Finland

Section 7. Common fishing rights. (1) Everyone has a right to engage in angling and ice fishing and to fish Baltic herring with a rod and vertically moved hooks attached to a line free of charge. (2) Everyone who has paid the fisheries management fee and everyone under 18 or at least 65 years of age has the right to engage in lure fishing. Provisions on the fisheries management fee and its payment are laid down in Chapter 9. (3) The rights referred to above in subsections 1 and 2 do not apply to rapids and currents in waters containing migratory fish or water areas where fishing is prohibited on the basis of another provision. Permit of the fishing right holder shall be obtained for angling, ice fishing and lure fishing competitions and similar organised events. (4) The provisions of subsections 1-3 above also apply to State-owned water areas.

5) angling means fishing with one rod and hook without a reel suitable for spinning and without a lure; 6) ice fishing means fishing with a short rod and a vertically moved jig attached to a line; 7) lure means an artificially manufactured troll, wobbler, fly, jig or a comparable lure equipped with a hook which lures fish to strike with its movement, colour or shape; 8) lure fishing means fishing with a rod and lure other than angling or ice fishing, trolling with one rod, lure and weighted lure and reel fishing; 9) fisheries management fee means a payment to be made to the State for the promotion of fishery;

Section 46 - Prohibited ways of fishing, catching methods and fishing equipment. (1) The following ways of fishing, catching methods and fishing equipment are prohibited in fishing: 1) pressure obtained by means of an explosion or otherwise; 2) firearms; 3) intoxicating or toxic substances or substances that otherwise contaminate water; 4) electricity; 5) intentional hooking of the fish from outside; 6) fishgig, harpoon or a comparable blade, hook or a pointed equipment, fishing by using fire or light with a landing net in a river, rapids and currents in waters with migratory fish and, from 15 April to 31 May, in other waters as well; 7) in rapids and currents in waters with migratory fish, angling, ice fishing and fishing with a grayling trap; 8) a net drifting with currents or attached to a vessel; 9) other fishing gear, devices and ways of fishing that unnecessarily damage or kill fish or endanger the preservation of a fish stock or are harmful to biodiversity. (2) Prohibited fishing equipment shall not be stored in a vehicle used for fishing or kept readily at hand for fishing. However, transporting a firearm used for hunting is allowed.

Section 79. Fisheries management fee and adjusting it. (1) For fishing other than angling or ice fishing, persons 18 to 64 years of age shall pay a fisheries management fee to the State. The fisheries management fee is 39 euros for a calendar year, 12 euros for seven days and 5 euros for a day. (2) A proof of payment of the fisheries management fee shall be kept in one's possession when fishing and shown to the authority referred to in section 99 or fishing supervisor upon request. (3) The amount of the fisheries management fee shall be adjusted every five years by Government decree in accordance with the change in the value of money. The amount of the fee shall be rounded to the nearest full euro.