A group of landowners in Darwin's rural area are calling for waterfowl hunting and sport shooting to be banned at several major wetlands in the Top End.

Members of the Lambells Lagoon Landcare Group want firearms to be excluded from Lambells Lagoon, Harrison Dam and Fogg Dam, south-east of Darwin.

The group's David Boehme says residents are calling for a shooting ban as part of their submission to the Territory Government's review of park management plans.

"There is a need for change," he said. "There's always been problems every year associated with the shooting season out here.

"The area has changed from being a lower population density to a more rural residential density, with a lot of younger children and families out here. All within a kilometre or two of a shooting area.

"Dogs, guns are coming through the community the whole time. They drive where they want along whichever roads or tracks."

But the Territory's Firearms Council says hunting and tourism can co-exist, and there is no need for firearms to be banned .

President Bob Fox says bird tourism is unlikely to generate as much revenue as hunting and sport shooting.

"I think there is room for both tourism and hunting," he said.

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