{"id":"mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006","name":"MUD CRAB FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2006","slug":"mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":177036,"registerId":"nt-mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"MUD CRAB FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2006","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nMUD CRAB FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2006\nAs in force at 25 July 2018\nTable of provisions\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1\n2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1\n3 Application of Plan ........................................................................... 1\n4 Objects of Plan ................................................................................ 1\n5 Review of management of fishery ................................................... 2\nPart 2 Interpretation\n6 Definitions ........................................................................................ 3\n7 Meaning of complying commercial holding cage ............................. 4\n9 Meaning of complying float for complying commercial holding\ncage ................................................................................................. 5\n10 Meaning of complying float for complying pot .................................. 5\n11 Meaning of map ............................................................................... 6\nPart 3 General controls\n12 No fishing in non-tidal waters........................................................... 6\n13 No taking or possession of berried female mud crab....................... 6\n13A Float must be attached to gear ........................................................ 6\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 1 Licensing, units of entitlement and nominated\nplaces\n14 Limitations on licences .................................................................... 7\n14A Unit of entitlement............................................................................ 7\n14B Transfer of units............................................................................... 7\n14C Termination of transfer .................................................................... 7\n15 Nominated place.............................................................................. 8\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 1 Application of Division\n16 Division applies to licensees ............................................................ 8\n\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 ii\nSubdivision 2 Control relating to closed waters\n17 No fishing in closed waters .............................................................. 8\nSubdivision 3 Controls relating to taking, possession and\nprocessing of mud crabs\n18 Mud crab less than minimum size not to be taken ........................... 8\n19 Commercially unsuitable mud crab not to be taken ......................... 9\n20 When licensee deemed not to have taken or have possession\nof mud crab...................................................................................... 9\n21 Mud crab to be restrained ................................................................ 9\n22 Mud crab to be left intact ................................................................. 9\n23 Processing mud crab ....................................................................... 9\nSubdivision 4 Other controls\n24 Limit on use of vessels .................................................................. 10\n25 Prohibition on use of fishing gear – fishing for mud crabs ............. 10\n26 Permitted number of pots .............................................................. 11\n27 Abandoning pot in water ................................................................ 11\n28 Limit on number of pots in possession .......................................... 11\n28A Use of escape vents in pots........................................................... 12\n29 Use of complying commercial holding cages ................................. 12\n30 Limit on possession of complying commercial holding cages ........ 13\n31 Prohibition on use of fishing gear – fishing for bait ........................ 13\n32 Certain fish not to be taken or possessed...................................... 13\n33 Use of restricted bait net ................................................................ 14\n34 Prohibition of possession of restricted bait net in certain area ....... 14\nPart 5 Amateur fishing\n37 Part applies to amateur fishers ...................................................... 15\n38 Mud crabs less than minimum size not to be taken ....................... 15\n39 Limit on number of mud crabs taken in a day ................................ 15\n40 Limit on number of mud crabs in possession................................. 16\n41 Prohibition on use of fishing gear .................................................. 17\n42 Limit on number of pots in use....................................................... 17\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\n42A Mud crab to be left intact ............................................................... 17\n43 Review after 5 years ...................................................................... 17\nPart 7 Repeal of management plans\n44 Repeals ......................................................................................... 18\nSchedule 1 Coordinates for closed waters\n\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 iii\nSchedule 2 Commercially unsuitable mud crabs\nSchedule 3 Mary River Fish Management Zone\nSchedule 4 Prohibited area for restricted bait net\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 25 July 2018\n____________________\nMUD CRAB FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2006\nPlan under the Fisheries Act 1988\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Citation\nThis Plan may be cited as the Mud Crab Fishery Management\nPlan 2006.\n2 Commencement\nThis Plan comes into operation on 1 July 2010.\n3 Application of Plan\nThis Plan applies to the mud crab fishery declared under section 22\nof the Act to be a managed fishery by notice published in Gazette\nG12 dated 28 March 1990 at page 3.