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Commercial Kangaroo harvest in 2005

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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 445,300 550,820 143,963 35,616 1,175,699
Queensland 472,332 1,081,340 0 338,279 1,891,951
South Australia 237,600 0 97,900 76,400 411,900
Western Australia 250,000 0 180,000 0 430,000
Total 1,405,232 1,632,160 421,863 450,295 3,909,550
Kangaroos killed under commercial harvest quotas in 2005
State Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)		 M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)		 Total
New South Wales 241,503 419,220 71,049 21,299 753,071
Queensland 477,682 1,068,432 0 290,294 1,836,408
South Australia 128,809 0 28,197 10,629 167,635
Western Australia 197,054 0 158,176 0 355,230
Total 1,045,048 1,487,652 257,422 322,222 3,112,344