Northern Tablelands Kangaroo Management Zones Population Reports 2019

A report to the Biodiversity and Conservation Division, New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment on the consultancy: “Design and analysis of helicopter surveys of the kangaroo populations of the Northern Tablelands kangaroo management zones, 2019.”

Commercial harvesting is undertaken in accordance with quotas that are set with the intention of ensuring both harvest sustainability and regional population viability.

Date
15 May 2020
Publisher
G.E. & S.C. Cairns Consulting Pty. Ltd.
Type
Publication, Report
Cost
Free
Language
English
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In New South Wales, the commercial harvesting of kangaroos is managed in relation to a number of kangaroo management zones established across the inland parts of the State, extending west from the tablelands of the Great Dividing Range through to the South Australian border. Some or all 4 of those species of macropod identified as large kangaroos, the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus), the eastern grey kangaroo (M. giganteus), the western grey kangaroo (M. fuliginosus) and the common wallaroo (M. robustus) are currently harvested from within 14 kangaroo management zones. Two of these species, the eastern grey kangaroo and the eastern subspecies of the common wallaroo (M. r. robustus) are harvested in the Northern Tablelands region of northern NSW.

First published in May 2020; reprinted September 2021 with the following amendments:

  • Page 26 – Table 6 – Correction of a typing error in the value for the Area (KM2) for the Medium Strata in the Upper Hunter kangaroo management zone.
  • Page 28 – Table 8 – Correction of a typing error in the value for the Area (KM2) for the Medium Strata in the Upper Hunter kangaroo management zone.