\n4 Objects of Plan\nThe objects of this Plan are:\n(a) to manage the fishery resource, in accordance with the\nprinciples of ecologically sustainable development, to ensure\nthe promotion of appropriate protection of:\n(i) the resource and its habitats; and\n(ii) by-product species and by-catch species; and\n(b) to maintain a stewardship of the fishery resource that\npromotes fairness, equity and access to the resource by all\nstakeholder groups, including:\n(i) indigenous people; and\n(ii) commercial operators; and\n(iii) amateur fishers; and\n\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 2\n(iv) others with an interest in the fishery resource of the\nTerritory; and\n(c) to promote the optimum utilisation of the resource to the\nbenefit of the community by a flexible approach to the\nmanagement of the fishery resource and its habitats.\nNote for clause 4\nThe conduct of mud crab fishing is governed by this Plan and any other\ninstrument made under the Act.\n5 Review of management of fishery\n(1) The Director must review the management of the fishery if:\n(a) the total amount of mud crabs taken by licensees, or a\nstakeholder group, in a previous year decreases by at least\n50%; or\n(b) the total amount of mud crabs taken by licensees, or a\nstakeholder group, in 2 consecutive years decreases by at\nleast 10% each year; or\n(c) the total effort by licensees in 2 consecutive years increases\nby at least 10% each year; or\n(d) the median size of mud crabs taken by all fishers in\n2 consecutive years decreases by at least 5 mm each year; or\n(e) the total amount of by-product species taken by licensees in\nconsecutive years increases by at least 0.5 t; or\n(f) the total amount of by-catch species taken by licensees:\n(i) in a year increases by at least 50%; or\n(ii) in any 3 years increases by at least 100%; or\n(g) licensees, or officers or employees of Agencies and statutory\nauthorities, identify a significant effect of the fishery on an\necosystem component, particularly a species or community\nlisted under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity\nConservation Act 1999 (Cth).\n(2) In conducting the review, the Minister must consult with stakeholder\ngroups.\n\nPart 2 Interpretation\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 3\nPart 2 Interpretation\n6 Definitions\nIn this Plan:\nAGD 1966 means the Australian Geodetic Datum as defined in the\nCommonwealth Gazette No. 84 of 6 October 1966.\nberried female mud crab means a female mud crab on which\neggs are visibly attached to the pleopods under the abdominal flap.\nby-catch species means a species of aquatic life taken but\ndiscarded by a licensee conducting operations for the purposes of a\nlicence.\nby-product species means a non-target species of aquatic life\ntaken and retained by a licensee conducting operations for the\npurposes of a licence.\ncarapace, of a mud crab, means the large non-segmented piece of\nthe hard external shell covering the dorsal and lateral parts of the\ncrab.\nclosed waters means the waters landward of a straight line\nconnecting the coordinates stated in Schedule 1 for the waters\nstated in the Schedule.\ncommercially unsuitable, for a mud crab, means:\n(a) for a female mud crab – the carapace at both points shown in\nSchedule 2 are flexible enough to move inwards and make an\naudible sound when pressed; or\n(b) for a male mud crab – both points shown in Schedule 2 can be\npressed inwards.\ncomplying commercial holding cage , see clause 7.\ncomplying float for:\n(a) a complying commercial holding cage – see clause 9; or\n(b) a complying pot – see clause 10.\ncomplying pot means a complying marine pot or dilly pot.\nNote\nDefinitions of complying marine pot and dilly pot are set out in regulation 4 of\nthe Fisheries Regulations 1992. Those definitions apply to this Plan because of\nsection 27(3) of the Act.\n\nPart 2 Interpretation\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 4\nexcess pot means any pot in excess of the permitted number of\npots.\nday means a 24 hour period starting at midnight.\nholding cage means a cage used, or designed for use, only to hold\nmud crabs on a temporary basis.\nlicence means a Mud Crab Fishery licence.\nlicensee means the holder of a licence, and includes a person\nassisting a licensee to conduct operations for the purposes of the\nlicence.\nmap , see clause 11.\nMary River Fish Management Zone means the area described in\nSchedule 3.\nmud crab means a crab, or part of a crab, of the genus Scylla and\nincludes, in relation to a mud crab:\n(a) an egg or larva; and\n(b) a dead body; and\n(c) a shell.\nnominated place, for a licensee, means the place nominated\nunder clause 15 as the licensee's nominated place.\npermitted number, of pots, means the number of pots the licensee\nis permitted to use under the units of entitlement currently held by\nthe licensee.\nprohibited area, for a restricted bait net, means the area stated in\nSchedule 4.\nunit of entitlement, in relation to pots, means an entitlement to use\n30 complying pots.\nyear means a period of 12 months starting at the beginning of any\nday of a calendar year.\n7 Meaning of complying commercial holding cage\nA complying commercial holding cage is a holding cage that:\n(a) is constructed in a way that is not likely to cause aquatic life to\nbecome entangled in it; and\n\nPart 2 Interpretation\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 5\n(b) has an internal capacity of not less than 1 m 3 and not more\nthan 2 m 3; and\n(c) has a minimum mesh size of 65 mm x 45 mm.\n9 Meaning of complying float for complying commercial holding\ncage\n(1) A complying float for a complying commercial holding cage is a\nfloat that:\n(a) has a minimum diameter and length of 130 mm; and\n(b) is orange in colour; and\n(c) is marked legibly and indelibly with the licence number under\nwhich it is used in Arabic numerals and no other number.\n(2) Without limiting subclause (1)(c), a float may be marked by:\n(a) incising the number into it; or\n(b) painting the number onto it with waterproof paint.\n(3) The marking must be made in a way that the licence number can\nbe easily read at all times.\n10 Meaning of complying float for complying pot\n(1) A complying float for a complying pot is a float that:\n(a) has a minimum diameter and length of 100 mm; and\n(b) is marked legibly and indelibly:\n(i) if the pot to which it is attached is used as part of a\nvessel's registration – with the unit of entitlement number\nin Arabic numerals and no other number; or\n(ii) if the pot to which it is attached is amateur fishing gear –\nwith the full name and telephone number of the person\nusing the gear; and\n(c) is attached to a pot with a line that has a minimum diameter of\n6 mm; and\n(d) is specifically designed as a buoy.