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Commercial kangaroo harvest quotas in 2010

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Commercial kangaroo harvest quotas in 2010
State Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) Total
New South Wales 417,655 552,904* 83,193* 17,245 1,070,997
Queensland 887,127 1,068,847 - 335,849 2,291,823
South Australia 199,700 - 91,300 64,200 355,200
Western Australia 105,000 - 200,000 - 305,000
Total 1,609,482 1,621,751 374,493 417,294 4,023,020
2010 Special Kangaroo Quotas**
State Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) Total
New South Wales 36,852 58,639 10,834 1,725 108,050
South Australia 5,200 - 3,300 1,000 9,500
Total 42,052 58,639 14,134 2,725 117,550
Kangaroos killed under commercial harvest quotas in 2010
State Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) Total
New South Wales 117,811 237,038 25,554 9,178 389,581
Queensland 255,191 402,421 0 173,006 830,618
South Australia 65,129 0 31,959 5,732 102,820
Western Australia 53,818 0 92,923 0 146,741
Total 491,949 639,459 150,436 187,916 1,469,760

* The New South Wales commercial harvest quotas for eastern and western grey kangaroos were revised as of 16 September 2010 following an addendum to NSW quota as a result of updated population estimates from June and July 2010. The amendments are in accordance with the requirements of the New South Wales kangaroo management plan.

** 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.