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.

Service type

Licence

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

Duration

Five years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $1280.00 Fee for 2020-21.

Forms

Task Business Structure Resources
Apply All Aquarium Fishing / Display Fishery Licence - Please use the contact details below for information on forms to be submitted.

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

Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade

Fisheries Division

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 Licensing
Operating address: 33 Vaughan Street
Berrimah, Northern Territory 0828
Mailing address: GPO BOX 3000
Darwin, Northern Territory 0801
Phone: 08 8999 2183
Fax: 08 8999 2057
Email: FisheriesLicensing@nt.gov.au
Contact us website: Contact NT Fisheries (Opens in new window)