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Management program for the saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory of Australia 2009-2013

Details:

Title

Management program for the saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory of Australia 2009-2013

Creator

Fukuda, Yusuke; Delaney, Robyn; Leach, Gregory J

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT

Date

2009-04

Description

The draft program is open for public comment to Friday 29 May 2009. Includes Summary document.

Notes

Date:2009-04; Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Language

English

Subject

Crocodylus porosus -- Northern Territory; Crocodiles -- Conservation -- Northern Territory; Crocodiles -- Control -- Northern Territory; Crocodiles -- Government Policy -- Northern Territory

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

Place of publication

Darwin

Edition

Draft.

Format

60 pages : illustration, maps ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf

ISBN

9781921519260

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Related links

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/214159[Final Edition]

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/212633

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/716134

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/716136

Page content

Draft Management Program for the Saltwater Crocodile in the Northern Territory 43 Milestone Program Reference Action Officer 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 Ensure all permit applications have correct landholder approval. 4.2 Permits and compliance Senior Wildlife Officer, Wildlife Management North Ongoing, review Ongoing, review Ongoing, review Ongoing, review Ongoing, review Ensure monthly farm stock returns comply with permit conditions and are reported half yearly to farms and NRETAS. 4.2 Permits and compliance RDPIFR Ongoing, review Ongoing, review Ongoing, review Ongoing, review Ongoing, review Audit farm hatchlings annually. 4.2 Permits and compliance RDPIFR annually annually annually annually annually Ensure compliance with the issue of CITES tags and permits. 4.2 Permits and compliance RDPIFR Conduct random checks on farm stock numbers. 4.2 Permits and compliance RDPIFR Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Review permit conditions annually and amend where necessary. 4.2 Permits and compliance Senior Scientist, Wildlife Management North July - September July September July September July September July - September Ensure compliance with permit conditions is at or near 100% and addressing permit breaches through warning letters, caution notices, infringement notices or prosecution is at or near 100%. 4.2 Permits and compliance Director, Wildlife Management North annually annually annually annually annually Review and analyse available data to describe changes to Saltwater Crocodile populations and their distribution and publish the outcomes as appropriate. 4.3 Managementfocused research. Senior Scientist, Wildlife Management North Commence Develop population/harvest simulation models to provide an additional decision support tool to assess harvest options and possible harvest impacts at different spatial scales. 4.3 Managementfocused research. Senior Scientist, Wildlife Management North Commence Objective 2 - To promote community awareness and public safety Analyse the risk of areas where human interaction with crocodiles may occur and prepare options for the appropriate level of management actions. Risk Assessment Senior Scientist, Wildlife Management North Commence