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RECREATIONAL FISHING
Changes to personal possession limits
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.
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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). |
