January 10, 2008 on 8:04 am | In Fishing Report | No Comments
Commercial fishing ban for Darwin Harbour
Darwin Harbour will be off limits to commercial coastal net fishing from next month.
From February 1 operators who breach the edict will be fined $20,000.
About one-quarter of all recreational fishing is done at Darwin Harbour and Shoal Bay.
Territory Fisheries Minister Chris Natt says the policy will improve the quality of fish for anglers.
The ban has been made possible by a $1 million buyback of nine commercial net licences.
The Amateur Fishermen’s Association of the Northern Territory wants the ban extended to Bynoe Harbour and the Finniss River.
January 4, 2008 on 11:03 am | In Fishing Report | No Comments
Christmas greeted us with a monsoonal trough and pleanty of good rains.
As I write a cylone is developing to the west of Darwin and we are under a cyclone warning. Predicated track is that a category 1 cyclone will track south of Darwin and east into the Gulf. From there it will probably reform and head wherever it chooses.
Wish all the great rains before the new year and now a cyclone/low tracking east just south of Darwin all is heading in the right direction for a great 2008 Run Off. Most of the big rivers are already in flood and there is no doubt that more flooding rains will fall over the next few days.
Check out the tacking map below from early Friday 4 Jan 08.
If you have been waiting for the rains before booking your Run Off trip you need wait no more.
