Norway Yearbook - 2003

Agriculture, hunting and forestry
399 Hunters1 buying hunting tax cards
Hunters
Total Males Females Total
1992/93 166100 162200 3900 100.0
1993/94 169600 164900 4700 100.0
1994/95 174300 168900 5400 100.0
1995/96 173200 167400 5800 100.0
1996/97 173200 167100 6100 100.0
1997/98 177100 170400 6700 100.0
1998/99 177 600 170 500 7 100 100.0
1999/2000 188100 179600 8500 100.0
2000/01 188900 179500 9400 100.0
2001/02 187900 178200 9700 100.0
2002/03 189200 178900 10400 100.0
persons living in Norway.
Source: Hunter resiter, Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.nolegerreg_en/ -
Per cent
Males
Females
97.7 2.3
97.2 2.8
96.9 3.1
96.7 3.3
96.5 3.5
96.2 3.8
96.0 4.0
95.5 4.5
95.0 5.0
94.8 5.2
94.5 5.5
400 Small game hunting
Species of animal 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02
All small game species1 719 700 819 200 921 000 954 200 846 700 817 300
Of which
Capercailzie 10800 13800 12900 14700 13600 10500
Black grouse 23600 31 200 32 500 35600 31 300 27200
Grouses 358500 441300 511900 551600 489900 482000
Woodpigeons 41800 47400 48800 47200 43100 44700
Crow 45100 49700 55800 50000 43200 40900
Magpie and jay 34100 36600 36600 40200 34100 30200
Ducks 48100 52900 58800 59200 49500 49400
Geese 12100 12500 12600 12200 12700 14700
seagulls 19300 17900 31700 18400 18200 17100
Cormorants 9800 9300 10200 11600 11100 11100
Hare 43200 43100 38600 42600 32800 28600
Fox 15600 16600 16400 17900 16800 16200
1lncludes species not specified below.
Source: Small game hunting, Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/srjakt_enl
Felled through ordinary hunting and registered non-harvest
I mortality'
4OCervids.
Ordinary hunting
Registered non-harvest mortality1
Year2 Wild rein- Wild rein-
Moose
Red deer Roe deer Moose
deer
deer
Red deer Roe deer
1988 24972 8739 10394 28000 2036 122 444 2140
1989 26127 7988 9753 28000 2152 137 411 1955
1990 28841 9686 9911 30000 2466 124 485 2684
1991 32053 8859 10990 38000 2554 149 544 3017
1992 35145 6514 12900 52000 3748 233 715 4195
1993 38980 6625 14803 59600 4155 125 1061 6621
1994 37401 6581 16380 45600 3405 72 915 4601
1995 33955 7777 17855 40200 2915 88 874 4233
1996 34141 9395 18043 40100 3378 89 985 4587
1997 36059 9179 21226 34300 2962 133 995 3895
1998 37957 9761 21636 ... 3215 123 958 4097
1999 39423 8992 22 063 3 186 104 1183 3 893
2000 38000 7631 22534 3338 65 1082 4132
2001 37300 6976 23599 3114 51 1189 4094
2002 37892 6617 24533
1Registered non-harvest mortality includes animals felled illegally, felled as noxious, killed by motor-car and train, perished, killed by predators,
killed of human reasons etc. 2Registered non-harvest mortality refers to hunting season (1 April-31 March). 2001 corresponds to the hunting
season 2001/02; 2002 corresponds to 2002/03 etc.
Source: Moose hunting, wild reindeer hunting, red deer hunting, roe deer hunting, registered non-harvest mortality of cervids, Statistics
Norway.
More information: httpi/www.ssb.ncilelgjakt_ersl , http-i/www.ssb.no/reinjakt_en/ , http://ww.ssb.noìhjortejakt_en/
http://rse.ssb.no/srjakt_enJ and httpi/www.ssb.noihjortavg_en/
340 Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2003