Title of the project

Common Quail Management Plan in Italy

Description

Increase the population of common quail.

Payments to farmers for crop damage and to maintain winter stubble.
Banning the release of Japenese quail.
Enforcement of bag size limits.
Management and restoration of breeding and staging habitats.
Enforcement of hunting season that prevents hunting during the breeding period.

Ambiti territoriali di Caccia pay farmers for crop damage and to maintain winter stubble.
Hunters do not hunt in the breeding season.
Hunters voluntarily imposed bag size limits on themselves.

Location

Country	Italy
Level	National

Habitat Types

Farmland

Protection status of the areas

Natura 2000, Emerald Network, Ramsar, Regional protected area, National protected area, Areas with voluntary or mandatory hunting ban, Hunting reserve, No protection status

Species

Species Caracteristics	Huntable species, Migratory species
Species Type	Birds
Name(s) of main species	Common quail - Coturnix coturnix

Conservation action(s)

Management of habitats and wildlife (e.g. conservation and restoration activities), Research and data collection (e.g. monitoring, bag data), Enforcement (e.g. of hunting legislation, codes of conduct)

Partners

Leading partners	ACMA (http://www.acma.it/)
Other partners	Ambiti territoriali di Caccia (http://www.atcbologna.org/) FIDC (http://www.federcaccia.org/)

Weblinks

http://www.federcaccia.org/avifauna_migratoria.php