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===Fishing=== Fishing is a popular recreation among Darwin locals. Visitors fish for the [[barramundi]], an iconic fish in the region. This fish thrives in the [[Daly River (Northern Territory)|Daly River]], [[Moyle River]], [[Roper River]], [[Anson Bay, Daly and Reynolds River Floodplains|Anson Bay]],<ref name="Garrick 2023 n765">{{cite web | last=Garrick | first=Matt | title=NT government urged to reform barramundi laws to protect lucrative recreational fishing industry | website=ABC News | date=September 26, 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-27/nt-barramundi-commercial-fishers-feared-to-threaten-rec-fishing/102902696 | access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Chaseling 2024 q435">{{cite web | last=Chaseling | first=Oliver | title=New limits for commercial barramundi fishing boats in the NT's Roper River, Moyle River and Anson Bay | website=ABC News | date=February 11, 2024 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-11/barramundi-industry-to-continue-gillnet-use-in-nt-rivers/103448118 | access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref> [[Mary River (Northern Territory)|Mary River]],<ref name="ntnews 2018 m336">{{cite web | title=Question mark over barra rule | website=Northern Territory News| date=August 29, 2018 | url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/lifestyle/fishing/fair-question-over-nt-barra-rule/news-story/b231ef36c895e288058cad9cfb0625bd?nk=c23e7a6f034dba63486956f494ceae4b-1708907938 | access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Smith 2015 n308">{{cite web | last=Smith | first=Warren | title=Report: Barra Lotto in the run-off | website=Fishing World Australia | date=February 18, 2015 | url=https://fishingworld.com.au/news/report-barra-lotto-in-the-run-off/ | access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref> and South<ref name="Julius 2015 v856">{{cite web | last=Julius | first=Alex | title=Catch a snap at South Alligator | website=Northern Territory News| date=April 23, 2015 | url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/lifestyle/fishing/catch-a-snap-at-south-alligator/news-story/502b3f01d492d06a670ca9c86f0d30a5?nk=426e58cdfd57c26dc210593e5fe67f9b-1708908268 | access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref> and [[East Alligator River]].<ref name="Bardon 2023 j778">{{cite web | last=Bardon | first=Jane | title=Fishing industry warns snap lockout of key Northern Territory waters could affect restaurant plates around Australia | website=ABC News | date=March 14, 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/traditional-owners-nt-government-ban-commercial-fishing/102092472 | access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref> [[File:AU-Darwin-botan-garden.jpg|thumb|[[George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens]]]] Blue-water fishing is also available off the coast of Darwin; [[Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel|Spanish mackerel]], [[Protonibea diacanthus|black jewfish]], [[Scomberoides commersonnianus|queenfish]], and [[Lutjanus|snapper]] are found in the area.<ref>[https://nt.gov.au/marine/recreational-fishing/types-of-fish/fish-species Boating, fishing and marine > Fish species] Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 20 February 2021.</ref>
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