Amendment to Fisheries Regulations

The Sportvisunie asks LNV to simplify rules. Read which changes affect your VISpas, closed seasons and minimum sizes.

Amendment to Fisheries Regulations

Amendment to Fisheries Regulations

The Sportvisunie has asked the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) to amend the "Regulation for Inland Fisheries 1985" and the "Regulation on Minimum Sizes and Closed Seasons 1985". This simplifies rules for recreational anglers and gives more local responsibility. It also makes communication and enforcement easier.

The letter highlights, among other things:

  • the use of a landing net;
  • the closed season for using worms as bait;
  • aligning the closed seasons for pike, perch and zander;
  • removing minimum size limits for a number of species;
  • including certain species, such as asp (roofblei) and catfish (meerval), in the Fisheries Act.

Read the full letter from the Sportvisunie to LNV (PDF): https://www.sportvisserijnederland.nl/files/brief-lnv-verruiming-visserijregels_5316.pdf

Advantages of the proposed changes:

  • You get fewer and more consistent rules;
  • Management and recreational fishing get more room;
  • Communication to you as an angler becomes simpler;
  • Control and enforcement become clearer;
  • Responsibility for fish stocks lies with the VBCs. If the Fisheries Act still requires extra protection for certain species, the VBC can arrange that.

More information and responses:

The letter explains exactly which rules the Sportvisunie wants to change and what consequences that has for your VISpas and fishing practice.