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Commercial and non-commercial wallaby harvest quotas and wallabies killed for Tasmania (1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006)


Commercial and non-commercial wallaby harvest quotas for Tasmania (1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006)
Region
Commercial
Non commercial
Maximum harvest
Flinders Island
M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallaby)
11,000
4,000
15,000
Thylogale billardierii (Tasmanian Pademelon)
3,750
15,000
18,750
King Island
M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallaby)
20,000
20,000
40,000

Note: the management plans and quota applications include a provision for varying the commercial quota as long as the non-commercial quota is adjusted and the sum of the commercial and non-commercial quotas does not exceed the maximum harvest.

Commercial and non-commercial wallaby harvested for Tasmania (1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006)
Region
Commercially harvested
Non-commercially harvested
Total harvested
Flinders Island
M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallaby)
3,960
3,850
7,810
Thylogale billardierii (Tasmanian Pademelon)
180
16,500
16,680
King Island
M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallaby)
4,914
24,100
29,014

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