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Fisheries Act Amendment Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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25 March 2026

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3 June 2026

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In the current Fishing Act (KPS), there is no authorization norm for establishing the number of trips to the water area with fishing gear. As a result, it is necessary to supplement the Fishing Act with the corresponding authorization norm and supplement the provisions of the Fishing Act concerning the data composition of the professional fishing register, the conditions for issuing a permit, the conditions for the premature expiration of the permit, the reduction of the number of trips to the water area with fishing gear, and the implementing provisions that made based on the changes, it would be possible to issue fishing permits as early as 2026. The change ensures greater legal clarity and transparency of the organization of commercial fishing, and thus a more secure operating environment for entrepreneurs. The explanatory letter states that the change directly concerns those companies that have the opportunity to catch northern pike and spiny pike on Lake Peipsi, Lake Lämmi and Lake Pihkva. As of March 10, 2026, there is a north seine on Lake Peipsi, Lake Lämmi and Lake Pihkva or ten owners of the fishing opportunity for a spinning top. Indirectly, the changes affect all companies fishing on Lake Peipsi, Lämmi and Pihkva on the basis of a fisherman's fishing permit, who catch the same target species that are caught with bottom seine and seine. The change entails an additional administrative burden for the Agriculture and Food Board (PTA), which in the future must also take into account the number of trips to the water area of ​​the company and each company and according to the fishing permit, also to keep track of the fulfillment of these departures. Determining the number of times a fishing vessel enters the water area for each eddy and bottom seine helps to avoid jeopardizing fish stocks by allowing the fisherman to select the appropriate weather conditions, fishing time and water temperature to fish in the most suitable manner and time.

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