\n(2) Without limiting subclause (1)(b), a float may be marked by:\n(a) incising the number or name into it; or\n\nPart 3 General controls\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 6\n(b) painting the number or name onto it with waterproof paint.\n(3) The marking must be made in a way that the number or name can\nbe easily read at all times.\n11 Meaning of map\nA map mentioned in this Plan is a map that is part of the National\nTopographic Map Series Australia 1:100 000, AGD 1966.\nPart 3 General controls\n12 No fishing in non-tidal waters\nA person must not fish for mud crabs in waters that are not subject\nto tidal influence.\nMaximum penalty: 85 penalty units.\n13 No taking or possession of berried female mud crab\n(1) A person must not take or have possession of a berried female mud\ncrab.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) For subclause (1), a person must not be regarded as having taken\na mud crab if, immediately after its capture, the person returns it to\nthe place from which it was captured with as little injury to it as\npossible.\n13A Float must be attached to gear\n(1) This clause applies to a person who is using a pot to fish for mud\ncrabs or a holding cage to hold mud crabs.\n(2) The person commits an offence if at any time while the pot or\nholding cage is in use:\n(a) a complying float is not attached to the pot or cage; or\n(b) the float is not above water level.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 1 Licensing, units of entitlement and nominated places\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 7\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 1 Licensing, units of entitlement and nominated\nplaces\n14 Limitations on licences\n(1) The Director must not issue more than 49 licences.\n(2) However, if a licence is cancelled or not renewed, the number of\nlicences the Director may issue is reduced by one.\n(3) It is a condition of each licence that the licensee must not take mud\ncrabs under the licence if less than 2 units of entitlement are\nattached to the licence at the time.\nExample for subclause (3)\nUnder clause 14B, a licensee can transfer one or both of the units of entitlement\nthat are attached to the licence. If one unit is transferred, the licensee must not\nfish for mud crabs under the licence until the transferred unit reverts to the\nlicensee or the licensee takes a transfer of another unit from another licensee.\n14A Unit of entitlement\nSubject to a transfer of a unit of entitlement under clause 14B,\n2 units of entitlement attach to each licence.\n14B Transfer of units\n(1) A unit of entitlement is transferable, but only to a person who holds\na licence (including a licence held under a temporary transfer).\n(2) A transfer must be for a period not less than 30 days.\n(3) An application for transfer must be made to the Director in the\napproved form.\n(4) A transfer is not effective until the Director has approved the\ntransfer in writing.\n14C Termination of transfer\nA transfer of a unit of entitlement terminates on the earlier of the\nfollowing:\n(a) the date shown on the application for transfer as the expiry\ndate of the transfer;\n(b) the date on which the transferee ceases to hold a licence;\n\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 3 Controls relating to taking, possession and processing of mud crabs\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 8\n(c) the end of the financial year in which the transfer took effect.\n15 Nominated place\n(1) The holder of a licence must nominate one place as the licensee's\nnominated place for this Plan.\n(2) The nomination must be made to the Director in the form approved\nby the Director.\n(3) The holder of the licence must not nominate a vessel, or a part of a\nvessel, that is used to fish for mud crabs as a nominated place.\n(4) In this clause:\nlicensee means the holder of a licence.\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 1 Application of Division\n16 Division applies to licensees\nThis Division applies to a licensee conducting operations for the\npurposes of a licence.\nSubdivision 2 Control relating to closed waters\n17 No fishing in closed waters\nA licensee must not fish in closed waters.\nMaximum penalty: 85 penalty units.\nSubdivision 3 Controls relating to taking, possession and\nprocessing of mud crabs\n18 Mud crab less than minimum size not to be taken\nA licensee must not take or have possession of a mud crab that is\nless than:\n(a) for a female – 150 mm across the widest part of its carapace;\nor\n(b) for a male – 140 mm across the widest part of its carapace.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 3 Controls relating to taking, possession and processing of mud crabs\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 9\n19 Commercially unsuitable mud crab not to be taken\nA licensee must not take or have possession of a mud crab that is\ncommercially unsuitable.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n20 When licensee deemed not to have taken or have possession\nof mud crab\nFor clauses 18 and 19, a licensee must not be regarded as having\ntaken or had possession of a mud crab if the licensee, before the\nlicensee returns to the licensee's nominated place, returns the mud\ncrab:\n(a) to the water as soon as practicable (but not within 200 m of\nthe nominated place); and\n(b) with as little injury to the mud crab as possible.\n21 Mud crab to be restrained\nA licensee must, before placing a mud crab in a holding cage or at\nthe licensee's nominated place, restrain the crab so that its\nchelipeds (limbs with claws or chela) are firmly restrained against\nits body and minimal movement of the cheliped between the carpus\nand merus (elbow joint) is possible.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n22 Mud crab to be left intact\nA licensee must ensure the carapace and abdomen of a mud crab\ntaken by the licensee remain intact:\n(a) while it is held in a holding cage of the licensee or kept at the\nlicensee's nominated place; or\n(b) until it is sold by the licensee.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n23 Processing mud crab\n(1) A licensee must not process a mud crab for sale other than by\ncooking, freezing or chilling.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to the processing of a mud crab on\nthe premises of a person licensed to buy and sell fish.