New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile - Crocodylus novaeguineae.
In: Crocodiles.Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan: 71-78.
Third Edition, ed. by S.C. Manolis and C. Stevenson. Crocodile Specialist Group: Darwin.
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In Papua New Guinea, recognition of unregulated hunting taking place led the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) to: introduce legislative controls in the late 1960s; and, and establish a regulated program in the 1970s based on cropping and ranching. Crocodiles are managed at sustainable levels for the benefi t of customary landowners who own most of the land in Papua New Guinea. Crocodiles can be legally harvested by landowners for personal use (food and ritual), but commercial sale and export of hides is restricted to the size range of 18-51 cm belly width, which corresponds to approximately 0.9-2.1 m total length.
Wild harvests declined from over 20,000/year in 1977-1980 to 12,000-20,000/year in 1981-1989, then fl uctuated between 10,000-20,000/year (1997-2005) (Solmu and Sine 2009). Until the mid-1990s hatchlings and eggs were collected and raised in centralized ranches. Harvests for this purpose ranged from 2500 to 10,000. Early attempts to establish village level ranches fl oundered due to technical limitations, particularly feed (locally caught fi sh), water and management defi ciencies. Trade in live juveniles and eggs to centralized raising facilities continued until 1995 when the largest farm halted purchases of the species due to market prospects and its Saltwater crocodile-oriented management strategy.
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