People fishing the Top End's intertidal zones are now required to register online. The new system has been met with opposition from the Northern Territory's peak fishing body, which blames the government for what it describes as a "very disappointing" development. 

However, the Northern Land Council (NLC) has defended a new "registration" process for entry to Aboriginal-owned waters and the rights of traditional owners to close them to public access.

On Friday we farewelled Rebecca McLaren on Evenings who is now on maternity leave.  You can now join Mikaela Simpson on Evenings Territory-wide from 7pm. This week we also welcomed Lyrella Couzens to Afternoons on-air Monday to Friday from 2pm.

Lyrella has been living in the NT for the last 18 years, where she pursued a career in commercial radio before joining ABC Radio Darwin as a producer and presenter in 2011. Since then, she's immersed herself in the community sharing local perspectives, opinions and stories. She hopes to continue being a part of the local dialogue as an  Afternoons presenter.

Did you know for instance the Japanese bombers that attacked Darwin harbour in 1942 were the same squadron behind the surprise strike on the US navy in Pearl Harbour? Did you have any idea the first attack in Darwin was one of more than 100 raids by the Japanese on Northern Australia during WW2? 

This year marked the 79th anniversary of the first Japanese attack on Darwin, and each year we ask ourselves the same questions:  Why don’t we know more about the attacks? And are the bombing of Darwin raids being taught in schools anymore? 

I just wonder if it is time the story of the bombing of Darwin and the loss of more than 300 lives was made compulsory for all Australian students? 

US president Joe Biden has been invited to next year’s 80th anniversary of the bombings - when not only the nation’s eyes but perhaps the world will be focused on our top end capital. Perhaps now is the time to start a dialogue on this important subject. 

Adam Steer, Mornings and Late Breakfast presenter, ABC Radio Darwin 

"Feeling free is a very good feeling, finally we got freedom". Reza Golmohamadian, and his family were released from a detention facility behind the Mercure Darwin Airport Resort, where they had been detained for more than 12 months.

The remaining refugee families in hotel detention plea for freedom, feeling hopeless and depressed not knowing what the future holds.

Top End farmer Andrew Dalglish only produced around 20 per cent of his usual mango crop last year. "Farming is not a straight line … you get some good ones and you get some bad ones," he said. 

Clean Up Australia Day is coming up on March 7 and Territory-based community groups will do a sweep of many of our beaches, campgrounds and public reserves.

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