Mud Bay in the Northern Territory. Aerial surveys of the Queensland coast of the
Gulf in 1997 and the Northern Territory coast of the Gulf in 1985 and 1994 indicate
that the total number of dugongs in the Gulf of Carpentaria is in the range 20,000 to
30,000. The surveys indicate that the northern half of Blue Mud Bay, the mouth of
the Limmen Bight River, the Sir Edward Pellew Group and the Wellesley Islands are
particularly important areas of dugong habitat