Table 1: Stakeholder Responsibilities in the Saltwater Crocodile Management Program 2014-2015 Stakeholder Responsibilities Department of Land Assess applications and issue permits as appropriate. • Resource Management Ensure compliance with permit conditions. • Collate annual report to the Australian Government. • Compare wild egg collection data with farm hatchling data each year. • Review the Management program for the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus • porosus) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Parks and Wildlife Remove and dispose of problem crocodiles from agreed intensively managed • Commission areas. Assess applications and issue permits as appropriate. • Ensure compliance with permit conditions. • Issue permits for domestic shipments of live crocodiles from farms within 10 • working days. Department of Primary Ensure monthly returns from crocodile farms are submitted and collated. • Industries and Fisheries Process applications for permits to import/export crocodile skins and products • both overseas and domestic within 2 business days of application. Inspect crocodile skins and products for export and process appropriate • paperwork. Annually audit the hatchlings on each farm to validate data in the monthly • returns. Visit farms to ensure animal welfare standards are being met. • Ensure production data from monthly returns is collated, validated and • passed on to DLRM annually. Ensure each crocodile farm is given confidential feedback every 6 months on • their farm production performance compared with the Northern Territory industry average. Ensure the supply, payment and issue of skin tags for crocodile skins for • trade. Investigate breaches in trade conditions or illegal trade of crocodilian skins or • products. Implement the Biosecurity plan in the event of an emergency crocodile • disease outbreak
Table 1: Stakeholder Responsibilities in the Saltwater Crocodile Management Program 2014-2015 Stakeholder Responsibilities Department of Land Resource Management • Assess applications and issue permits as appropriate. • Ensure compliance with permit conditions. • Collate annual report to the Australian Government. • Compare wild egg collection data with farm hatchling data each year. • Review the Management program for the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Parks and Wildlife Commission • Remove and dispose of problem crocodiles from agreed intensively managed areas. • Assess applications and issue permits as appropriate. • Ensure compliance with permit conditions. • Issue permits for domestic shipments of live crocodiles from farms within 10 working days. Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries • Ensure monthly returns from crocodile farms are submitted and collated. • Process applications for permits to import/export crocodile skins and products both overseas and domestic within 2 business days of application. • Inspect crocodile skins and products for export and process appropriate paperwork. • Annually audit the hatchlings on each farm to validate data in the monthly returns. • Visit farms to ensure animal welfare standards are being met. • Ensure production data from monthly returns is collated, validated and passed on to DLRM annually. • Ensure each crocodile farm is given confidential feedback every 6 months on their farm production performance compared with the Northern Territory industry average. • Ensure the supply, payment and issue of skin tags for crocodile skins for trade. • Investigate breaches in trade conditions or illegal trade of crocodilian skins or products. • Implement the Biosecurity plan in the event of an emergency crocodile disease outbreak