For all species exploited commercially in New South Wales, that is, the Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo and Wallaroo, the actual take in the first 9 months of 2024 was 396,666 against a full year quota of 1,484,072. That is 27 per cent of the full year quota.

Nature Knowledge Channel’s forecast for the actual commercial take for New South Wales in 2024 was 410,900. It is likely that our forecast for 2024 will be exceeded, and we are now expecting an actual number closer to 500,000, which is similar to 2023. This would bring the actual take in 2024 to 33 per cent of the year’s quota.

Stopping the take collapsing requires zone extensions and more access to places Kangaroos still live in.

“The commercial kangaroo management area was expanded in 2020 to take in the former Wagga Wagga non-commercial zone. Expanding the Griffith Zone to include the new area increased it from 98,171 to 129,884 km2. To achieve more refined management, this area was divided into the 2 new zones of Griffith North (65,758 km2) and Griffith South (64,126 km2)”. New South Wales Government

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The shooting zones with the highest actual commercial kill in the period were:

• Broken Hill – 77,036 (51 per cent of the zone’s full year quota);
• Griffith South – 56,636 (54 per cent of the zone’s full year quota); and
• Coonabarabran – 47,976 (33 per cent of the zone’s full year quota).

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The shooting zones with the lowest actual commercial kill in the period were:

• Tibooburra – 5,664 (6 per cent of the zone’s full year quota);
• Cobar – 8,617 (37 per cent of the zone’s full year quota); and
• Bourke – 11,722 (24 per cent of the zone’s full year quota).

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By species the outcome was as follows:

• Eastern Grey Kangaroo – 221,989 (26 per cent of the species’ full year quota);
• Red Kangaroo – 145,464 (30 per cent of the species’ full year quota);
• Western Grey Kangaroo – 19,999 (29 per cent of the species’ full year quota); and
• Wallaroo – 9,214 (17 per cent of the species’ full year quota).