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Public Aquarium Licence - Northern Territory

Description

You will need to apply for a public aquarium licence if you intend to purchase and keep live fish and aquatic life for the purpose of exhibiting them for profit. Licence holders are not authorised to sell live fish or aquatic life taken or exhibited under the licence.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

You will need to provide the following information to be eligible:

  • details of species to be collected / displayed
  • area(s) from which species are to be collected
  • approved plans for facility
  • business and marketing plans
  • experience of applicant and key personnel
  • quarantine and disease strategies
  • security of ponds / tanks
  • minimum volume of water that will be under display
  • long term financial ability to fund project
  • any convictions for Fisheries offences.

Duration

Five years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $745.00

Fees for 2024-25

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
Apply All Public Aquarium Licence - Please contact the agency for relevant forms.

Act(s) name

Fisheries Act 1988 Northern Territory

Regulation(s) name

Fisheries Regulations 1992 Northern Territory

Administering agency

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Fisheries Division

Contact details

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