Aquarium Fishing/Display Fishery Licence - Northern Territory

Description

You must apply for an aquarium fishing/display fishery if you intend to collect live fish and aquatic life for the purpose of sale and display in aquariums. You may harvest from all inland, estuarine and marine waters to the outer boundary of the Australian fishing zone.
For more information on aquarium fishing/display fishery licence, please contact the department.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Duration

5 Years.

Fees

Common Fees details for this service in table format.

Type Amount Description
Application $1280.00

$1,280 annual licence fee (2019-20).

Cash, Credit Card / EFTPOS, cheque or money order.

Act(s) name

Fisheries Act 1988 Northern Territory

Regulation(s) name

Fisheries Regulations 1992 Northern Territory

Additional information

There is only 12 aquarium fishing/display licences allowed in the NT and all are currently allocated. You can only get a licence by buying it from an existing licence holder.

An aquarium fishing/display fishery licensee shall not use gear other than gear, such as a cast net, a scoop net, a hand pump or a
freshwater pot.

You must not take fish from Doctor's Gully, East Point Aquatic Life Reserves in Darwin Harbour, Aboriginal sacred sites and aquaculture farm leases and sanctuary zones.

For more information, please contact the department.

Administering agency

Fisheries Group

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Licensing Officer

Fisheries Group
Operating address: 33 Vaughan Street
Berrimah NT 0828
Mailing address: GPO Box 3000
Darwin NT 0801
Phone: 0889992183
Fax: 0889992057
Email: FisheriesLicensing@nt.gov.au
Website: https://www.nt.gov.au/marine/for-all-harbour-and-boat-users/contact-nt-fisheries (Opens in new window)