\n\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 4 Other controls\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 10\nSubdivision 4 Other controls\n24 Limit on use of vessels\n(1) A licensee must not use more than one vessel to catch, take or\nharvest mud crabs.\nMaximum penalty: 85 penalty units.\n(2) However, subclause (1) does not apply to a licensee's use of a\nvessel:\n(a) in accordance with an approval given under subclause (3); or\n(b) at the licensee's nominated place.\n(3) On written application, the Director may give approval to a licensee\nto use more than one vessel to catch, take or harvest mud crabs.\n(4) The approval must be in writing and may be given on the conditions\nthe Director considers appropriate.\n(5) For the definition prescribed decision in section 4 of the Act, the\nDirector's decision on an application under subclause (3) is a\nprescribed provision.\n(6) The licensee must keep the approval, or a copy of it, on the vessel.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n25 Prohibition on use of fishing gear – fishing for mud crabs\nA licensee must not use fishing gear for fishing for mud crabs other\nthan:\n(a) a complying pot to take a mud crab; or\n(b) a complying commercial holding cage to hold a mud crab.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 4 Other controls\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 11\n26 Permitted number of pots\nA licensee must not use more than the permitted number of pots to\nfish for mud crabs.\nMaximum penalty: For a contravention involving the use of not\nmore than 10 excess pots – 40 penalty\nunits.\nFor a contravention involving the use of\nmore than 10 excess pots – 170 penalty\nunits.\n27 Abandoning pot in water\n(1) A licensee must not abandon a pot in water.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) For subclause (1), a licensee is taken to have abandoned a pot if\nthe licensee leaves the pot in water unattended for more than\n48 hours.\n(3) However, subclause (1) does not apply if:\n(a) before the end of the 24 hours, the licensee informs the\nDirector:\n(i) the licensee is unable to remove the pot from the water;\nand\n(ii) the reasons why the licensee is unable to remove the\npot from the water; and\n(iii) details of the location of the pot; and\n(iv) when the licensee will remove the pot from the water;\nand\n(b) the Director gives instructions to the licensee about the\nremoval of the pot; and\n(c) the licensee complies with the instructions.\n28 Limit on number of pots in possession\n(1) A licensee must not have possession of more than the permitted\nnumber of pots while fishing for mud crabs.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 4 Other controls\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 12\n(2) However, a licensee does not commit an offence against\nsubclause (1) only because the licensee has possession of:\n(a) excess pots at the licensee's permanent residence; or\n(b) not more than 30 excess pots in total, either at the licensee's\nnominated place or in transit, by the most practicable direct\nroute, between the licensee's permanent residence and the\nlicensee's nominated place.\n(3) If a licensee has a second vessel that is not used to catch, take or\nharvest mud crabs, the licensee must not have possession of more\nthan 15 spare pots on the vessel.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(4) In this clause:\nspare pot means any pot that does not have entrance funnels\ninstalled and does not have a complying float attached.\n28A Use of escape vents in pots\nA licensee must not use a pot made of wire, steel or other rigid\nmaterial unless the pot has one or more escape vents as follows:\n(a) if the pot has one escape vent – the vent is not less than\n46 mm in height and 240 mm in width;\n(b) if the pot has 2 or more escape vents – each vent is not less\nthan 46 mm in height and 120 mm in width.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n29 Use of complying commercial holding cages\n(1) This clause prescribes requirements for a licensee's use of a\ncomplying commercial holding cage.\n(2) The licensee must keep the holding cage:\n(a) in water within 200 m of the licensee's nominated place; and\n(b) in a place that does not pose a hazard to vessels navigating\nthe water.\nMaximum penalty: 17 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 4 Other controls\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 13\n(3) The licensee must not keep a mud crab in the holding cage for\nmore than 7 days.\nMaximum penalty: 17 penalty units.\n(4) The licensee must not feed a mud crab in the holding cage.\nMaximum penalty: 17 penalty units.\n30 Limit on possession of complying commercial holding cages\nA licensee must not have possession of complying commercial\nholding cages that have a total internal capacity of more than 4 m 3.\nMaximum penalty: 17 penalty units.\n31 Prohibition on use of fishing gear – fishing for bait\n(1) A licensee may only use the following fishing gear to take fish for\nuse by the licensee as bait for fishing for mud crabs:\n(a) a restricted bait net;\n(b) a cast net;\n(c) a scoop net;\n(d) a hook and line.\n(2) A licensee who contravenes subclause (1) commits an offence.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n32 Certain fish not to be taken or possessed\nA licensee must not take or have possession of the following\nspecies:\n(a) barramundi;\n(b) black jewfish;\n(c) golden snapper;\n(d) Spanish mackerel;\n(e) king threadfin.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n\nPart 4 Commercial fishing\nDivision 2 Controls on commercial fishing\nSubdivision 4 Other controls\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 14\n33 Use of restricted bait net\n(1) This clause prescribes requirements for a licensee's use of a\nrestricted bait net.\n(2) The licensee must not use the restricted bait net other than in the\narea extending seaward from the coast from the high water mark to\na line following the coastline 3 nautical miles from the low water\nmark.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(3) Despite subclause (2), the licensee must not use the restricted bait\nnet in:\n(a) the part of the Mary River Fish Management Zone in the area\nmentioned in subclause (2); or\n(b) the prohibited area for a restricted bait net.