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Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 1998

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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)		 Macropus rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierii
(Tasmanian Pademelon)		 Total
New South Wales* 655,540 460,500 163,700 29,400 0 0 0 1,309,140
Queensland 610,000 970,000 0 270,000 25,000 0 0 1,875,000
South Australia** 327,000 0 206,000 88,000 0 0 0 621,000
Western Australia 180,000 0 74,000 10,000 0 0 0 264,000
Flinders Island Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 7,000 14,000 21,000
Total 1,772,540 1,430,500 443,700 397,400 25,000 7,000 14,000 4,090,140
NSW Commercial Kangaroo harvest quotas
State Macropus rufus M. giganteus M. fuliginosus M. robustus Total
*NSW - Base Quota 618,540 382,500 151,700 22,400 1,175,140
*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 206,000 64,000 55,000 325,000
**SA - Supplementary Quota 121,000 142,000 33,000 296,000
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)		 Macropus rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierii
(Tasmanian Pademelon)		 Total
New South Wales* 495,100 314,328 123,826 7,535 0 0 0 940,789
Queensland 510,622 486,379 0 167,422 217 0 0 1,164,640
South Australia** 227,904 0 73,704 24,981 0 0 0 326,589
Western Australia 110,588 0 45,100 4,851 0 0 0 160,539
Flinders Island Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 149 70 219
Total 1,344,214 800,707 242,630 204,789 217 149 70 2,592,776

*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.