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 24 This newly defined zone will encompass the Darwin rural area. Additional increased public safety measures to be implemented in the Darwin rural area will include: an increased intensity of trapping; increased surveillance of receding water bodies as the dry season approaches to ensure no crocodiles are left behind; increase the monitoring on the Adelaide river to annual surveys; developing a monitoring program for the Darwin rural freshwater areas; and improved community awareness of living with crocodiles (see 4.5). Crocodiles can move into the Darwin rural area from several sources but the predominant source is likely to be the Adelaide River and associated floodplains. The extent of culling that would be required in the Adelaide River to reduce the risk level in the Darwin rural area would be an extensive number of animals. Even with this order of culling, the risk remains as animals will move with floodwaters and can also move into the area from other sources. Such a broad scale culling option is neither ethical, practical or cost effective.