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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 14 OCTOBER, 2009

NUMBER: 1.2.1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

HUNTING, TRAPPING AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 2008

 

The total number of hunters in 2008, as compared to 2007, increased by 2% and the number of members of associations by 3%, while the number of trainees decreased by 31%.

 

In 2008, as compared to 2007, the kill of roe deer increased by 5%, of wild boars by 7%, of hares by 107%, of common pheasants by 20% and of other birds by 33%, while the kill of deer (all types) decreased by 22% and of water fowls, various types, by 21%.

 

 

1.   HUNTERS

 

2007.

2008.

 

 

 

Hunters – total

54 763

56 049

Members of associations1)

53 542

55 203

Trainees

1 221

846

 

 

2.   GAME KILL

 

Total

2007.

2008.

 

 

 

Deer (all types)

2 738

2 139

Roe deer

11 175

11 689

Wild boar

17 527

18 679

Hare, '000

10

21

Common pheasant, '000

70

84

Water fowls, various types, '000

19

15

Other birds, '0002)

75

100

 

 

1)    Members of the Croatian Hunting Federation as well as external hunters who are not members, but are registered with the Federation.

2)    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