SpearfishingMap

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Serbia is a landlocked country with no sea coast, so all fishing is freshwater (rivers, lakes, reservoirs). Spearfishing / underwater fishing is explicitly prohibited. The Law on Protection and Sustainable Use of Fish Stocks (Official Gazette RS No. 128/2014 and 95/2018), in Article 22(1)(3), bans catching fish with harpoons (harpun), spears (osti), underwater guns / spearguns (podvodna puška), explosives and other prohibited means. Recreational fishing is legally defined (Article 2, point 21) as a non-commercial activity using only rod-and-line tackle and auxiliary net tools. There is therefore no legal route to recreational spearfishing in Serbia, and no spearfishing licence exists. A standard recreational fishing permit is required for ordinary angling but does not authorise spearfishing.

Prohibited
DatenverlässlichkeitHohe Verlässlichkeit

Zuletzt aktualisiert Juni 15, 2026

Rechtsrahmen

  • §Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda (Law on Protection and Sustainable Use of Fish Stocks), Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No. 128/2014 and 95/2018
  • §Pravilnik o vrednosti dnevne, višednevne i godišnje dozvole za rekreativni ribolov (Rulebook on the value of daily, multi-day and annual recreational fishing permits) - annual rulebooks
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Ausländer
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Das Gesetz, wortgetreu

Gesetzestexte

Die genauen gesetzlichen und behördlichen Bestimmungen, die das Speerfischen hier regeln, wie veröffentlicht zitiert, mit einem Link zu jeder offiziellen Quelle.

01Član 22, stav 1, tačka 3)Republic of Serbia · national

Prohibited fishing methods and tools (harpoons, spears, spearguns)

Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda ("Sl. glasnik RS", br. 128/2014 i 95/2018)

SROriginal

loviti ribu eksplozivom i drugim rasprskavajućim sredstvima, harpunom, ostima, podvodnom puškom i drugim zabranjenim ili nedozvoljenim sredstvima

02Član 2, tačka 21)Republic of Serbia · national

Definition of recreational fishing (rod-and-line and auxiliary net tools only)

Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda ("Sl. glasnik RS", br. 128/2014 i 95/2018)

SROriginal

rekreativni ribolov je neprivredna aktivnost i podrazumeva lov polno zrelih riba udičarskim i pomoćnim mrežarskim alatima radi zadovoljenja potreba građana za rekreacijom

Wann du tauchen darfst

Saisonzeiten & zeitliche Einschränkungen

Schon-, Fang- und eingeschränkte Zeiten über das Jahr. Bestätige artspezifische Schonzeiten stets vor Ort.

  • GeschlossenAll recreational fishing - spearfishing is prohibited at all times regardless of season

    Spearfishing is banned year-round under Article 22 of the Law on Protection and Sustainable Use of Fish Stocks. Species-specific closed seasons (lovostaj) and minimum catch lengths apply to permitted rod-and-line angling but are not relevant to spearfishing, which is never permitted.

    paragraf.rs

Erlaubnis zum Fischen

Lizenz

Was du brauchst, um ins Wasser zu dürfen, was es kostet und wie du es bekommst.

Lizenz: unbekannt — vor Ort prüfenüber Ministarstvo nadležno za poslove zaštite i održivog korišćenja ribljeg fonda (ministry responsible for fish-stock protection) via fishing-area users

Issued by the fishing-area user (korisnik ribarskog područja), e.g. Srbijašume or angling associations, plus membership card. Not applicable to spearfishing.

Hol dir deine Lizenz

Öffnet das offizielle Portal · paragraf.rs

Typ
No spearfishing licence exists. A general recreational fishing permit (dozvola za rekreativni ribolov) is required for ordinary rod-and-line angling, but it does not and cannot authorise spearfishing, which is prohibited by law.
Kosten
Recreational angling permit (not spearfishing): annual senior approx. 9,000 RSD; daily approx. 1,300 RSD; multi-day approx. 2,600 RSD (2024 rulebook values, vary slightly by year and fishing-area user).
Gültigkeit
Annual (calendar year), daily, or multi-day (up to 7 days) for ordinary angling.
Wie zu erhalten
Issued by the fishing-area user (korisnik ribarskog područja), e.g. Srbijašume or angling associations, plus membership card. Not applicable to spearfishing.
Behörde
Ministarstvo nadležno za poslove zaštite i održivog korišćenja ribljeg fonda (ministry responsible for fish-stock protection) via fishing-area users
Offizielles Lizenzierungsportal · paragraf.rs

Ausrüstung & Technik

Ausrüstungsregeln

Welche Ausrüstung erlaubt ist, wie sie verwendet werden darf und welche Auflagen gelten.

