Hunting Act. Country/Territory Estonia Document type Legislation Date 2002 (2003) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Hunting/capture Wild fauna Protection of species Game Hunting authorization/permit Hunting authorization/permit fee Inspection Seasons Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 March 2003. Abstract This Act provides the nature of the right to hunt, regulates the use of hunting grounds, wild game resources and products of hunting, and establishes the organization of hunting and measures for the protection of wild game. The purpose of this Act is to ensure the preservation of wild game resources as renewable resources for as large a number of persons as possible. The right to hunt is the right of a land owner to establish conditions for the organization of hunting, to hunt and to prohibit hunting on the land belonging to the land owner to the extent and pursuant to the procedure provided by law. A land owner who holds a hunting certificate may hunt, except for hunting big game, on the land owner’s registered immovable provided that the area of the immovable within a circular boundary exceeds 20 hectares. The right to hunt extends to the spouse or child of the land owner provided that the spouse or child holds a hunting certificate. All hunting grounds are subject to survey and management planning, by hunting district, in accordance with the hunting grounds survey and management planning guidelines at least once every ten years. Hunting grounds shall be divided into hunting districts. A hunting district is a hunting ground with an area of at least 5000 hectares within a circular boundary. Wild game are animals which are habitually hunted, which are not protected under nature conservation and the hunting of which is not contrary to good hunting practice. Big game shall be separately distinguished among wild game. The list of wild game shall be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment. Full text English Website www.legaltext.ee References - Legislation Repeals Law on Hunting Management. Legislation | Estonia | 1994 Keyword: Institution, Protected area, Hunting authorization/permit, Hunting/capture Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Hunting Act (2013) Legislation | Estonia | 2013 (2023) Keyword: Hunting authorization/permit, Hunting/capture, Hunting rights, Wild fauna, Game, Allocation/quota, Certification, Resource/damage valuation, Liability/compensation, Management/conservation, Authorization/permit, Basic legislation, Offences/penalties, Protection of environment, Protection of species, Hunting gear/hunting methods, Monitoring Source: FAO, FAOLEX