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(4) The licensee must not use the restricted bait net unless:\n(a) it is not fixed, anchored or staked or it is fixed, anchored or\nstaked at one end only and the other end is hauled by hand or\na vessel:\n(i) to which it is attached; and\n(ii) that is not anchored or fixed; and\n(b) it is in not less than 30 cm of water when a catch is being\ncleared; and\n(c) it is not left unattended while in use.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n34 Prohibition of possession of restricted bait net in certain area\n(1) A licensee must not have possession of a restricted bait net in the\nprohibited area for a restricted bait net.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) However, subclause (1) does not apply to a licensee's possession\nof a restricted bait net:\n(a) in accordance with an approval given under subclause (3); or\n\nPart 5 Amateur fishing\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 15\n(b) on a road between Borroloola and Bing Bong.\n(3) On written application, the Director may give approval to a licensee\nto have possession of a restricted bait net in the prohibited area.\n(4) The approval must be in writing and may be given on the conditions\nthe Director considers appropriate.\n(5) For the definition of prescribed decision in section 4 of the Act,\nthe Director's decision on an application under subclause (3) is a\nprescribed provision.\n(6) The licensee must keep the approval, or a copy of it, in the\nproximity of the restricted bait net while in the prohibited area.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\nPart 5 Amateur fishing\n37 Part applies to amateur fishers\nThis Part applies to a person carrying out amateur fishing.\n38 Mud crabs less than minimum size not to be taken\n(1) A person must not take or have possession of a mud crab that is\nless than:\n(a) for a female – 140 mm across the widest part of its carapace;\nor\n(b) for a male – 130 mm across the widest part of its carapace.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n(2) For subclause (1), a person is deemed not to have taken or have\npossession of a mud crab if, as soon as practicable after its capture\nand the end of the time that is reasonably necessary to enable it to\nbe measured, the person returns it to the place from which it was\ncaptured with as little injury to it as possible.\n39 Limit on number of mud crabs taken in a day\nA person must not fish for mud crabs on any one day if the person\nhas previously taken 10 mud crabs on that day.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n\nPart 5 Amateur fishing\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 16\n40 Limit on number of mud crabs in possession\n(1) Subject to subclause (3), a person must not have possession of\nmore than 10 mud crabs other than at the person's permanent\nresidence.\nMaximum penalty: For possession of 11 to 20 crabs –\n40 penalty units and, in addition, $50 for\neach crab in excess of 10.\nFor possession of 21 or more crabs –\n85 penalty units and, in addition, $50 for\neach crab in excess of 20.\n(2) In determining the number of mud crabs in a person's possession\nfor subclause (1), a mud crab lawfully acquired from a licensee and\nfor which the person has a receipt or other proof of acquisition must\nbe disregarded.\n(3) A person who has possession of more than 10 mud crabs does not\ncommit an offence against subclause (1) if the person:\n(a) establishes he or she is a member of a fishing party; and\n(b) no member of the party would be in contravention of\nsubclause (1) if the mud crabs were apportioned as equally as\npossible among the members of the party who are present or\nable to be assembled in a short period of time.\n(4) If:\n(a) the members of a fishing party have possession of more than\n10 mud crabs; and\n(b) each person who is a member of the party would have\npossession of more than 10 mud crabs in contravention of\nsubclause (1) if the mud crabs in their possession were\napportioned as equally as possible among the members of the\nparty; and\n(c) it is not readily ascertainable which person has possession of\nthe crabs,\neach of the persons is, for subclause (1), taken to have possession\nof all the mud crabs.\n(5) If:\n(a) there are more than 3 persons in or on a vessel; and\n\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 17\n(b) there are more than 30 mud crabs in or on the vessel,\neach of the persons is, for subclause (1), taken to have possession\nof all the mud crabs.\n(6) In determining the number of mud crabs in or on a vessel for\nsubclause (5)(b), a mud crab lawfully acquired from a licensee and\nfor which a person on the vessel has a receipt or other proof of\nacquisition must be disregarded.\n(7) In this clause:\nlicensee means the holder of a Mud Crab Fishery licence, Fish\nTrader/Processor licence, Fish Retailer licence or Aquaculture\nlicence.\n41 Prohibition on use of fishing gear\nA person must not fish for mud crabs other than by hand or by\nusing a complying pot, dilly pot, hand-spear, hand-held hook, hook\nand line, scoop-net, cast-net or amateur drag net.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n42 Limit on number of pots in use\nA person must not use more than 5 pots to fish for mud crabs.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\nPart 6 Miscellaneous matters\n42A Mud crab to be left intact\nA person must ensure the carapace and abdomen of a mud crab\ntaken by the person remain intact unless:\n(a) it is being used for immediate consumption; or\n(b) it is at the person's place of permanent residence.\nMaximum penalty: 40 penalty units.\n43 Review after 5 years\n(1) The Minister must review the first 5 years of operation of this Plan.\n(2) In conducting the review, the Minister must consult with stakeholder\ngroups.\n\nPart 7 Repeal of management plans\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 18\nPart 7 Repeal of management plans\n44 Repeals\nThe following management plans are repealed:\n(a) Mud Crab Fishery Management Plan 1991 made on\n24 January 1991 and published in Gazette S5 on\n31 January 1991;\n(b) amendments of the Mud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006\nmade on 2 April 1993 and notified in Gazette S35 on\n5 April 1993;\n(c) amendments of the Mud Crab Fishery Management Plan 1995\n(No. 38 of 1995) made on 14 November 1995 and notified in\nGazette G48 on 29 November 1995.