Shooting and Trapping
Shooting
Many properties have government accredited game management plans for animal population management (about 1800 properties in Tasmania are covered by spot-lighting permits each year).
Trapping
Trapping can be effective in restricted areas for possums where small numbers are involved, but at the larger plantation scale it is labour-intensive, expensive and unreliable.
Limited markets for brushtail possum meat in Asia have kindled some commercial interest in live trapping but demand is currently low.
Only live trapping is permitted in Tasmania.