Opening of the season

The Inspectorate for Nature and Wildlife Protection informs that from June 9, anglers are permitted to use the following gear and methods for recreational fishing in fishing grounds:

Fly fishing, float, quiver and bottom rods of all types, spinning rods;

Crucibles, setlines, stakes, floats and other similar systems and tackle;

Spearguns and pistols for underwater hunting, firing harpoons with a tip of no more than five prongs (only during underwater hunting);

Nets with a diameter of no more than 0.5 metres and a mesh size of less than 10 millimetres, and landing nets not exceeding 1x1 metre and with a mesh size of less than 10 millimetres for catching fish as bait for catching other species;

Gaffs with a hook width (distance from shank to point) not exceeding 9 centimetres and nets for lifting fish from the water caught with permitted fishing gear;

Fishing with simultaneous use of fishing gear of one type or different types with a total number of hooks not exceeding 5 per angler;

Anglers are permitted to:

Catch fish in fishing grounds, not exceeding 5 kilograms of fish per angler per day, and one fish if the total weight including its weight exceeds 5 kilograms, or one fish weighing more than 5 kilograms;

Catch fish as bait for catching other species, not exceeding 30 pieces per angler per day.

Anglers are prohibited from:

Fishing with prohibited gear and methods;

Fishing with double and treble hooks without a spoon lure, natural or artificial bait on fishing gear;

Fishing from vessels during night hours;

Fishing with simultaneous use of fishing gear of one type or different types with a total number of hooks exceeding 5 per angler;

Fishing using crucibles, setlines, stakes, floats and other similar systems and tackle during night hours.

Fishing at a distance of less than 50 metres from marked commercial fishing gear;

Fishing from railway and other bridges, dams, near locks, pumping stations, other hydraulic structures, in respect of which restrictions and prohibitions on economic or other activities have been established.

activity, and within 50 meters in both directions from the boundaries of the specified technical structures;

being in fishing grounds or on the adjacent territory thereof within one kilometer from the shoreline of fishing grounds with prohibited fishing gear and (or) fish, the catch of which is prohibited in this area and at this time, or whose weight exceeds the established norms, without documents confirming the legality of fish possession.

Violation of the Rules of Amateur Fishing entails administrative liability in the form of a fine of up to 30 base units. At the same time, for illegal fish extraction, administrative liability is provided in the form of a fine ranging from 10 to 30 base units and compensation for damage caused to the environment. In case of damage amounting to 100 or more base units, criminal liability shall be incurred.