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Australian Zoologist (2014) 30 (3): 330–339.
Published: 17 March 2014
... population argon age and sex structure compared with populations that were ether non-commercially- shot or were protected from shooting It was found, however that shooting In general (whether commercial or non-commercial) decreased the presence of large pouch-young thus delaying the reproductive activity...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 383–430.
Published: 14 October 2011
... concluded “that it is a legitimate activity of the Federal Government to support an export industry based on the commercial harvesting of kangaroos, which is being prejudiced overseas by public campaigns based on false information.” Peter Singer, in 2005, took the view that “Those who see kangaroos only...
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Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 181–202.
Published: 01 January 2019
... to 2018 provide for the sustainable commercial harvest of kangaroos in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development. In 2010, Victoria commenced a program to allow the use of kangaroo carcasses resulting from authorised control activities to be processed for pet food. (Victoria...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2011
10.7882/FS.2011.041
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-4-3
...-tenure approach to management is needed, given that the Pilliga forests are about evenly divided between forest managed by DECCW and by Forests NSW, i.e. the difference between conservation and commercial priorities. We conclude that the protection of remaining hollow-bearing trees is the only effective...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2007
10.7882/FS.2007.006
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-1-2
... colonisation of the Murray River, and aided by widespread flooding in 1974, carp populations rapidly spread throughout the Murray-Darling Basin and established populations in all states except the Northern Territory. Although commercial, anecdotal and some scientific data suggest that carp populations have...
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 26–30.
Published: 01 December 2017
...-Western world have practised entomophagy for thousands of years and many continue to do so. In Thailand for instance, the rearing of crickets for human consumption is a widespread commercial activity, with farms producing up to 750 kg of crickets in a harvest cycle of 45 days (Nadeau 2015). The United...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (4): 544–547.
Published: 20 October 2011
.... Examples of the types of policies that a policy officer in DECC might work on include policies on land acquisition for the reserve system, policies on park management eg fire- fighting and commercial activities, policies on private and public forestry activities, policies on water management, and policies...
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 68–75.
Published: 01 December 2017
... they make is to change their forested land to palm oil or something ROSIE COONEY: On this whole question of indigenous like that, which is their right, absolutely. participation in commercial activity, I think there are two major risks here: that you run the risk, in a very What I m talking about is a more...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (3): 398–409.
Published: 17 March 2014
... on Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2004), which emphasise the potential for sustainable use activities to lead to sustainable development and create incentives for conservation. It is clear from the 30-plus years of commercial kangaroo harvesting...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (1-2): 105–113.
Published: 17 March 2014
... operations which is of concern to platypus conservation. It is probable that the commercial fishery and illegal fishing activities in the Murray- Riverina area and the lower Murrumbidgee River have reduced the distribution and abundance of platypuses in these areas, and suppressed their recovery. The species...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 31 (1): 301–305.
Published: 17 March 2014
... the issuing of licences and self-locking tags and the collation and analysis of harvest statistics provided in the shooter and dealer returns required by this licensing. This information relates to both commercial and non-commercial harvest- ing activities. The following information is collected...
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Australian Zoologist (2013) 36 (2): 143–144.
Published: 07 February 2013
.... For instance it highlights that the estuarine and coastal environments of New South Wales are at risk from a range of human activities such as: alteration of catchments resulting in changes to the quality and quantity of water flowing to the sea, disposal of sewage and other wastes, commercial...
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Australian Zoologist (2024) 44 (2): 322–337.
Published: 28 December 2024
..., philanthropists, commercial investors, and operators of zoos and wildlife sanctuaries. Such collaboration is essential to mitigate existing threats, address genetic uncertainties, and achieve the measurable goal of establishing stable, widely distributed populations with increased numbers. Natural history N...
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Australian Zoologist (2023) 44 (1): 220–230.
Published: 17 November 2023
... with wildlife is high. Escalating deforestation, increased agricultural activities, commercial plantations and mining can lead to undesired accumulation of residues in the environment, leading to soil degradation, water pollution and disruption in the ecosystem (Allen and Barnes 1985). AMR exchange between...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 331–340.
Published: 14 October 2011
... and similarities with the previous Committee. The TSSC needs to adapt to working with EA (Secretariat). The TSSC needs to be conscious of legislative requirements. It is proposed that there will be 1 x 2 day meeting per year with the focus of the second day being reflection on activities/achievements...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2002
10.7882/FS.2002.040
EISBN: 978-0-9586085-4-1
... due to insufficient resources, the nature of the activity and constraints on enforcement activities. I offer the following options for managing crop damage by Grey-headed Flying-foxes now that they are listed as threatened. Option A: prohibit culling of flying-foxes on crops. This is the most...
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Australian Zoologist (2025)
Published: 03 April 2025
... as well as most reaches of the Woronora River. Despite an active demersal trawl fishery in Gamay operating until 2002 (Saintilan et al.. 2008), counterintuitively (but perhaps not surprisingly), few records of commercial crustaceans exist in the museum collections. For instance, holdings include only...
Includes: Supplementary data
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Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 3–16.
Published: 01 December 2017
... the closing of inshore fisheries in peri-urban areas (such as in Port Phillip Bay and Westernport, Vic; Cockburn Sound, WA), bycatch of endangered species, and the pervasive decline in commercial fish catch in most jurisdictions (e.g. in Western Australia; Figure 1). These uncertainties, together...