Open AccessRanching Lake Nasser’s Nile Crocodiles
Author(s) -
Ali M
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hsoa journal of aquaculture and fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-5523
DOI - 10.24966/aaf-5523/100038
Subject(s) - crocodylus , crocodile , iucn red list , geography , fishery , population , forestry , archaeology , ecology , biology , demography , sociology
The Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus is the most widely distributed crocodile species in Africa, occurring in almost all sub-Saharan countries. It was included in Appendix I in 1975. Egypt submitted a proposal (no. 9) to the IUCN at the Conference of Parties (CoP) no. 15 to transfer the Egyptian population of C.niloticus from Appendix I to Appendix II for purposes of ranching