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Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 2003

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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)		 M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierii
(Tas Pasemelon)		 Total
New South Wales 734,350 1,147,789 328,451 27,330 0 0 0 2,237,920
Queensland 1,011,038 2,140,574 0 313,962 0 0 0 3,465,574
South Australia 315,200 0 124,700 60,800 0 0 0 500,700
Western Australia 263,000 0 85,000 0 0 0 0 348,000
Total 2,323,588 3,288,363 538,151 402,092 0 0 0 6,552,194
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)		 M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierii
(Tas Pasemelon)		 Total
New South Wales 274,900 616,718 104,899 13,388 0 0 0 1,009,905
Queensland 469,038 1,141,455 0 324,285 0 0 0 1,934,778
South Australia 153,615 0 41,867 10,241 0 0 0 205,723
Western Australia * 224,171 0 99,906 0 0 0 0 324,077
Total 1,121,724 1,758,173 246,672 347,914 0 0 0 3,474,483

* Note that the Western Grey harvest in Western Australia was above the quota. The Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management undertook a review to determine how the quota overrun occurred. The review revealed errors in data entry, delays in entering data and in harvest return follow-ups. As a result of the review, the harvest is being monitored more stringently by Western Australia.