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Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 1997

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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)		 Total
New South Wales* 503,000 440,000 160,000 25,800 0 1,128,800
Queensland 875,000 925,000 0 200,000 25,000 2,025,000
South Australia** 555,000 0 280,000 103,000 0 938,000
Western Australia 180,000 0 70,000 12,000 0 262,000
Total 2,113,000 1,365,000 510,000 340,800 25,000 4,353,800
NSW Commercial Kangaroo harvest quotas
State Macropus rufus M. giganteus M. fuliginosus M. robustus Total
*NSW - Base Quota 466,000 362,000 148,000 18,800 994,800
*NSW - Supplementary Quota 37,000 78,000 12,000 7,000 134,000
SA Commercial Kangaroo harvest quotas
State Macropus rufus M. fuliginosus M. robustus Total
**SA - Base Quota 288,000 90,000 55,000 433,000
**SA - Supplementary Quota 267,000 190,000 48,000 505,000
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)		 Total
New South Wales 415,395 333,426 141,167 7,949 0 897,937
Queensland 423,532 370,711 0 112,107 791 907,141
South Australia 216,079 0 75,794 24,067 0 315,940
Western Australia 116,294 0 47,695 4,680 0 168,669
Total 1,171,300 704,137 264,656 148,803 791 2,289,687

*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.