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Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 2004

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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)		 Total
New South Wales 400,970 751,575 200,255 35,611 1,388,411
Queensland 663,599 1,291,142 0 334,440 2,289,181
South Australia 198,800 0 102,200 60,300 361,300
Western Australia 262,000 0 121,000* 0 383,000
Total 1,525,369 2,042,717 423,455 430,351 4,421,892

* On 26 November 2004 the Minister approved an increase from 100,000 to 121,000 for the Western Grey Kangaroo quota in WA. The original quota was based on a conservative population estimate which did not include the southwest corner of WA.

Kangaroos killed under commercial harvest quotas in 2004
State Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)		 M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)		 Total
New South Wales 244,379 525,498 92,044 15,304 877,225
Queensland 381,597 940,827 0 276,712 1,599,136
South Australia 129,951 0 36,144 12,031 178,126
Western Australia 232,276 0 105,308 0 337,584
Total 988,203 1,466,325 233,496 304,047 2,992,071