Bavaria opens the fishing gates: Children can soon fish without appearance!

Bavaria opens the fishing gates: Children can soon fish without appearance!

From 2025, new access conditions apply to fishing in Bavaria, especially for children and adolescents. The “Second Modernization Act” enables children from the age of seven without being able to fish a youth fishing license. The regulation was adopted by the Bavarian state parliament and is primarily intended to simplify the young fishermen's academic.

Minister of Agriculture Michaela Kaniber (CSU) emphasized that bureaucratic hurdles are eliminated with the new regulation. Minors only have to have a permit for the respective water and are accompanied by an adult fishing license holder. The previous application procedures, administrative fees and fishing taxes are thus abolished.

a uniform approach for fishing

In Germany, fishing is only permitted with proven expertise, which is normally acquired by an official fishing examination. However, the regulations with regard to the minimum age for fishing vary greatly between the federal states. The minimum age in Baden-Württemberg is 10 years and 18 years in Bremen. In addition, the EU regulations at lifting times and catch limits must also be observed. The new regulation will not influence the "trial fishing"; Children can continue to accompany a fishing license holder without their own permission certificate, such as Merkur reported.

Additional information about this regulation can be found on the website of the State Fischerebenverband Bavaria , which also informs about the "

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien