Hunting
NOTES ON METHODOLOGY
Sources and
methods of data collection
Until 2005,
data on hunting were collected using the regular Annual Report on Hunting,
Trapping and Wildlife Management (LOV-11 report).
Since 2006,
data have been taken over from the Ministry of Agriculture – Hunting Department
(NN, No. 140/05), which has taken 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 the
number of hunters are taken over from the Croatian Hunting Federation and they
include the total number of hunters (members of associations and
hunters-in-training).
Data on hunting are taken over from the
Ministry of Agriculture – Hunting Department and the Croatian Hunting Federation
for the period from 1 April of the current year to 31 March of the following
year (hunting year).
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.
Definitions
Hunters
are persons who passed the testing for hunters and are engaged in basic missions
concerning hunting: breeding, protection, hunting and using of game and its
parts, provided that they respect hunting customs and ethics.
Hunting
ground area
is a complete
natural unit with environmental and other conditions necessary for breeding,
protection, hunting and usage of game and its parts.