisheries
Fisheries works in partnership with commercial and recreational fishing industries, the aquaculture industry, Indigenous communities and other stakeholders to achieve optimum sustainable utilisation of the Northern Territory’s valuable aquatic resources. It follows a consultative and precautionary-based approach to ensure that all NT wild harvest fisheries, aquaculture and associated aquatic resources are ecologically, economically and socially sustained. Fisheries’ resource management programs are based on high quality scientific indicators and designed to ensure that the Territory’s aquatic resources are not over-exploited.
Recreational Fishing Controls
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RECREATIONAL FISHING Following public consultation and with wide community support, the Northern Territory Government will introduce the following changes to personal possession limits, effective |
a reduction of the current possession limit for black jewfish from five to two |
| a reduction of the current possession limit for Spanish mackerel from five to two | |
| the introduction of a new possession limit of 30 cherabin and/or red claw yabbies | |
| the introduction of a boat limit of 10 freshwater pots per vessel (when two or more people are on board) | |
| a requirement for turtle excluder rings in freshwater pots | |
| the introduction of a new possession limit of three sharks of any species, including a prohibition on the take of sawfish (the sawfish prohibition would not apply to Indigenous people undertaking customary fishing). | |
| a prohibition on the recreational take of giant clams (this would not apply to Indigenous people undertaking customary fishing). |
Our services to the aquatic resource sector
- Protecting and managing all aquatic resources, with particular emphasis on vulnerable fish stocks.
- Implementing innovative research programs to develop world-class fisheries technology and assessment techniques to monitor aquatic resources.
- Allocating licences to assist in commercial catch, sale and processing of Territory fish and aquatic life.
- Providing programs that nurture industry growth and development in the commercial fishing, aquaculture and fishing tourism sectors.
- Monitoring to protect local fishing, aquaculture, tourism and marine-based industries from aquatic pest incursions.
- Operating a commercial barramundi hatchery and nursery business.
- Supplying barramundi fingerlings to assist commercial and recreational industry needs.
- Providing extensive R&D support to the recreational fishing sector.
- Liaising with coastal Indigenous communities and fostering consultation between them and industry on opportunities for joint-venture operations, particularly local aquaculture activities.
- Promoting recreational fishing and encouraging fishing tourism in the NT.
- Providing fishing infrastructure projects and access arrangements to enhance recreational fishing in the Territory.
Related Publications
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Fishery Status Reports 2008 The following report provides an overview of the NT's wild harvest fisheries, recreational and fishing tourism industries, as well as the aquaculture and indigenous fishing sectors and aquatic biosecurity. Future research and management directions are also highlighted. |