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Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 2001

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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* 595,750 706,416 215,556 34,560 0 0 0 1,552,282
Queensland 970,000 1,415,000   395,000 25,000 0 0 2,805,000
South Australia** 403,260 0 187,660 87,000 0 0 0 677,920
Western Australia 350,000 0 112,000 10,000 0 0 0 472,000
Flinders Island Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 7,000 14,000 21,000
Total 2,319,010 2,121,416 515,216 526,560 25,000 7,000 14,000 5,528,202

*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.

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 482,845 527,521 145,787 13,347 0 0 0 1,169,500
Queensland 538,669 910,759 0 262,203 256 0 0 1,711,887
South Australia 193,400 0 55,589 15,279 0 0 0 264,268
Western Australia 149,768 0 81,956 5,976 0 0 0 237,700
Flinders Island Tasmania 0 0 0 0 0 6,884 2,020 8,904
Total 1,364,682 1,438,280 283,332 296,805 256 6,884 2,020 3,392,259