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Northern Planning Area. The hatched area
represents the Torres Strait Protected Zone, which is part of the
Northern Planning Area but will be subject to a separate planning
process. Source: National Oceans Office
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This report, Living on Saltwater Country, was
commissioned by the National Oceans Office and carried out by
consultants with advice, collaboration and input from the Northern
Land Council, the Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation and the
Carpentaria Land Council under the auspices of the North Australian
Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA).
It summarises the main sources of publicly available written
information about Aboriginal associations with, rights to,
responsibility for, use of, and management of marine environments
in the Northern Planning Area.
The information contained in this report will inform the
development of a regional marine plan for the Northern Planning
Area.
