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