Australia · Spearfishing zone

Doctors Gully Aquatic Life Reserve, Darwin (Northern Territory)

Prohibited zonemarine_reserve

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Doctors Gully Aquatic Life Reserve, Darwin (Northern Territory).

Total no-take aquatic life reserve on the Darwin CBD foreshore — the Aquascene fish-feeding beach. Under its management plan no one may take, injure, destroy or possess fish or aquatic life anywhere in the reserve, so spearfishing is prohibited along with every other form of fishing. The reserve was declared under the Fisheries Act 1988 by notice in Gazette No. S51 of 8 October 1992, as amended by Gazette No. S5 of 28 January 1993.

On the coast

Location

Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.

12.4590°S, 130.8300°E

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Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

legislation.nt.gov.au

Before you dive

License for Australia

Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.

License requiredvia State/territory fisheries authority (e.g. NSW DPIRD Fisheries, VFA Victoria, DPIRD WA, Fisheries Queensland, PIRSA, NRE Tasmania, NT Fisheries).

Online via the relevant state fisheries authority website, or from authorised agents/tackle shops.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · dpird.nsw.gov.au

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