South Australian Commercial Kangaroo Management Plan 2025-2029

Last updated: 27 August 2026

5 December 2024
South Australian Department for Environment and Water
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About the Wildlife Trade Management Plan

This approved wildlife trade management plan provides for the sustainable commercial use of:

  • Osphranter rufus (red kangaroo)
  • Macropus giganteus (eastern grey kangaroo)
  • Macropus fuliginosus (western grey kangaroo), including the M. fuligonosus fuliginosus (Kangaroo Island) and M. fuligonosus melanops (mainland) subspecies
  • Osphranter robustus (euro)
  • Notamacropus eugenii (tammar wallaby)

The plan meets the requirements of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the legislative requirements of the South Australian Government under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.  

The plan was registered on 18 December 2024. It will be in force from 19 December 2024 to 30 November 2029. 

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Declaration of a Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in South Australia 2025-2029