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Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia 2019-2023

Due to the impacts of coronavirus on working arrangements, stakeholders are requested to contact the Wildlife Trade Sections via email rather than telephone. Please email wps@awe.gov.au with any questions about applying for a permit or for queries relating to existing permit applications. If you have an existing application, please include your application reference number in your email. We will respond to your query as soon as possible.

Government of Western Australia, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, 2019

Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan

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Declaration of an approved management plan – Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia 2019-2023

About the Management Plan

This management plan has been developed to satisfy the requirements of the Commonwealth's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and to meet the legislative and other requirements of the Western Australian Government. The management plan relates to the commercial harvest of red (Macropus rufus) and western grey (Macropus fuliginosus) kangaroos within Western Australia.

The primary goal of the management plan is to ensure that the commercial harvest of kangaroos is ecologically sustainable and to provide an alternative management approach for reducing the damage caused by overabundant kangaroos. This will be achieved through the application of the best available scientific knowledge, best practice management, and monitoring of outcomes to ensure the viability and welfare of kangaroo populations is not compromised by any action undertaken in accordance with this plan.

The management plan is valid for a maximum of five years from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023.