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Commercial and non-commercial wallaby harvest quotas and wallabies killed for Tasmania (1 July 2006 - 30 June 2007)

Commercial and non-commercial wallaby harvest quotas for Tasmania (1 July 2006 - 30 June 2007)
Region
Commercial
Non commercial
Maximum harvest
Flinders Island
M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallaby)
10,000
5,000
15,000
Thylogale billardierii (Tasmanian Pademelon)
2,000
16,750
18,750
King Island
M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallaby)
15,000
25,000
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 harvest for Tasmania (1 July 2006 - 30 June 2007)
Region
Commercially harvested
Non-commercially harvested
Total harvested
Flinders Island
M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallaby)
5,820
8,600
14,420
Thylogale billardierii (Tasmanian Pademelon)
0
17,900
17,900
King Island
M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallaby)
4,360
7,600
11,960
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