Commercial kangaroo harvest quotas - Tasmania
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| Year | M. rufogriseus (Bennetts Wallaby) |
Thylogale billardierri (Tas Pademelon) |
Total | Year |
No Tasmanian wallaby management programs were approved under the Commonwealth (Federal) Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 from 1986-1997 A trial harvest of 500 of each species was approved under Section 10A of the Act for the period of 1994-95. In 1998 a management program for Flinders Island was approved and the 1998 and 1999 quotas are for Flinders Island only.
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| 1975 | - | - | - | 1975 | |
| 1976 | 70,000 | 50,000 | 120,000 | 1976 | |
| 1977 | 70,000 | 50,000 | 120,000 | 1977 | |
| 1978 | 150,000 | 100,000 | 250,000 | 1978 | |
| 1979 | 200,000 | 100,000 | 300,000 | 1979 | |
| 1980 | 175,000 | 125,000 | 300,000 | 1980 | |
| 1981 | 175,000 | 125,000 | 300,000 | 1981 | |
| 1982 | 175,000 | 125,000 | 300,000 | 1982 | |
| 1983 | 175,000 | 125,000 | 300,000 | 1983 | |
| 1984 | 175,000 | 125,000 | 300,000 | 1984 | |
| 1985 | 140,000 | 110,000 | 250,000 | 1985 | |
| 1986 | 140,000 | 110,000 | 250,000 | 1986 | |
| 1998 | 7,000 | 14,000 | 21,000 | 1998 | |
| 1999 | 7,000 | 14,000 | 21,000 | 1999 |
| Year | M. rufogriseus (Bennetts Wallaby) |
Thylogale billardierri (Tas Pademelon) |
Total | Year |
Note: data for years 1975 to 1980 from royalties paid; 1981 to 1984 estimates based on licence returns; 1985 and 1986 estimates based on licencee questionnaire returns No Tasmanian wallaby management programs were approved under the Commonwealth (Federal) Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 from 1987-1998. In 1998 a management program was approved for Flinders Island. 1998 figures are for Flinders Island. |
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| 1975 | No species details held. | 6,601 | 1976 | ||
| 1976 | No species details held. | 21,426 | 1976 | ||
| 1977 | No species details held. | 45,471 | 1977 | ||
| 1978 | No species details held. | 100,803 | 1978 | ||
| 1979 | No species details held. | 244,918 | 1979 | ||
| 1980 | No species details held. | 220,226 | 1980 | ||
| 1981 | 77,000 | 31,000 | 108,000 | 1981 | |
| 1982 | 49,000 | 28,000 | 77,000 | 1982 | |
| 1983 | 64,000 | 46,000 | 110,000 | 1983 | |
| 1984 | 71,000 | 47,000 | 118,000 | 1984 | |
| 1985 | 55,000 | 37,000 | 92,000 | 1985 | |
| 1986 | 33,000 | 27,000 | 60,000 | 1986 | |
| 1998 | 149 | 70 | 219 | 1998 | |