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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLV.

ZAGREB, 22 JULY, 2008

NUMBER: 1.2.1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

HUNTING, TRAPPING AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 2007

 

The total number of hunters in 2007, as compared to 2006, increased by 11% and the number of members of associations by 12%, while the number of trainees decreased by 16%.

 

In 2007, as compared to 2006, the game kill increased for all types save for the common pheasant, whose kill decreased by 11%, as compared to the previous year.

 

1.   HUNTERS

 

2006.

2007.

 

 

 

Hunters – total

49 232

54 763

Members of associations

47 811

53 542

Trainees

1 421

1 221

 

 

2.   GAME KILL

 

Total

2006.

2007.

 

 

 

Deer (all types)

1 599

2 738

Roe deer

8 764

11 175

Wild boar

10 445

17 527

Hare, '000

7

10

Common pheasant, '000

77

70

Water fowls, various types, '000

9

19

Other birds, '0001)

65

75

 

 

1)    Common partridge, rock red-legged partridge, grouse, magpie, crow, jay

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

 

Sources and methods of data collection

 

Data for the Annual Report on Hunting, Trapping and Wildlife Management (LOV-11 form) in 2007 were collected for the period from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 (hunting year) from the Ministry of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management – Hunting Department.

 

Since 2006, the Ministry of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management – Hunting Department (NN, No. 140/05) took charge of keeping the records on the management of hunting grounds and game. The management includes breeding, protection, hunting and usage of game and its parts.

 

Data on killed game are given on the basis of the central hunting register.

 

 

Coverage and comparability

 

Reporting units are legal entities and parts thereof as well as natural persons engaged in the activity of breeding, protection, hunting and usage of game and its parts. Reporting units were taken over from data bases of the Croatian Forests, the Croatian Hunting Union and the Ministry of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management – Hunting Department.

 

 

Definitions

 

Hunters are persons who passed the testing for hunters and are engaged in the basic missions concerning hunting: breeding, protection, hunting and using of game and its parts, provided that they respect hunting customs and ethics.

 

Hunting year is the period lasting from 1 April of a current year to 31 March of a next year.

 

 

Abbreviations

 

NN   Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

'000  thousand