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Commercial kangaroo harvest quotas in 2011

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Commercial kangaroo harvest quotas in 2011
State Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) Total
New South Wales 512,364 684,278 78,851 11,017 1,286,510
Queensland 645,750 920,350 - 261,150 1,827,250
South Australia 208,550 - 101,400 57,000 366,950
Western Australia 100,000 - 150,000 - 250,000
Total 1,466,664 1,604,628 330,251 329,167 3,730,710
2011 Special Kangaroo Quotas*
State Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo) M. giganteus (Eastern Grey) M. fuliginosus (Western Grey) M. robustus (Euro/Wallaroo) Total
New South Wales 45,209 71,352 9,945 1,326 127,832
South Australia 5,370 - 3,600 2,500 11,470
Total 50,579 71,352 13,545 3,826 139,302

* 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 for damage mitigation.