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Commercial Kangaroo harvest quotas - National quotas

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Commercial kangaroo harvest quotas - National quotas
Year Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus; and M.fuliginosus
(Eastern Grey) (Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/ Wallaroo)		 M. parryi
Whiptail Wallaby		 Mainland
Total		 M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierri
(Tas Pademelon)		 Grand Total Year
1980 1,078,000 - 1,340,000 - 92,000 75,000 2,585,000 175,000 125,000 2,885,000 1980
1981 1,140,500 - 1,418,500 - 98,500 75,000 2,732,500 175,000 125,000 3,032,500 1981
1982 1,488,300 - 1,353,500 - 123,000 50,000 *3,016,000 175,000 125,000 3,316,000 1982
1983 1,379,000 - 1,296,000 - 118,000 50,000 2,843,000 175,000 125,000 3,143,000 1983
1984 904,000 - 672,000 - 77,000 35,000 1,688,000 175,000 125,000 1,988,000 1984
1985 717,400 - 889,000 - 89,600 40,000 1,736,000 140,000 110,000 1,986,000 1985
1986 973,000 - 1,318,600 - 92,000 40,000 2,423,600 140,000 110,000 2,673,600 1986
1987 1,068,000 1,489,000 - 150,900 86,500 10,000 2,804,400 - - 2,804,400 1987
1988 1,050,600 1,571,000 - 181,700 96,500 50,000 2,949,800 - - 2,949,800 1988
1989 1,517,400 1,722,000 - 173,000 127,500 50000 3,589,900 - - 3,589,900 1989
1990 1,672,300 1,894,000 - 233,850 116,500 50,000 3,966,650 - - 3,966,650 1990
1991 1,884,600 1,884,000 - 296,700 148,500 25,000 4,238,800 - - 4,238,800 1991
1992 2,223,700 2,290,300 - 428,200 240,500 25,000 5,207,700 - - 5,207,700 1992
1993 1,839,200 2,257,000 - 421,400 261,500 25,000 4,804,100 - - 4,804,100 1993
1994 1,590,350 1,907,200 - 383,650 263,900 25,000 4,170,100 - - 4,170,100 1994
1995 1,600,483 1,424,177 - 344,266 242,630 25,000 3,636,556 - - 3,636,556 1995
1996 1,669,000 1,305,000 - 414,000 310,000 25,000 3,723,000 - - 3,723,000 1996
1997 2,113,000 1,365,000 - 510,000 340,800 25,000 4,353,800 - - 4,353,800 1997
1998 1,772,540 1,430,500 - 443,700 397,400 25,000 4,069,140 ***7,000 ***14,000 4,090,140 1998
1999 2,440,570 2,150,641 - 518,119 526,816 25,000 5,661,146 ***7,000 ***14,000 5,682,146 1999
2000 2,323,210 2,075,697 - 545,733 525,585 25,000 5,495,225 ***7,000 ***14,000 5,516,225 2000
2001 2,319,010 2,121,416 - 515,216 526,560 25,000 5,507,202 ***7,000 ***14,000 5,528,202 2001
Year Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus; M. fuliginosus
(Eastern Grey) (Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/ Wallaroo)		 M. parryi
Whiptail Wallaby		 Mainland
Total		 M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierri
(Tas Pademelon)		 Grand Total Year

* The 1982 Quota includes 500 Wallabia bicolor (Swamp Wallaby) and 700 M. rufogriseus (Bennetts Wallaby) for Victoria.

**In 1996, South Australia refined the setting of the commercial harvest quota to provide for the separate identification of a sustainable use component to the quota and an additional land mitigation component. This latter component will be released only when there is an identified threat to land management goals in an area and the sustainable component of the quota has been taken. Individual management strategies are being developed for each management district and these will be progressively refined during 1997.

New South Wales has taken a partial step in the same direction as South Australia by including provision for animals previously killed in the commercial zone under non commercial permits to be included as an identified component of the quota (damage mitigation quota). This part of the quota will be released only when the regional commercial quota has been used and then only based on consideration of property inspections, kangaroo population trends and climatic trends.

***1998, 1999 and 2000 Tasmanian quotas are for Flinders Island only

Kangaroos Killed Under Commercial Harvest Quotas - National Figures
Year Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus and fuliginosus
(Eastern Grey) (Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/ Wallaroo)		 M. parryi
Whiptail Wallaby		 Mainland
Total		 M. rufogriseus*
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierri*
(Tas Pademelon)		 Grand Total Year
1980             1,868,534     2,088,760 1980
1981   No species information provided
for 1980-1983.		     1,535,967     1,643,967 1981
1982       2,207,045     2,284,045 1982
1983             1,635,795     1,745,795 1983
1984 605,630 - 654,066 - 89,740 12,707 1,362,143 71,000 47,000 1,480,143 1984
1985 771,511 - 907,632 - 87,379 10,727 1,777,249 55,000 37,000 1,869,249 1985
1986 819,395 - 1,186,090 - 80,006 26,445 2,111,936 33,000 27,000 2,171,936 1986
1987 886,574 1,371,950 - 117,867 74,608 9,498 2,460,497 - - 2,460,497 1987
1988 913,137 1,422,531 - 115,625 76,759 24,296 2,552,348 - - 2,552,348 1988
1989 1,081,229 1,279,387 - 107,154 104,097 13,456 2,585,323 - - 2,585,323 1989
1990 1,249,724 1,268,656 - 139,121 90,795 14,954 2,763,250 - - 2,763,250 1990
1991 1,365,716 1,270,877 - 158,213 113,791 4,226 2,912,823 - - 2,912,823 1991
1992 1,308,140 1,183,681 - 182,814 139,943 2,071 2,816,649 - - 2,816,649 1992
1993 1,319,693 1,273,922 - 207,397 172,449 2,737 2,976,198 - - 2,976,198 1993
1994 1,425,553 1,328,561 - 311,504 225,644 1,965 3,293,227 - - 3,293,227 1994
1995 1,435,614 1,306,747 - 301,405 214,916 1,766 3,260,448 - - 3,260,448 1995
1996 1,447,698 1,066,364 - 353,650 232,502 909 3,101,123 - - 3,101,123 1996
1997 1,171,300 704,137 - 264,656 148,803 791 2,289,687 - - 2,289,687 1997
1998 1,344,214 800,707 - 242,630 204,789 217 2,592,557 149 70 2,592,776 1998
1999 1,278,469 925,946 - 240,727 152,782 1,279 2,599,203 421 515 2,600,139 1999
2000 1,173,242 1,106,208 - 227,552 238,439 357 2,745,798 584 20 2,746,402 2000
Year Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M.giganteus; M.fuliginosus
(Eastern Grey)(Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/ Wallaroo)		 M. parryi
Whiptail Wallaby		 Mainland
Total		 M. rufogriseus
(Bennetts Wallaby)		 Thylogale billardierri
(Tas Pademelon)		 Grand Total Year

* 1984-1986 Figures for M. rufogriseus and Thylogale billardierii are estimated from questionnaire surveys. Figures for other species are based on actual harvest returns.

1998 and 1999 Figures for M. rufogriseus and Thylogale billardierii are for Flinders Island only.

Last updated 16 July 2000