Management program for the saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory of Australia 2009-2013
Fukuda, Yusuke; Delaney, Robyn; Leach, Gregory J
Northern Territory. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT
2009-04
The draft program is open for public comment to Friday 29 May 2009. Includes Summary document.
Date:2009-04; Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).
English
Crocodylus porosus -- Northern Territory; Crocodiles -- Conservation -- Northern Territory; Crocodiles -- Control -- Northern Territory; Crocodiles -- Government Policy -- Northern Territory
Northern Territory Government
Darwin
Draft.
60 pages : illustration, maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf
9781921519260
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Northern Territory Government
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/214159[Final Edition]
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/212633
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/716134
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/716136
Draft Management Program for the Saltwater Crocodile in the Northern Territory 8 2.3 Saltwater Crocodile Habitat 2.3.1 Protected areas Formal protected areas in the Northern Territory provide a mosaic of secure areas in which Saltwater Crocodiles and their riparian and wetland habitats are protected. They also provide areas where the public can view and learn about crocodiles and their conservation. Significant areas of potential suitable crocodile habitat were identified by overlaying hydrography and vegetation layers on the reserve system boundaries in GIS (Table 1). Table 1: Protected areas in the NT with significant potential areas of suitable habitat for C. porosus Name Area (km2) Suitable habitat (km 2) Kakadu National Park 19 068 2 730 Mary River National Park 1 217 680 Djukbinj National Park 553 330 Garig Gunak Barlu National Park 2 063 310 Shoal Bay Coastal Reserve 121 80 Litchfield National Park 1 459 40 Vernon Islands Conservation Reserve 33 30 Harrison Dam Conservation Area 32 30 Melacca Swamp Conservation Area 23 20 Keep River National Park 314 20 Figure 2 shows the predicted favourable Saltwater Crocodile habitat in the Reserve system. The commercial harvest of C. porosus is currently permitted within Djukbinj, Harrison Dam and Melacca Swamp protected areas but is not permitted within Kakadu, Mary River, Garig Gunak Barlu, Shoal Bay, Litchfield, Vernon Islands and Keep River. Saltwater Crocodiles are actively trapped out of specific sites in Nitmiluk, Flora, Shoal Bay and Litchfield National Parks as a public safety measure.