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Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 1999

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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* 679,070*** 735,641 232,119 33,816 0 0 0 1,680,646
Queensland 970,000 1,415,000 0 395,000 25,000 0 0 2,805,000
South Australia** 441,500 0 212,000 88,000 0 0 0 741,500
Western Australia 350,000 0 74,000 10,000 0 0 0 434,000
Flinders Island Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 7,000 14,000 21,000
Total 2,440,570 2,150,641 518,119 526,816 25,000 7,000 14,000 5,682,146
NSW Commercial Kangaroo harvest quotas
State Macropus rufus M. giganteus M. fuliginosus M. robustus Total
*NSW - Base Quota 642,070*** 657,641 220,119 26,816 1,546,646
*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 284,000 83,000 55,000 422,000
**SA - Supplementary Quota 157,500 129,000 33,000 319,500
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* 450,020 355,845 122,481 9,296 0 0 0 937,642
Queensland 457,177 570,101 0 119,767 1,279 0 0 1,148,324
South Australia** 231,327 0 63,672 18,988 0 0 0 313,987
Western Australia 139,945 0 54,574 4,731 0 0 0 199,250
Flinders Island Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 421 515 936
Total 1,278,469 925,946 240,727 152,782 1,279 421 515 2,600,139

*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.

***In September the Tibooburra management zone's base quota for Macropus rufus was increased by 13,730.