\n\nSchedule 1 Coordinates for closed waters\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 19\nSchedule 1 Coordinates for closed waters\nclause 6, definition closed waters\nBuffalo Creek Coordinates: Map Sheet: Darwin 5073\n7073 E 86353 N to 7077 E 86351 N\nMicket Creek Coordinates: Map Sheet: Darwin 5073\n7115 E 86344 N to 7119 E 86342 N\nPort of Darwin Coordinates: Map Sheet: Darwin 5073\n6919 E 86236 N to 7059 E 86360 N\nSouth Alligator River Coordinates: Map Sheet: Field Island 5373\n2116 E 86498 N to 2213 E 86554 N\nWest Alligator River Coordinates: Map Sheet: Field Island 5373\n2032 E 86468 N to 2050 E 86472 N\nWildman River Coordinates: Map Sheet: Field Island 5373\n1804 E 86378 N to 1811 E 86384 N\nHoward River Coordinates: Map Sheet: Koolpinyah 5173\n7208 E 86324 N to 7219 E 86329 N\nKing Creek Coordinates: Map Sheet: Koolpinyah 5173\n7181 E 86332 N to 7183 E 86330 N\n7190 E 86325 N to 7194 E 86325 N\nLeaders Creek Coordinates: Map Sheet: Koolpinyah 5173\n7301 E 86527 N to 7301 E 86534 N\n\nSchedule 2 Commercially unsuitable mud crabs\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 20\nSchedule 2 Commercially unsuitable mud crabs\nclause 6, definition commercially unsuitable\nFemale in top figure and male in bottom figure\n\nSchedule 3 Mary River Fish Management Zone\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 21\nSchedule 3 Mary River Fish Management Zone\nclause 6, definition Mary River Fish Management Zone\nAll that part of the Territory bounded by a line:\n(a) to the south by the northern boundary of the Arnhem Highway;\nand\n(b) to the east by the westernmost part of the Point Stuart Road\ncommencing at its junction with the Arnhem Highway\nnorthwards to its junction with the road to the Old Point Stuart\nHomestead and then by the westernmost part of that road to\nthe site of the Old Point Stuart Homestead at grid reference\n8060 E 86324 N map 5273 Point Stuart and then by an\nimaginary line drawn due north from that reference point to the\nlow water mark in Chambers Bay and then westerly along the\nlow water mark to a point on the low water mark (that may be\nindicated by a marker), being a point 3 km east in a straight\nline from the northernmost part of the eastern bank of the\nmouth of Sampan Creek and then due north for 3 nautical\nmiles; and\n(c) to the west by the right side of the formed road known as the\nOld Wildbore Station Road commencing at its junction with the\nArnhem Highway at about grid reference 7725 E 85871 N map\n5272 Mary River, then north to grid reference 7766 E 86047 N\nmap 5272 Mary River, then east to grid reference 7813 E\n86044 N map 5272 Mary River, then generally north to the\nroad's end at grid reference 7858 E 86216 N map 5273 Point\nStuart and then by an imaginary line drawn from that\nreference point due north to the low water mark in Chambers\nBay and then easterly along the low water mark to a point on\nthe low water mark (that may be indicated by a marker), being\na point 3 km west in a straight line from the northernmost part\nof the western bank of the mouth of Tommycut Creek and\nthen due north for 3 nautical miles; and\n(d) to the north by a line drawn between the seaward ends of the\neastern and western boundaries mentioned in paragraphs (b)\nand (c) which runs along the shore and river mouths of\nChambers Bay at low water,\nand includes the Mary River upstream of the Mary River Bridge on\nthe Arnhem Highway for approximately 6 km until the river braids at\nabout grid reference 7916 E 86688 N map 5272 Mary River, and\nalso includes the boat ramp immediately south of the bridge and the\nparking and camping areas adjacent to the boat ramp, but does not\n\nSchedule 3 Mary River Fish Management Zone\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 22\ninclude any permanent residence or the buildings and grounds and\nimmediately adjacent parking areas of the Annaburroo Roadhouse\n(also known as the Bark Hut Inn) on the Arnhem Highway and\nbeing that part of the Territory as shown edged in red on the map\nheld in the head office of the Fisheries Group of the Agency\nresponsible for the administration of this Plan.\n\nSchedule 4 Prohibited area for restricted bait net\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 23\nSchedule 4 Prohibited area for restricted bait net\nclause 6, definition prohibited area\nAll that part of the Territory bounded by a line:\n(a) commencing on the western side of Bing Bong Creek at grid\nreference 6410 E 82759 N (Sheet 6166 Edition 1 Bing Bong)\nthen due north to a point 3 nautical miles past the straight\nbaselines surrounding the Sir Edward Pellew Group then\neasterly and southerly parallel to the straight line baseline to\nwithin 3 nautical miles of the coast at low water mark then\nsouth-easterly along the coast 3 nautical miles from the low\nwater mark to the border of the Territory with Queensland; and\n(b) from there to the east commencing at a point along the border\nof the Territory with Queensland 3 nautical miles from the low\nwater mark then south to a point where the border intersects\nthe northern side of the Carpentaria Highway near\nWollogorang at grid reference 8191 E 80944 N (Sheet 6463\nEdition 1 Wollogorang); and\n(c) from there to the south commencing at a point where the\nborder intersects the northern side of the Carpentaria Highway\nat grid reference 8191 E 80944 N (Sheet 6463 Edition 1\nWollogorang) then in a north-westerly direction towards the\ntownship of Borroloola to the turn off from the Carpentaria\nHighway to Borroloola at grid reference 6394 E 82207 N\n(Sheet 6165 Edition 1 Borroloola); and\n(d) from there to the west in a north, north-westerly direction from\ngrid reference 6394 E 82207 N (Sheet 6165 Edition 1\nBorroloola) to the Blue Lagoon Yard at grid reference 6238 E\n82498 N (Sheet 6166 Edition 1 Bing Bong) then northeast\nback to the point of commencement at the western side of\nBing Bong Creek at grid reference 6410 E 82759 N\n(Sheet 6166 Edition 1 Bing Bong).\n\nENDNOTES\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 24\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan (SL No. 12, 2006)\nNotified 26 April 2006\nCommenced 1 May 2006 (cl 2)\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2010 (SL No. 9, 2010)\nNotified 30 June 2010\nCommenced 1 July 2010 (cl 2)\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2012 (SL No. 7, 2012)\nNotified 8 February 2012\nCommenced 13 February 2012 (cl 2 and r 2 Fisheries Amendment (Fishing\nGear and Amateur Fishing) Regulations 2012 (SL No. 3,\n2012))\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2017 (SL No. 4, 2017)\nNotified 22 March 2017\nCommenced 22 March 2017\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan Amendment 2018 (SL No. 21, 2018)\nNotified 25 July 2018\nCommenced 25 July 2018\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: cl 1, 6 and 44.