You will need a licence if you intend to harvest kangaroos and sell their carcasses. There are 2 types of kangaroo harvesting licences:
The main difference between the licences is that a Landholder Kangaroo Harvester Licence holder is restricted to using commercial tags on properties they own or occupy within the commercial kangaroo management zone. Landholder licensees cannot harvest kangaroos on other properties within the zone or other commercial zones.
A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.
To be eligible for this licence, you must have:
31 December in the year of issue
Fees Details for this service in table format.
Fee information can be found here. Fees for 2025-26
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 New South Wales
Biodiversity Conservation Regulation 2017 New South Wales
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Environment and Heritage Group
Kangaroo Management Program Team
Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.
Kangaroo Management in NSW (Opens in new window)
