Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A person shall not abandon nets, fish traps, pots, freshwater pots, fixed fish traps or line.
(2) A person shall be taken not to have abandoned gear that is left unattended if:
(a) in the case of gear which may be used for the purposes of amateur fishing, it is left in a place where it is not capable or will not become capable of taking fish or aquatic life; or
(b) in the case of gear which may be used only under a licence, it is secured at an approved location or, if it is net, in accordance with regulation 33.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the holder of a Mud Crab Fishery licence who abandons a pot in water.