The spring-summer ban on fishing in rivers and inland waters, which had been in effect since April 1, has ended, the press service of the State Agency for Fisheries (Derzhrybagentstvo) reported on Wednesday.
It is noted that fishing is now permitted in rivers and inland waters, but only with handlines or spinning rods using natural or artificial bait, with a total of no more than seven hooks per angler.
The State Fisheries Agency reminded that the daily catch limit is 3 kg of fish plus one specimen exceeding the minimum size allowed for catch. For example, in inland waters, catfish must be at least 80 cm long, pike—50 cm, and walleye—42 cm; for chub and sabre-tooth, 24 cm; for blue bream, 22 cm; and for tench and roach, 20 cm.
At the same time, weight and quantity restrictions do not apply at all to the catch of species such as sand smelt, silver bream, dwarf American catfish, roundhead, sunfish, tulka, and Amur gudgeon.
It is emphasized that fishing for fish listed in the Red Book of Ukraine remains strictly prohibited. These include: European grayling; Danube and Black Sea salmon; Black Sea vimba; Dnieper roach; ide; podust; golden crucian carp; sterlet; beluga; sturgeon; sevruga; and several other species.
In reservoirs, particularly those of the Dnipro Cascade, as well as in ponds and estuaries, the spawning ban remains in effect. In these areas, fishing is permitted exclusively from the shore and outside of spawning grounds. At the same time, only spinning rods with a single artificial lure or hook-and-line tackle with no more than two hooks per person may be used, the agency added.
