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Sea sport fishing
Sport fishing falls under the recreational fishing.
It refers to the non-industrial fishing which is considered a non-gainful activity and implemented on the basis of an annual permit acquired by a member of a fishing society.
A fishing society must be a member of the Sea Sport Fishing Federation of Slovenia.
Sport fishing may be pursued with a vessel equipped with appropriate fishing equipment. A permitted daily quantity of catch of fish must be observed.
The use of all types of artificial and natural baits is permitted in pursuing sport fishing. However, it is not permitted to use living vertebrates and natural baits made of endangered or protected animals.
Applies for SKD:
- Other sports activities R93.190
Conditions
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Sport fishing may be carried out in territorial waters of the Republic of Slovenia on the basis of the annual permit.
A person, who is a member of the sport fishing society which is a member of the Sea S
port Fishing Federation of Slovenia, may obtain the annual sport fishing permit As per the public authorisation, the Sea Sport Fishing Federation of Slovenia is the only organisation which issues annual permits to its members.A member of the society submits a request for the permit to the society. The society collects all applications of its members and submits them to the Sea Sport Fishing Federation of Slovenia, which issues the permit.
The annual sport fishing permit is 7x10 cm large and printed on the blue paper and includes:
1. on the front side
- the inscription Republic of Slovenia;
- current coat-of-arms of the Republic of Slovenia;
- statement on the type of permit;
- validity period;
- serial number of the issue and
- the price.
2. on the back side:
- statements determined for annual sport fishing permits (name and surname, address, number of the personal identification document, place and date of the issue of the annual permit, stamp and signature of the holder of the public authorisation and the name and signature of the authorised seller)
The annual sport fishing permit is valid only with the membership card of the society which is a member of the Sea Sport Fishing Federation of Slovenia. The permit is also not transferable.
A person must have the permit with him during the whole implementation of sport fishing.
The annual sport fishing permit is not required for recreational fishing from the shore.
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A sport fisherman must:
- keep the list of daily catch and
- observe the permitted quantity of daily catch.
LIST OF DAILY CATCH
To keep the list of daily catch, a form is prescribed which is in a form of a booklet with at least ten pages of 7x10cm dimension and includes:
1. on the front page:
- the inscription Republic of Slovenia;
- coat-of-arms of the republic of Slovenia;
- statement that this is the form for keeping the list of daily catch;
- statement on the type of sport fishing;
- validity period,
- serial number of the issue and
- provision on the return of the form to the holder of public authorisation.
2. other pages include the table with headings on:
- date of performing the fishing;
- fish species caught;
- number of caught fish;
- total weight of caught fish in kilograms;
- duration of the fishing in hours.
The form of the list of daily catch must be filled out with the date of performing the fishing, prior to the start of sport fishing.
The form must be separately filled out with the data on the catch of fish by number and weight and by species. The fisherman must return the filled out form to the holder of the public authorisation for the issue of annual sport fishing permits at least by the 15 January for the previous calendar year.
PERMITTED DAILY CATCH QUANTITY
The permitted daily catch quantity is the quantity of fish which a sport fisherman may catch per a fishing day.
The permitted daily catch in sport fishing is up to 5 kg. The permitted daily catch quantity is also one fish above 5 kg or two fish with the total weight above 5 kg. A larger fish catch is permitted only in fishing competitions organised by the societies which are members of the Sea Sport Fishing Federation of Slovenia.
The list of daily catch must be always kept by the person conducting the sport fishing.
Evidence
Form of annual permits to keep the list of daily catch for sport fishing
Legal basis
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Sport fishing may be carried out with a standstill vessel or a towed vessel. During the sport fishing, there must be not disturbances or restraint of conducting industrial fishing or fish farming.
Sport fishing must not be carried out at locations which are:
- closer than 200 metres from the marked facilities for farming marine organisms;
- closer than 50 metres from the properly marked bottom-set nets;
- closer than 300 metres from a fishing vessel when it emits light or conducts the fishing with the encircling net;
- closer than 50 metres from a vessel which already conducts sport fishing;
- port;
- bathing sites in the period from 1 May to 30 October.
Legal basis
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In conducting recreational fishing it is prohibited:
- to place the catch on the market;
- conduct the fishing closer than 50 metres from the properly marked bottom-set nets,
- catch immature fish,
- harvest the molluscs,
- use treble fishing hook on the pull and
- use devices for underwater breathing.
Legal basis
Cross-border/temporary provisions of activity
Cross-border implementation of the sport fishing activity is not defined.