A. Species
Scientific name: Macropus fuliginosus
Common name(s): Western grey kangaroo
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- New South Wales
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: New South Wales
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 1975
End Year: 2015
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic and Damage mitigation (to reduce impacts on rural people, landscapes and activities)
Motivation of use: Largescale commercial exploitation for trade and Population/Area Management
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Non-local Internal, National / local government and National / local private sector
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out: Based on the evidence assessed, which shows that the harvested species is widespread and not declining
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Cited from the paper: "The short answer to the most pressing questions of sustainability is that the kangaroo populations of NSW are large, running into millions per species, that commercial harvesting is sustainable and that the kangaroo populations are not declining because of the commercial harvest."
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
"there is the necessity for scientists to participate in media debates, answer questions raised in parliament and in legal forums, and to communicate with fellow ecologists on the scientific research and the detailed results." "the numbers of each of the four species of kangaroos that are commercially taken need to be at the centre of any intelligent management structure."
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2023-04-17