Kangaroo Management Program

NSW Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan

The NSW Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2012-2016 was declared as an Approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan by the Commonwealth Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities on 15 December 2012. This approval is valid from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2016 and includes several conditions that are listed in the Commonwealth Gazette December 2011.

The management plan relates only to the commercial harvest of red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, western grey kangaroo and wallaroo.

The goal of the program is to maintain viable populations of these kangaroos throughout their ranges, in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

Download:

• NSW Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2012-2016 (110975NSWKHMP.pdf, 1.3MB) | NSW Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2012-2016 (110975NSWKHMP.doc, 1.9MB)
• 2011 Annual report - NSW Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2007-2011 (120458KHMPAR.pdf, 515KB)
• New South Wales Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2012–2016: 2013 Quota Report (130142KMP2013QR.pdf, 665KB)

Handbook for kangaroo harvesters

This handbook has been prepared to help kangaroo harvesters meet OEH's requirements for the commercial kangaroo industry. In particular, it is designed to assist applicants for harvester licences by providing information about licence conditions and other requirements.

Download:

• Handbook for kangaroo harvesters (10160Hbkangharvesters.pdf, 1.4MB)

Population monitoring

General

• Population Monitoring Methods for the NSW Kangaroo Management Program (population_monitoring_methods_forKMPfinal.pdf, 1.0MB)
• Aerial survey fact sheet (AerialSurveyFactSheetJun07.pdf, 45KB)
• Kangaroo population estimates for the Western Plains of NSW - Red and grey kangaroo population estimates for the Western Plains of NSW

Central Tablelands

• 2012 Central Tablelands report (120749KMPCTablelandsRep.pdf, 687KB))

South Eastern NSW

• 2009 South Eastern NSW report (SENSWFinalReport2009.pdf, 981KB)

Northern Tablelands

• 2011 survey report (NT_Report_2011.pdf, 1.5MB)

More information

Kangaroo Management Advisory Panel - See who's currently on the panel and download minutes of panel meetings.

Tag allocations and commercial take reports - See a regional breakdown of quotas and numbers of kangaroos taken, and compare this to the historical record.

New Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Zones - A submission by former Rural Lands Protection Boards and NSW Farmers Association to allow a new commercial kangaroo zone in NSW considered during 2008.

Code of practice for the humane shooting of kangaroos for commercial purposes - This national code of practice sets out the minimum standards of humane conduct in the shooting of kangaroos for commercial and non-commercial purposes.

NSW Kangaroo Management Program 2002-2006 - The goal of the program is to maintain viable populations of these kangaroos throughout their ranges, in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

Contact the Kangaroo Management Section - Get links and contact details for other Australian conservation agencies, and download research papers and application forms related to kangaroo management.

Previous plans

NSW Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2007-2011 (CKHMP0711.pdf, 594KB)

The following amendments were made to the harvest management plan in late 2008:

• additional Action 10A (09204action10a.pdf, 58KB) under Aim 4: Monitor kangaroo populations
• replacement of Performance Indicator 13.1 (09205perfind13.1.pdf, 15KB) for Action 13 under Aim 4: Monitor kangaroo populations