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Status of crocodiles
Management Concern: Low
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- Numbers of estuarine crocodiles are recovering following protection of the species.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- The current distribution and abundance of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, in Queensland
- The population status of estuarine crocodiles, Crocodylus porosus, along the populated east coast of Queensland, 2007
Existing policies and management actions
- Protected Species in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Policy on managing activities that include the direct take of a Protected Species from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Future management requirements
- Biodiversity strategy
Defined research questions
- There are currently no defined research questions for this topic. Research questions will be developed, giving priority to interactions/issues that are of most concern to management.
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