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Commercial Kangaroo harvest quotas - New South Wales

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Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Quotas - New South Wales
Year Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus    and     M. fuliginosus
(Eastern Grey)                      (Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/ Wallaroo)		 Total Year
1975 50,000 - 150,000 - 5,000 205,000 1975
1976 110,000 - 190,000 - - 300,000 1976
1977 150,000 - 210,000 - 5,000 365,000 1977
1978 150,000 - 210,000 - 5,000 365,000 1978
1979 300,000 - 340,000 - 5,000 645,000 1979
1980 300,000 - 340,000 - 5,000 645,000 1980
1981 333,000 - 356,500 - 5,000 694,500 1981
1982 550,000 - 288,000 - 5,000 843,000 1982
1983 550,000 - 288,000 - 5,000 843,000 1983
1984 399,000 - 100,000 - 1,000 500,000 1984
1985 190,000 - 110,000 - 1,000 301,000 1985
1986 313,000 - 264,000 - - 577,000 1986
1987 313,000 189,000 - 75,000 - 577,000 1987
1988 354,000 271,000 - 105,000 - 730,000 1988
1989 487,000 222,000 - 95,000 1,000 805,000 1989
1990 626,000 394,000 - 152,000 10,000 1,182,000 1990
1991 706,000 584,000 - 220,000 10,000 1,520,000 1991
1992 956,000 790,300 - 327,700 22,000 2,096,000 1992
1993 598,800 757,000 - 307,800 23,000 1,686,600 1993
1994 483,850 657,200 - 268,050 25,400 1,434,500 1994
1995 483,683 474,177 - 188,766 24,130 1,170,756 1995
1996 507,000 480,000 - 219,000 25,000 1,231,000 1996
1997 503,000 440,000 - 160,000 25,800 1,128,800 1997
1998 655,540 460,500 - 163,700 29,400 1,309,140 1998
1999 679,070 735,641 - 232,119 33,816 1,680,646 1999
2000 627,450 660,697 - 228,553 33,585 1,550,285 2000
Year Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus M. fuliginosus
(Eastern Grey) (Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/ Wallaroo)		 Total Year

Beginning in 1997 New South Wales has included a 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. (See the one year table for 1997 onwards for breakdown of quota into property management and damage mitigation components.)

Kangaroos Killed Under Commercial Harvest Quotas - New South Wales
Year Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus    and     M. fuliginosus
(Eastern Grey)                      (Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/ Wallaroo)		 Total Year
1975           123,000 1975
1976           96,700 1976
1977           167,200 1977
1978   No Species Detail Provided for 1975-1981.   220,000 1978
1979           520,000 1979
1980           619,023 1980
1981           488,647 1981
1982 399,108 - 263,168 - 2,066 664,342 1982
1983 264,863 - 134,900 - 714 400,477 1983
1984 157,629 - 63,754 - 632 222,015 1984
1985 213,297 - 111,968 - 763 326,028 1985
1986 263,046 - 181,463 - - 444,509 1986
1987 270,467 140,061 - 62,926 - 473,454 1987
1988 218,086 130,335 - 72,786 - 421,207 1988
1989 297,029 136,073 - 67,253 97 500,452 1989
1990 377,155 170,766 - 83,708 1,967 633,596 1990
1991 495,986 253,791 - 106,629 1,378 857,784 1991
1992 412,189 264,447 - 117,994 1,377 796,007 1992
1993 359,820 284,344 - 129,378 1,678 775,220 1993
1994 397,791 363,659 - 210,244 5,036 976,730 1994
1995 431,663 370,757 - 175,039 9,917 987,376 1995
1996 531,370 402,356 - 216,191 8,941 1,158,858 1996
1997 415,395 333,426 - 141,167 7,949 897,937 1997
1998 495,100 314,328 - 123,826 7,535 940,789 1998
1999 450,020 355,845 - 122,481 9,296 937,642 1999
Year Macropus rufus
(Red Kangaroo)		 M. giganteus M. fuliginosus
(Eastern Grey) (Western Grey)		 M. robustus
(Euro/ Wallaroo)		 Total Year