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Wildlife Trade Management Plan – Queensland Crocodile Farming 1 November 2018-31 October 2023

Due to the impacts of coronavirus on working arrangements, stakeholders are requested to contact the Wildlife Trade Sections via email rather than telephone. Please email wps@awe.gov.au with any questions about applying for a permit or for queries relating to existing permit applications. If you have an existing application, please include your application reference number in your email. We will respond to your query as soon as possible.

Queensland Department of Environment and Science, 2018

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Declaration of an Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan

About the management plan

This wildlife trade management plan (WTMP) has been developed to provide for the sustainable farming of crocodiles in Queensland, specifically to fulfil the requirements for a WTMP under Part 13A, Section 303FO of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) (EPBC Act), and to meet the legislative and other requirements of the Queensland Government. The objectives sought are that:

  1. Farming of Saltwater (Estuarine) and Freshwater Crocodiles in Queensland does not negatively impact the conservation of crocodiles in the wild in Queensland.
  2. Crocodiles are humanely treated in accordance with the Code of Practice for the Humane Treatment of Wild and Farmed Australian Crocodiles (the Australian Code).

This WTMP is supplementary to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Nature Conservation (Estuarine Crocodiles) Conservation Plan 2018 and the Queensland Crocodile Management Plan released in March 2017.

This management plan is valid for a maximum of five years from 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2023.