\n\nENDNOTES\nMud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 25\n4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\ncl 4 amd No. 21, 2018, cl 4\ncl 6 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 4; No. 7, 2012, cl 4; No. 4, 2017, cl 3\ncl 7 sub No. 7, 2012, cl 5\ncl 8 rep No. 7, 2012, cl 5\ncl 9 amd No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 10 and No. 9, 2010, cl 5; No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 21, 2018, cl 5\ncl 11 amd No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 12 – 13 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 13A ins No. 7, 2012, cl 6\npt 4\ndiv 1 hdg amd No. 9, 2010, cl 6\ncl 14 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 7\ncl 14A – 14C ins No. 9, 2010, cl 8\ncl 17 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 19; No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 18 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 19; No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 4, 2017, cl 4\ncl 19 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 10; No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 4, 2017, cl 5\ncl 20 sub No. 21, 2018, cl 6\ncl 21 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 21, 2018, cl 7\ncl 22 – 23 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8\npt 4\ndiv 2\nsubdiv 4 hdg sub No. 4, 2017, cl 6\ncl 24 – 25 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 26 sub No. 9, 2010, cl 11\namd No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 4, 2017, cl 7\ncl 27 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 12; No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 28 sub No. 9, 2010, cl 13\namd No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 21, 2018, cl 8\ncl 28A ins No. 21, 2018, cl 9\ncl 29 – 30 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 31 amd. No. 9, 2010, cl 14; No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 4, 2017, cl 8\ncl 32 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 4, 2017, cl 9\ncl 33 – 34 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8\npt 4\ndiv 3 hdg rep No. 4, 2017, cl 10\ncl 35 sub No. 9, 2010, cl 15\nrep No. 4, 2017, cl 10\ncl 36 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 16\nrep No. 4, 2017, cl 10\ncl 38 – 39 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 40 amd No. 7, 2012, cl 8\ncl 41 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18; No. 7, 2012, cl 8; No. 21, 2018, cl 10\ncl 42 amd No. 9, 2010, cl 18\nsub No. 7, 2012, cl 7\ncl 42A ins No. 21, 2018, cl 11\npt 8 hdg ins No. 9, 2010, cl 17\nrep No. 4, 2017, cl 10\ncl 45 ins No. 9, 2010, cl 17\nrep No. 4, 2017, cl 10\nsch 1 – 4 amd No. 7, 2012, cl 8","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Plan's scope has been adjusted since earlier instruments: it expressly repeals prior mud‑crab plans (cl 44) and the Endnotes record multiple substantive amendments that altered licence/entitlement mechanics (insertion of cl 14A–14C, No.9/2010), gear requirements (insertion of cl 28A, No.21/2018), size and other limits (amendments to cl 18, cl 19, etc.) and objectives (cl 4 amended, No.21/2018). Those changes modified who may fish, technical standards, transferability and enforcement duties, shifting allocation and compliance burdens from earlier versions."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple licence and entitlement mechanics: licence cap (cl 14), two units per licence (cl 14A), and transfer rules with minimum periods and Director approval (cl 14B–14C) create administrative and market-allocation complexity.","Differentiated commercial vs amateur regimes: separate size, possession, gear and pot-number limits across Part 4 (commercial) and Part 5 (amateur) require separate compliance pathways and enforcement (cls 16–33; 37–42).","Technical gear and equipment specifications: detailed construction, size and marking requirements for holding cages, floats and pots (cls 7, 9, 10, 28A) increase compliance monitoring burden.","Spatial complexity from closed waters and management zones: closed waters coordinates (Schedule 1), Mary River Fish Management Zone (Schedule 3) and prohibited bait-net area (Schedule 4) require map-reading and geospatial enforcement.","Varied offence types and tiered penalties: offences carry different maximum penalties depending on clause and severity (multiple clauses, e.g. cls 12, 13, 17, 26–30, 33–34), complicating prosecution and deterrence calibration.","Director discretion and authorisations: Director may approve extra vessels, possession of restricted gear in prohibited areas, and transfer approvals with conditions (cls 24(3)–(4), 34(3), 14B(4)), concentrating decision power and creating procedural obligations.","Operational constraints and handling rules: requirements for nominated place (cl 15), restraint, intact carapace and limits on holding duration/feeding (cls 20–23, 29–30) impose day‑to‑day handling and storage costs on fishers.","Review triggers tied to quantitative thresholds: automatic review duties for the Director when catch, effort, size, by‑catch/by‑product metrics move by specified amounts (cl 5) create dependency on fisheries data collection and reporting.","Complex possession accounting for groups and vessels: party and vessel possession rules (cl 40(3)–(7)) create evidentiary and evidential-burden issues for enforcement.","Layering of instruments and amendments: Plan interacts with the Fisheries Act, Fisheries Regulations and past management plans (cl 3, cl 44; Endnotes show many amendments), requiring cross-referencing and historical tracking."],"plain_english_summary":"This Plan sets the legal rules for mud‑crab fishing in the Northern Territory: licence limits (49), transferable units tied to pots, size, gear, vessel and area restrictions, marking and holding‑cage standards, and penalties.  It applies to commercial licensees and amateur fishers, creates review triggers based on catch, effort or size trends, and gives the Director discretionary powers (approvals, transfers); it therefore reallocates fishing rights and creates compliance costs for fishers and enforcement duties for agencies."