A. Species
Scientific name: Alces alces
Common name(s): Moose
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Sweden
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: Sweden
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2005
End Year: 2006
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Collection/display, Recreation and Conservation Management
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community), Recreational and Population/Area Management
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: "Since the great majority of the hunters in Sweden hunted moose, and the moose hunting value for the average moose hunter was approximately 7000 SEK, it is quite obvious that moose was the most important game species in economic terms." (p.171)
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2014-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2023-05-22