However, in 1995, the largest ranch on the island initiated a change of strategy to concentrate on raising the saltwater crocodile, and demand for the eggs and juveniles of the New Guinea crocodile dried up.
Porén, en 1995, a maior destas instalacións na illa iniciou un cambio de estratexia e pasou a concentrarse na crianza do crocodilo de auga salgada, e a demanda de ovos e crías do crocodilo de Nova Guinea cesou.