Following public consultation and with wide community support, the Northern Territory Government will introduce the following changes to personal possession limits, effective 1 January 2010.
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).