TIWI
ISLANDS CANE TOAD ACTION PLAN -28
MARCH 2001 |
| ACTION |
RESPONSIBLE
PARTY |
BY
WHEN |
PROGRESS |
| 1. Regulations |
|
|
|
| Territory
Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act |
NT
Govt |
As
required |
N/A |
| Insert
clauses in contractual agreements with co |
Tiwi |
As
required |
As
required |
| |
|
|
|
| 2. Awareness |
|
|
|
| Tiwi
Islands |
|
|
|
| Articles in
Tiwi Times |
Tiwi |
from June/July
2001 |
Completed
& ongoing |
| Tiwi Poster
|
Tiwi |
by October
2003 |
In preparation
|
| Signs
at barge landings |
Tiwi
|
by
October 2003 |
Completed
|
Junior
Ranger activities |
Parks & Wildlife
|
from June/July
2001 |
1 completed;
ongoing |
| Mainland
|
|
|
|
Brochures
for shipping companies, relevant businesses, contractors, relevant
recreational organisations etc. |
Tiwi |
2003 dry season
|
Completed
|
| Information
sheets attached to permits |
|
2003 dry season
|
Completed
& ongoing |
| Signs at barge
landings, airline terminals etc. |
|
by October
2003 |
In progress
|
| |
|
|
|
| 3.
Training |
|
|
|
Cane toad
identification |
Tiwi with
advice & assistance from Parks & Wildlife Service |
2003 dry season
|
In preparation
|
| Identification
of likely hiding places |
" |
" |
" |
| Monitoring
for cane toads |
" |
" |
" |
| Eradication
methods |
" |
" |
" |
| |
|
|
|
| 4.
Implementation |
|
|
|
| Tiwi
Islands |
|
|
|
| Monitoring
incoming freight |
Tiwi/Business
operators |
from when
cane toads reach Darwin |
Ongoing |
| Monitoring
freight premises and buildings |
" |
" |
" |
| Identifying
other areas where cane toads might enter Islands |
Tiwi with
advice & assistance |
by 2003 dry
season |
Completed
|
| Monitoring
other likely areas (campsites etc.) |
Tiwi |
by 2003 dry
season |
Completed
& ongoing |
| Reporting
sightings |
To Councils
|
from when
cane toads reach Darwin |
Ongoing |
| Eradication
|
Tiwi/Business
operators |
As required
|
As required
|
| Mainland
|
|
|
|
| Construction
of washdown bay and exclusion storage areas |
Tiwi Barge
|
by end of
2003 dry season |
In progress
|
| Monitoring
outgoing freight (add a box on consignment notes certifying that the
goods have been inspected for cane toads?) |
Shipper/Shipping
company |
from when
cane toads reach Darwin |
In progress
|
| Monitoring
mainland premises and buildings |
Shipping company
|
" |
" |
| Reporting
sightings |
To
Parks & Wildlife |
" |
Ongoing
|
| Eradication
|
Shipping company
with advice & assistance from Parks & Wildlife |
" |
As required
|
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