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Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 2000

Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Quotas

State Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)
M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)
M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)
M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)
M. parryi
(Whiptail Wallaby)
Macropus rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)
Thylogale billardierii
(Tasmanian Pademelon)
Total
New South Wales* 627,450 660,697 228,553 33,585 0 0 0 1,550,285
Queensland 970,000 1,415,000 0 395,000 25,000 0 0 2,805,000
South Australia** 375,760 0 213,180 87,000 0 0 0 675,940
Western Australia 350,000 0 104,000 10,000 0 0 0 464,000
Flinders Island Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 7,000 14,000 21,000
Total 2,323,210 2,075,697 545,733 525,585 25,000 7,000 14,000 5,516,225
State Macropus rufus M. giganteus M. fuliginosus M. robustus Total
*NSW - Base Quota 590,450 582,697 216,553 26,585 1,416,285
*NSW - Supplementary Quota 37,000 78,000 12,000 7,000 134,000
State Macropus rufus M. fuliginosus M. robustus Total
**SA - Base Quota 238,000 86,000 55,000 379,000
**SA - Supplementary Quota 137,760 127,180 32,000 296,940

Kangaroos Killed Under Commercial Harvest Quotas

State Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)
M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)
M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)
M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)
M. parryi
(Whiptail Wallaby)
Macropus rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)
Thylogale billardierii
(Tasmanian Pademelon)
Total
New South Wales* 389,204 376,581 107,902 9,521 0 0 0 883,478
Queensland 440,153 729,357 0 206,945 357 0 0 1,376,812
South Australia** 220,452 0 55,134 15,891 0 0 0 291,477
Western Australia 123,433 0 64,516 6,082 0 0 0 194,031
Flinders Island Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 584 20 604
Total 1,173,242 1,106,208 227,552 238,439 357 584 20 2,746,402

*Beginning in 1997 New South Wales has included a provision for animals previously killed in the commercial zone under non commercial permits to be included as an identified component of the quota (damage mitigation quota). This part of the quota will be released only when the regional commercial quota has been used and then only based on consideration of property inspections, kangaroo population trends and climatic trends.

**In 1996, South Australia refined the setting of the commercial harvest quota to provide for the separate identification of a sustainable use component to the quota and an additional land mitigation component. This latter component will be released only when there is an identified threat to land management goals in an area that the sustainable component of the quota has been taken.

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