TRENDS IN THE GAME INDUSTRY IN THE EASTERN CAPE JANENE FERREIRA Nelson Mandela University Agriculture & Game Management FARMING ACTIVITIES OF RESPONDENTS Farming activity Respondents Percentage Game 60 5.91 Cattle 361 35.57 Lucerne 8 0.79 Sheep 277 27.29 Wool 103 10.15 Angora goats 93 9.16 Grain 2 0.20 Boer goats 18 1.77 Dairy 34 3.35 TOP 10 GAME POPULATIONS IN THE EASTERN CAPE Number of SPECIES Game numbers Extrapolated numbers respondents Common springbok 252 29 136 244 160 Kudu 293 24 173 202 570 Mountain reedbuck 292 16 614 139 225 Impala 133 13 384 112 158 Common duiker 327 13 261 111 127 Steenbok 288 11 242 94 208 Warthog 169 10 132 84 906 Common blesbok 197 9 239 77 423 Bushbuck 156 7 606 63 738 Fallow deer 101 4 420 37 040 TOP 10 SPECIES UTILIZED BY HUNTING SPECIES Hunted Extrapolated Common springbok 4 846 40 609 Warthog 2 197 18 410 Kudu 2 052 17 196 Common blesbok 1 397 11 706 Impala 1 313 11 002 Mountain reedbuck 1 032 8 648 Fallow deer 645 5 405 Bushbuck 434 3 636 Black wildebeest 358 3 000 Blue wildebeest 279 2 338 TOP 10 SPECIES IN ECONOMIC VALUE OF HUNTING Economic value per Total economic Extrapolated SPECIES Hunted animal (R) value (R) value (R) Kudu 2 052 3 218.82 6 605 018.64 55 350 056.20 Common springbok 4 846 603.70 2 925 530.20 24 515 943.08 Warthog 2 197 801.20 1 760 236.40 14 750 781.03 Impala 1 313 1 055.97 1 386 488.61 11 618 774.55 Common blesbok 1 397 944.86 1 319 969.42 11 061 343.74 Eland 133 8 945.38 1 189 735.54 9 969 983.83 Black wildebeest 358 2 896.08 1 036 796.64 8 688 355.84 Oryx 222 4 628.57 1 027 542.54 8 610 806.49 Nyala 93 10 719.60 996 922.80 8 354 213.06 Waterbuck 109 9 071.20 988 760.80 8 285 815.50 EASTERN CAPE GAME NUMBERS: 2002 TO 2011 GAME NUMBERS 1472794 1377213 1354077 1082684 2002 2005 2008 2011 NUMBERS UTILIZED: 2002 TO 2011 2002 2005 2008 2011 Hunted 117 182 130 660 144 886 133 644 Cropped 72 233 65 902 93 248 48 411 Captured 15 268 36 666 29 409 16 148 Other 6 671 7 496 3 805 4 802 Total 211 354 240 724 271 348 203 006 COMPARISON OF UTILIZATION FORMS: 2002 TO 2011 160 000 140 000 Hunted 120 000 100 000 Cropped 80 000 Captured 60 000 40 000 Utilized for other 20 000 purposes 0 2002 2005 2008 2011 GAME UTILIZATION FIGURES FOR THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002 TO 2011 GAME ANIMALS UTILIZED 271348 240723 211354 203006 2002 2005 2008 2011 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DECREASE IN FIGURES - SOCCER WORLD CUP (2010) - RIFT VALLEY FEVER (SLENKDALKOORS) - DROUGHT (ABERDEEN TOWARDS BEAUFORT-WES) - IMPLEMENTATION OF TOPS REGULATIONS - EUROPEAN BAN ON EXPORTED GAME MEAT (EARLY 2011) PERCENTAGE UTILIZED: 2002 TO 2011 Recommended % Utilized % Utilized % Utilized % Utilized SPECIES % Utilized 2002 2005 2008 2011 Kudu 19 14.8 13.2 15.5 11.9 Common springbok 33 38.9 32.9 41.8 26.2 Blesbok 28 24.3 28 23.94 8.1 Warthog 120 19 32.3 33.8 28.8 Oryx (gemsbok) 15 14.8 12.1 11.3 14.3 Black wildebeest 30 13 23.4 22.9 32.7 Impala 30 14 22.1 20.3 18.6 Bushbuck 20 8.8 7.5 8.6 6.7 Bontebok 25 9.1 14.1 8.6 6.4 Eland 20 8.3 11.1 13.6 13.7 Blue wildebeest 30 8.7 17.8 17.74 25.3 Fallow deer 35-60 16.2 18.8 27 16 Red hartebeest 23 20.5 15.3 7.7 16.6 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF HUNTING IN THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002, 2005, 2008 AND 2011 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF HUNTING (RANDS) R224 916 399 R218 508 449 R153 484 527 R101 620 962 2002 2005 2008 2011 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME CROPPED IN THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002, 2005, 2008 AND 2011 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME CROPPED (RANDS) R81 166 282 R63 480 232 R64 706 290 R44 120 259 2002 2005 2008 2011 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME CAPTURED IN THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002, 2005, 2008 AND 2011 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME CAPTURE (RANDS) R92 332 401 R77 257 634 R60 717 898 R18 033 497 2002 2005 2008 2011 TOTAL ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME UTILIZED IN THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002, 2005, 2008 AND 2011 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION BY UTILIZATION (RANDS) R396 259 679 R372 945 482 R284 026 880 R168 252 655 2002 2005 2008 2011 ECONOMIC VALUES GENERATED BY THE VARIOUS FORMS OF UTILIZATION IN THE EASTERN CAPE Utilization form Income (extrapolated) Percentage of total Hunting 224 916 399 61.3 Capture 77 257 634 21.1 Cropping 64 706 290 17.6 PROJECTIONS FOR GAME NUMBERS UNTIL 2029 GAME NUMBERS 2 600 000 2 400 000 2 200 000 2 000 000 1 800 000 1 600 000 1 400 000 1 200 000 1 000 000 800 000 600 000 400 000 200 000 0 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 2029 .