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
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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 16 Figure 3: Regional catchments used for C. porosus egg allocation. The percentage of the egg harvest allocated to each region averaged from the collecting seasons of 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06 and 2006/07 is also shown. These proportions are not static and are expected to vary between years and over time. When demand for eggs is greater than the ceiling, the Northern Territory Government will apply a set of criteria/principles to enable an apportioning to applicants which remains within the harvest ceiling. The process will be conducted to ensure the allocation is equitable and transparent. The criteria will be developed in consultation with stakeholders and made available on the web at (http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/programs/crocsustain/pdf/criteria_crocegg_allocation.pdf). The harvest levels set out in Table 3 are both conservative and adaptive, and populations harvested at these levels are expected to fluctuate primarily in response to environmental conditions such as rainfall and the availability and quality of breeding habitat (Fukuda et al. 2007).