Crocodile Management in Western Australia

Saltwater Crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
Image: Winston Kay

The Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest and Farming of Crocodiles in Western Australia 2009 -2013 was declared as an Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan by the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts on 23 March 2009. The management plan is valid for the period 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2013.

The goal of the plan is to maintain viable populations of crocodiles throughout their natural ranges in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

This management plan relates only to the commercial harvest and farming of saltwater (Crocodylus porosus) and freshwater (C. johnstoni) crocodiles within Western Australia.

Management Plans

• Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest and Farming of Crocodiles in Western Australia 2009 -2013 (PDF 447kB)

Code of Practice

• Code of Practice on the Humane Treatment of Wild and Farmed Australian Crocodiles (PDF 174 kB)

Annual Reports

• Forthcoming

Information Sheets

• Crocodile Information Sheet (PDF 803 kB)

Further Resources

• Wild harvest of Australian native animals
• Crocodile management in the Northern Territory
• Crocodile management in Queensland
• AWMS Position on Sustainable Commercial Use of Wildlife
  Position statement by the Australasian Wildlife Management Society
• The Sustainable Commercial Use of Wildlife
  Position statement by the Ecological Society of Australia
• IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group
• Crocodilians: Natural History & Conservation