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Commercial kangaroo harvest in 2007

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Note: Wallaby quotas are applicable for the period 1 July to 30 June of the following year. See relevant 'one year tables - Wallabies' for wallaby quota information.

Commercial kangaroo harvest quotas in 2007
State Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) Total
New South Wales 371,074 440,438 98,028 31,216 940,756
Queensland 658,736 1,039,418 - 273,196 1,971,350
South Australia 223,400 - 79,600 70,800 373,800
Western Australia 126,585 - 197,780 31,000 355,365
Total 1,379,795 1,479,856 375,408 406,212 3,641,271

Note: A Western Australian quota for euros was set following approval of a Wildlife Trade Operation for the species. The Wildlife Trade Operation was approved by the Minister on 7 August 2007 and gazetted on 22 August 2007.
2007 Special Kangaroo Quotas*
State Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) Total
New South Wales 32,742 44,044 9,803 3,122 89,711
South Australia 3,500 - 3,000 1,500 8,000
Total 36,242 44,044 12,803 4,622 97,711

* The purpose of the special quota is to provide for the commercial utilisation of kangaroos that would have been otherwise been shot under the normal non-commercial licensing system and left in the field. Special quotas are only allocated when there is a need.

 

Kangaroos killed under commercial harvest quotas in 2007
State Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus
(Eastern Grey)		 M. fuliginosus
(Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/Wallaroo)		 Total
New South Wales 304,732 394,906 81,361 22,532 803,531
Queensland 582,892 949,524 - 233,012 1,765,428
South Australia 117,944 - 42,923 9,458 170,325
Western Australia 119,094 - 126,309 1,783 247,186
Total 1,124,662 1,344,430 250,593 266,785 2,986,470