New South Wales Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2017-2021

2017
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
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This plan has been replaced by Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in New South Wales 2022–26.

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 and to meet the legislative and other requirements of the New South Wales Government.

This management plan relates only to the commercial harvest of the following macropod species within New South Wales;

  • red kangaroo (Macropus rufus);
  • eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus);
  • western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus); and
  • common wallaroo (Macropus robustus robustus).

This management plan is current for a maximum five-year period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021.