Specific Objectives

The specific objectives are as follow.

A. To reduce the mortality of marine turtles and, where appropriate, increase natural survivorship, including through developing management strategies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities for the sustainable use of marine turtles;
B. To develop programs and protocols to monitor marine turtle populations in Australia, assess the size and status of those populations, the causes of their mortality and address information gaps;
C. To manage factors that affect marine turtle nesting;
D. To identify and protect habitats that are critical for the survival of marine turtles;
E. To communicate the results of recovery actions and involve and educate stakeholders; and
F. To support and maintain existing agreements and develop new collaborative programs with neighbouring countries for the conservation of shared turtle populations.

The prescribed management (M) and research (R) actions to achieve the specific objectives are listed below. The action tables include the criteria for measuring the success of the actions and the achievement of the specific objectives.