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Clauses 6, 9 and 13A","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Clause 13A applies to any person using a “holding cage” and requires a complying float. Clause 6 defines complying floats only for a complying commercial holding cage under clause 9 or a complying pot under clause 10. Clause 9 addresses only a complying commercial holding cage. The supplied text therefore gives no applicable complying-float definition for another kind of holding cage covered by clause 13A.","confidence":0.92,"description":"No complying-float branch is supplied for a holding cage that is not a complying commercial holding cage.","source_quotes":["This clause applies to a person who is using a pot to fish for mud crabs or a holding cage to hold mud crabs.","complying float for:\n(a) a complying commercial holding cage – see clause 9; or\n(b) a complying pot – see clause 10.","A complying commercial holding cage is a holding cage that:"]}],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The plan was originally made in 2006 but is now on its third reprint (commenced 25 July 2018), indicating the scope or rules have been amended at least twice since the original. Without access to the amendment history, the precise nature of scope changes cannot be confirmed, but the reprint cycle strongly suggests the plan has evolved beyond its original form."},"complexity_factors":["Limited metadata provided — the actual legislative content of the plan is not included, preventing full analysis of specific rules and obligations","Fisheries management plans can involve technical scientific concepts (e.g. total allowable catch, effort units) that require explanation","The plan has been reprinted at least three times, suggesting amendments have layered complexity over the original framework","Interaction with the broader Queensland fisheries legislative framework (such as the Fisheries Act 1994) adds a layer of regulatory context not visible from this document alone","Relatively narrow and specific subject matter (one species, one fishery type) keeps complexity manageable compared to broader legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"The Mud Crab Fishery Management Plan 2006 (reprint 3, commenced 25 July 2018) sets rules for commercial mud crab harvesting in Queensland—who may fish, where and when, catch and size limits, and reporting—to manage trade and conserve stocks. It affects commercial fishers, processors/buyers, and indirectly recreational fishers. The plan’s purpose is to prevent overfishing and sustain the fishery and the livelihoods that depend on it."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of managing the mud crab fishery in the Northern Territory. While it has been amended multiple times (as shown in the endnotes) to refine technical details like float specifications, escape vents, and size limits, the core scope—regulating commercial and amateur mud crab fishing—has not expanded beyond the original fishery management intent."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping categories of fishers (commercial vs amateur) with different rule sets for size limits, gear, and possession","Unit of entitlement system requiring tracking of transferable quotas between licence holders","Extensive defined terms (20+ definitions) including technical specifications for equipment (mesh sizes, float dimensions, escape vent measurements)","Geographic complexity with 4 schedules containing precise coordinate-based boundaries for closed waters and prohibited zones","Nested exceptions and conditional provisions (e.g., clause 28 on pot possession has multiple sub-exceptions for residence, transit, and spare pots)","Cross-references to external regulations (Fisheries Regulations 1992) and the parent Fisheries Act 1988","Tiered penalty structures based on quantity of offence (e.g., different penalties for 10 vs more than 10 excess pots)","Deeming provisions that create legal fictions (e.g., when a licensee is 'deemed not to have taken' a crab, or when party members are deemed to possess all crabs)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThis is the Northern Territory's rulebook for catching mud crabs—both for commercial fishers who sell them and amateur fishers who catch them for personal use. It sets out what gear you can use, where you can fish, how big the crabs must be, and how many you can take.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   **Commercial fishers:** People with a Mud Crab Fishery licence (capped at 49 licences total). They must follow strict rules about boat use, pot numbers, holding cages, and processing.\n*   **Amateur fishers:** Recreational fishers who catch crabs by hand or with small numbers of pots for personal consumption.\n*   **The environment:** The Plan aims to protect crab populations, their habitats, and other species accidentally caught (by-catch).\n\n**Key rules:**\n\n*   **Size limits:** You cannot keep female mud crabs smaller than 150mm (commercial) or 140mm (amateur), or males smaller than 140mm (commercial) or 130mm (amateur) across the shell.\n*   **Protected crabs:** It is illegal to take female crabs carrying eggs (\"berried\" females).\n*   **Gear restrictions:** Commercial fishers can only use approved pots and holding cages with proper floats attached. Amateur fishers are limited to 5 pots and specific hand-catching methods.\n*   **Catch limits:** Amateur fishers can take maximum 10 crabs per day and possess maximum 10 crabs (with exceptions for fishing parties).\n*   **No-go zones:** Fishing is banned in certain rivers and creeks (listed in Schedule 1) and in non-tidal waters.\n*   **Commercial quotas:** Licences work on a \"unit of entitlement\" system—each licence comes with 2 units, and each unit allows 30 pots. Units can be temporarily transferred between licence holders.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThe Plan tries to balance three competing interests: making sure there are enough crabs for future generations (sustainability), protecting the marine environment, and ensuring fair access between commercial operators, Indigenous fishers, and recreational anglers. It includes automatic review triggers—like if catch numbers drop by 50% in a year or crab sizes shrink—forcing the government to check if the rules are working."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006","history":"/api/acts/mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/mud-crab-fishery-management-plan-2006/documents"}}