Wildlife trade

Commercial kangaroo harvest quotas - Tasmania

Year M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierri
(Tas Pademelon)		 Total Year

No Tasmanian wallaby management programs were approved
under the Commonwealth (Federal) Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports
and Imports) Act 1982 from 1986-1997

A trial harvest of 500 of each species was approved under Section 10A of the Act for the period of 1994-95.

In 1998 a management program for Flinders Island was approved and the 1998 and 1999 quotas are for Flinders Island only.

 

 

 
1975 - - - 1975
1976 70,000 50,000 120,000 1976
1977 70,000 50,000 120,000 1977
1978 150,000 100,000 250,000 1978
1979 200,000 100,000 300,000 1979
1980 175,000 125,000 300,000 1980
1981 175,000 125,000 300,000 1981
1982 175,000 125,000 300,000 1982
1983 175,000 125,000 300,000 1983
1984 175,000 125,000 300,000 1984
1985 140,000 110,000 250,000 1985
1986 140,000 110,000 250,000 1986
1998 7,000 14,000 21,000 1998
1999 7,000 14,000 21,000 1999
Kangaroos Killed Under Commercial Harvest Quotas - Tasmania
Year M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierri
(Tas Pademelon)		 Total Year

Note: data for years 1975 to 1980 from royalties paid;

1981 to 1984 estimates based on licence returns;

1985 and 1986 estimates based on licencee questionnaire returns

No Tasmanian wallaby management programs were approved
under the Commonwealth (Federal) Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports
and Imports) Act 1982 from 1987-1998. In 1998 a management program was
approved for Flinders Island. 1998 figures are for Flinders Island.

 

 

 
1975 No species details held. 6,601 1976
1976 No species details held. 21,426 1976
1977 No species details held. 45,471 1977
1978 No species details held. 100,803 1978
1979 No species details held. 244,918 1979
1980 No species details held. 220,226 1980
1981 77,000 31,000 108,000 1981
1982 49,000 28,000 77,000 1982
1983 64,000 46,000 110,000 1983
1984 71,000 47,000 118,000 1984
1985 55,000 37,000 92,000 1985
1986 33,000 27,000 60,000 1986
1998 149 70 219 1998