Hunting offtake dataset of the project "Sustainable Wildlife Management" in Gabon (Mulundu Department).

This anonymized dataset describes the implementation of 12,951 hunting sessions undertaken by 325 hunters from 10 village communities located in Mulundu Department (Ogooué-Lolo Province, East Gabon). <br>
This dataset was collected as part of the EU Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme in Gabon from March 2019 to September 2022 (42 months).<br>
This dataset includes data on the
<ul>
<li>period, duration and description of each hunting session.</li>
<li>content of the hunting bag for each session (18,018 catches).</li>
<li>species, sex and age class of the catches (59 species).</li>
<li>use, price and destination of the hunting products.</li>
</ul>

List of variables in the dataset:
<ul>
<li>For each hunting session :
<ul>
<li>Hunting session ID</li>
<li>Locality (10 modalities - anonymous)</li>
<li>Hunter ID (325 modalities - anonymous)</li>
<li>Motivation (subsitence, trade, ceremony, order, other)</li>
<li>Hunting mode (gun, snare, dog, pick-up, other)</li>
<li>Mode of travel (foot, car, boat, other)</li>
<li>Campsite use (Y/N)</li>
<li>Number of carriers accompanying the hunter</li>
<li>Number of cartridges taken</li>
<li>Number of cartridges used</li>
<li>Hunting start date & time</li>
<li>Hunting return date & time</li>
<li>GPS ID (around 30% of the hunting sessions were GPS-tracked at 30 seconds fix-interval and ar. 5000 catches geolocated / in process / unpublished data)</li>
<li>Offtake (Y/N)</li>
<li>Offtake (number of animals catched during the hunting session)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
For each catch:
<ul>
<li>Species french name</li>
<li>Species latin name</li>
<li>Catch ID</li>
<li>Date and time of the catch</li>
<li>Hunting mode (gun, snare, dog, pick-up, other)</li>
<li>Meat quality (fresh, smoked, rotten)</li>
<li>Sex of the catch</li>
<li>Age of the catch (adult, juvenile)</li>
<li>Packing (whole, pieces)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
For each piece:
<ul>
<li>Piece ID</li>
<li>Piece type</li>
<li>Weight</li>
<li>Meat use (eaten, given, sold, other)</li>
<li>Price (XFA)</li>
<li>Destination (location)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
This set-up is ongoing at the time of publication of this article and updates will follow.<br>