Section Native Title - Recovery Plan for Marine Turtles in Australia - Native Title

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The Commonwealth Native Title Act 1993acknowledges that native title rights and interests may include rights to hunt, gather and/or fish. Where this Recovery Plan envisages the doing of an act as ‘affecting’ native title, such acts will need to be done in accordance with the requirements in the Native Title Act.

Table 9. Prescribed research (R) and management (M) actions to facilitate co-management of marine turtles with indigenous communities

Prescribed Action	Managers	Criteria for Success
A.2.1. Management agreements to be established between lead agencies and indigenous communities which: recognise customary law and the cultural significance of marine turtles; (M) quantify existing harvest using the best available science and local indigenous knowledge; (R) identify and implement negotiated mechanisms that will ensure that customary harvest does not threaten recovery of marine turtles; (M) control marine turtle use within the communities’ area; (M) recognise that communities only carry out harvesting for traditional	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communitiesLead agencies AFMA	Community management agreements are agreed and in place in each jurisdiction.
use; (M) recognise endangered or critically endangered species and implement a zero take where possible; (M) identify the research requirements of indigenous communities regarding marine turtle conservation; (M) and increase awareness of marine turtle conservation issues through information exchange. (M)

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