The Hunting Act, 1993 (Finland)

Description

The Hunting Act (Unofficial translation)

1 § General provisions Scope of application This Act applies to hunting and to capturing and killing of unprotected animals as well as to game management, compensation for damage caused by game animals, and keeping of dogs. Where appropriate, this Act also applies to capturing and killing of mammals and birds protected by virtue of the Nature Conservation Act (1096/1996). In addition to the provisions laid down in this Act, the provisions laid down in the Nature Conservation Act and the Animal Welfare Act (247/1996) shall be complied with. Separate provisions are issued regarding the game management fees and hunting licence fees. see Act on the Game Management Fee and Hunting Licence Fee 616/1993 and Government Decree on the Game Management Fee and Hunting Licence Fee 823/2001)

6 § – Hunting right of the owner of the area Unless otherwise provided below, the owner of the area is entitled to engage in hunting and make decisions on hunting.

7 § – The right to hunt in public waters and within the economic zone (1068/2004) Persons residing permanently in Finland have the right to hunt in public waters of the sea and on islands and islets in such areas which belong to the State and whose possession has not been transferred to any other as well as within the economic zone of Finland. (1068/2004) Persons whose domicile is in the municipality to which the public waters in whole or in part belong or on which they border have the right to hunt in public waters on lakes and islands and islets owned by the State in such areas.

10 § – Hunting licence and regional quota (159/2011) A licence must be obtained for hunting or a regional quota established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry must be complied with in hunting if a game animal population other than that of game animal species listed section 26 is endangered by hunting or if this is required for the appropriate organisation of the hunting of the game animal species. Further provisions on the game animal species to be hunted by virtue of a hunting licence or regional quota, conditions for granting a hunting licence and regional quota and the procedures to be followed in granting these and other matters relating to a hunting licence and reporting of the quarry bagged by virtue of the hunting licence or regional quota are issued by Government Decree. The annual quarry numbers of the hunt to be allowed by virtue of hunting licences and a regional quota may be restricted. Further provisions on the game animal species to which the restriction applies, maximum allowable quarry numbers, sex and age of the individual quarry animals, and the area to which the restriction applies may be issued by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The use of the right referred to in subsections 1 and 2 above may be restricted by decree should this be considered necessary for the preservation of a game population or for some other use of the area.

The hunting licence referred to in subsection 1 is granted by the Finnish Wildlife Agency, and this is also responsible for monitoring hunting which is allowed by virtue of a regional quota.

Source link
https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1993/19930615

Full reference
Metsästyslaki 28.6.1993/615 1 §, 6 §, 7 §, 10 §

Related to

• Nature conservation act, 1996 (Finland) (1996)
• Nature conservation decree, 1997 (Finland) (1997)
• Animal Welfare Act, 1996 (Finland) (1996)
• Game Animal Damages Act, 2009 (Finland) (2009)

More information about properties

Policy
Year	1993
Policy area	Forestry
Affected activity
Affected actors
Products	Game
Subject	NWFP
Promoter/initiator	Public
Zone	North East Europe
Countries	Finland
Regions (NUTS 2)	North Karelia
Focus on NWFP
Document category	Law
Instrument type	Regulatory
Legal status	Binding
Geographical scope	National