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Confidence: medium. The verbatim underwater-fishing provisions (rules 9.1, 9.5, 9.6 and 15/15.1/15.2/16) were captured from three independent Lithuanian reproductions of the official Amateur Fishing in Inland Waters Rules (Order of the Minister of Environment No. D1-14, 2013-01-04, consolidated): lake.lt, info.puiki.lt and zvejosapnas.lt. The official e-TAR and AAD pages returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching, so verbatim text was taken from reproductions rather than the primary portal; the e-TAR URL is recorded as the authoritative source for verification. REMEDIATION (2026-06-16): (1) The article-15 law_text previously embedded a bracketed paraphrase inside verbatim_text; it now quotes the real verbatim lead-ins of points 15, 15.1, 15.2 and the full text of point 16, with the tabular list of named waters represented by [...] rather than a mislabeled paraphrase. (2) The named limited-fishing water bodies in rule 15.1, corroborated by all three mirrors, are nine: Akmena (Trakai), Alaušas (Utena), Asveja (Molėtai/Švenčionys), Didžiulis/Daugai (Alytus), Drūkšiai (Ignalina/Zarasai, Lithuanian portion), Galuonis (Molėtai), Skaistis (Trakai), Vištytis (Vilkaviškis, Lithuanian portion) and the Elektrėnai reservoir; zones.allowed now lists all nine (coordinates given only for the four that were independently geolocated; the rest are left without coordinates to avoid fabrication). The 'seven lakes' wording comes from a dated 2020-03-31 Ministry of Environment reminder and is retained verbatim only as a historical statement, now flagged as such; it does not match the current nine-body list. Per-lake hectare figures surfaced by the mirrors were NOT recorded because they could not be confirmed as reliable verbatim. (3) License exemptions were corrected against the official AAD memo (reproduced on aad.lrv.lt / zvejosapnas.lt): the free-fishing categories are children under 16, persons with disabilities, and state social-insurance pensioners (government/military pensions excluded) — the earlier 'persons over 62' and 'children under 18' claims were unsupported and have been removed/corrected. (4) The earlier 'EUR 3 day permit' figure could not be verified (a mirror shows a two-day permit at EUR 1.40), so the cost field now describes the permit without asserting an unverified price. (5) The catch_limits figures are general Baltic amateur limits given as context only and are explicitly flagged as not backed by a quoted spearfishing provision. Species-specific minimum sizes and closed seasons were not captured verbatim in this pass. SCUBA/aqualungs are banned for fishing, so lawful spearfishing is breath-hold only. Rules apply equally to residents and foreigners. Inland/freshwater spearfishing: Inland/freshwater spearfishing (povandeninė žvejyba) is prohibited in all state water bodies in Lithuania except a limited set of specifically named lakes/reservoirs designated in the Amateur Fishing in Inland Waters Rules (Order No. D1-14), and may additionally be permitted by fishing-plot operators in their leased waters (excluding protected-territory recreational zones). The named permitted bodies per the official Environmental Protection Department guidance and rule §15 include lakes Alaušas, Asveja, Baltieji Lakajai, Didžiulis (Daugų), Drūkšiai, Galuonai, Sartai and Vištytis, plus the Antalieptė and Elektrėnai reservoirs (the exact roster has been amended over time; verify against the current consolidated rules before diving). Equipment/method limits apply (no shooting from boats/wading/shore, a visible buoy required, no night fishing, max gun 120 cm, etc.). Source: Aplinkos apsaugos departamentas (aad.lrv.lt) and the consolidated Amateur Fishing in Inland Waters Rules.