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turtles.
Responsible agencies and potential partners: Australian Government and relevant non-government organisations.
Within the life of this plan
Measure of success: Australia continues its commitment to liaise and negotiate collaborative partnerships with its regional partners to sustainably manage marine turtle stocks, within and outside Australian waters.
Risks: In areas outside Australia's jurisdiction, the Australian Government can only provide support to address marine turtle take where requested.
Likelihood of success: Moderate

Action Area A6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Number of stocks with threat rated as 'very high' or 'high'
Reduce impacts from terrestrial predation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1
4
Action
    * Reduce predation pressures such that all egg mortality doesn't exceed 30 per cent of all clutches for all stocks except the western Cape York olive ridley, which should be reduced to less than 10 per cent of clutches laid.
    * Support the implementation of the EPBC Act Threat Abatement Plans for: Predation by European Red Fox; Reduction in Impacts of Tramp Ants on Biodiversity in Australia and its Territories and Predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs.
    * Engage directly with, or work through regional agreements, to address predation pressure on nesting beaches in other countries.
Recovery targets addressed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Threats to be mitigated
 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  E
Description
The approach taken to management of terrestrial predators on marine turtle nests will vary depending on the accessibility of the beach and the type of predator involved. Programs to reduce terrestrial predation of turtle nests must be targeted and ongoing. The success of the program must be quantified in terms of egg and hatching success rather than predator reduction targets because total eradication is not possible for most predator species. As the stock of olive ridley turtles that nests on western Cape York is small and has been subject to up to 90 per cent clutch loss for a number of decades, this stock requires a higher rate of intervention than other stocks.
Responsible agencies and potential partners: Australian Government, state and territory governments, relevant non-government organisations, landholders, Indigenous rangers and community groups.
Within the life of this plan
Measure of success: Strategic management of nest predation is implemented in high risk areas. Monitoring associated with predator control programs indicates predation pressure is reduced such that all egg loss is reduced to less than 30 per cent of all clutches (less than 10 per cent for western Cape York olive ridley turtle stock). Australia continues its commitment to liaise and negotiate collaborative partnerships with its regional partners to manage marine turtle nesting beaches.
Risks: The remote regions where predators are often a problem presents difficulty with maintaining access and support to predator control programs. Eradication programs are generally not possible due to