Wildlife trade and conservation

Commercial harvesting of Kangaroos in Australia

by Tony Pople and Gordon Grigg
Department of Zoology, The University of Queensland
for Environment Australia, August 1999
Chapters 10,11,12 and 13 and Appendix 1 provided by staff at Environment Australia

Contents

• Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 2. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
• Chapter 3. BIOLOGY OF THE HARVESTED SPECIES
• Chapter 4. POPULATION MONITORING, QUOTA SETTING & ANNUAL HARVESTS
• Chapter 5. THE KANGAROO INDUSTRY, PAST AND PRESENT
• Chapter 6. EFFECTS OF HARVESTING ON KANGAROO POPULATIONS
• Chapter 7. KANGAROOS AS PESTS, KANGAROOS AS A RESOURCE
• Chapter 8. SUSTAINABLE USE OF WILDLIFE FOR CONSERVATION
• Chapter 9. ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES
• Chapter 10. REGULATORY CONTROLS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
• Chapter 11. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT, 1982
• Chapter 12. NATURE CONSERVATION RESERVES
• Chapter 13. CONSERVATION STATUS
• REFERENCES
• Appendix 1. LEGISLATION
• Appendix 2. AUSTRALASIAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY’S POSITION PAPER ON THE COMMERCIAL USE OF WILDLIFE
• Appendix 3. AUSTRALASIAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY’S POSITION PAPER ON THE COMMERCIAL HARVESTING OF MACROPODS
• Table 1. Australian Macropodoidea, their conservation status, likely change since white settlement and suggested reasons for the change
• Table 2. Comparison of reproductive biology in the harvested species (after Dawson 1995, and multiple sources)
• Table 3. Comparison of correction factors developed for 200 m strip transect counts using the same fixed-wing aircraft aerial survey method

The views expressed in the document are the views of the authors and may not represent the views of the State and Commonwealth Governments.

This document builds upon and replaces a previous Background Document by the Australian Nature Conservation Agency (now Environment Australia), written in 1992 and revised in 1995 Revised April 1999 (Version 99/1), Updated on internet on August 1999. 'Commercial Harvesting of Kangaroos in Australia', has been prepared to provide background information against which the individual State Management Programs can be read and evaluated. It provides a generalised summary of information about Australia's kangaroos, especially those species subject to commercial harvesting, and outlines the land degradation and sustainable use contexts in which State and Federal Governments approve and regulate annual harvests. The aim in its preparation has been to provide a useful and informative review of relevant kangaroo biology, the concepts involved in kangaroo management and the policies and regulations under which the harvests are undertaken. More detailed scientific information should be sought in the original literature, much of which is cited and listed in this document.