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Einschränkungen

  • Harpoons (harpun) are prohibited - Article 22(1)(3)
  • Spears (osti) are prohibited - Article 22(1)(3)
  • Underwater guns / spearguns (podvodna puška) are prohibited - Article 22(1)(3)
  • Explosives and other bursting/blasting devices are prohibited - Article 22(1)(3)
  • Permitted recreational fishing is limited to rod-and-line (udičarski) and auxiliary net tools only - Article 2(21)

All speargun/harpoon/spear equipment is illegal for fishing. Only rod-and-line tackle is lawful for recreational fishing.

Was du entnehmen darfst

Fangbeschränkungen & geschützte Arten

Tagesquoten, Mindestmaße und Arten, die niemals entnommen werden dürfen.

Tageslimit

Not applicable to spearfishing (prohibited). Daily catch limits and minimum lengths exist for permitted rod-and-line angling under the law and implementing rulebooks.

Catch limits, minimum lengths (lovne dužine) and closed seasons (lovostaji) apply only to lawful rod-and-line angling, not to spearfishing, which is banned outright.

Wer fischen darf

Besucher & Einheimische

Wie sich die Regeln für ausländische Besucher und einheimische Bewohner unterscheiden.

Ausländische Besucher

Nicht erlaubt

Einschränkungen

  • Spearfishing is prohibited for everyone in Serbia, including foreign visitors - Article 22(1)(3)
  • Foreigners may obtain ordinary recreational angling permits but never a spearfishing permit, as none exists

The statutory ban on harpoons/spears/spearguns applies equally to residents and foreigners.

Einheimische

Recreational angling permit only (no spearfishing permit exists)

Anforderungen

  • Membership card and recreational fishing permit required for lawful rod-and-line angling
  • Permit generally required from age 14

Vergünstigungen

  • Reduced permit fees for seniors (65+), women, youth, juniors and persons with disabilities under annual rulebooks

Residents have no lawful means to spearfish; the prohibition is universal.

Wo an der Küste

Erlaubte & verbotene Zonen

Benannte Gebiete, die für das Speerfischen offen oder gesperrt sind. Das Gesamtbild siehst du auf der interaktiven Karte.

Verbotene Gebiete

  • Entire territory of the Republic of Serbia (all fishing waters)national statutory ban (all freshwater fishing areas)

    Spearfishing with harpoon, spear or speargun is prohibited on all fishing waters nationwide under Article 22(1)(3) of the Law on Protection and Sustainable Use of Fish Stocks. The country is landlocked, so only freshwater bodies (rivers such as the Danube, Sava, Tisa, Morava; lakes and reservoirs) exist, and the ban applies to all of them.

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Auf Karte ansehen

Wen man fragt

Behörden

Die offiziellen Stellen, die für Fischerei und Lizenzierung zuständig sind.

  • Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine (Ministry of Environmental Protection) - sector for fish-stock protection and sustainable use

    environment ministry / fisheries authority

    ekologija.gov.rs

  • Ribočuvarska služba i ribarski inspektori (fishery wardens and fisheries inspectors)

    enforcement / inspection

    paragraf.rs

Woher das stammt

Quellen

Jede Aussage auf dieser Seite lässt sich auf eine dieser Referenzen zurückführen.

  1. [01]

    Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda (full consolidated text, Paragraf legal database)

    Offiziell
    paragraf.rsAbgerufen Jun 15
  2. [02]

    Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda - official text, Legal Information System of the Republic of Serbia

    Offiziell
    pravno-informacioni-sistem.rsAbgerufen Jun 15
  3. [03]

    Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda - PDF hosted by Serbian Customs Administration (Uprava carina)

    Offiziell
    carina.rsAbgerufen Jun 15
  4. [04]

    Pravilnik o vrednosti dnevne, višednevne i godišnje dozvole za rekreativni ribolov za 2024. godinu (permit prices)

    Sekundär
    paragraf.rsAbgerufen Jun 15
  5. [05]

    FAOLEX - Serbia fisheries legislation record

    Offiziell
    faolex.fao.orgAbgerufen Jun 15

Anmerkungen des Rechercheurs

Serbia is landlocked (coastline=false); all fishing is freshwater. Spearfishing is unambiguously illegal: Article 22(1)(3) of the Law on Protection and Sustainable Use of Fish Stocks (Sl. glasnik RS 128/2014, 95/2018) lists harpoons (harpun), spears (osti) and underwater guns (podvodna puška) among prohibited catching means, and Article 2(21) restricts recreational fishing to rod-and-line and auxiliary net tools. Verbatim Serbian legal text was retrieved from the Paragraf legal database (paragraf.rs), a long-established Serbian legal publisher carrying consolidated statute text; the official government portals (pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs and government PDFs) host the same law but their pages are JS-rendered or stored as compressed PDFs that could not be text-extracted via automated fetch, so they are listed as corroborating sources. data_confidence=high because the operative prohibition is short, explicit, and consistently reproduced across independent fetches. No marine/coastal data applies. License 'required' set to null because no spearfishing licence exists (the field would be misleading as true/false for an activity that is outright banned).

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