SpearfishingMap

Serbia

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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
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Última actualización Xuño 15, 2026

Marco normativo

  • §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
Arpón
Prohibido
Estranxeiros
Non permitido
Máx. arpóns
0

A lei, literalmente

Textos legais

As disposicións estatutarias e regulamentarias exactas que rexen a pesca submarina aquí, citadas tal como se publicaron, con ligazón a cada fonte oficial.

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)

SROrixinal

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)

SROrixinal

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

Cando podes mergullarte

Tempadas e restricións horarias

Períodos pechados, abertos e restrinxidos ao longo do ano. Confirma sempre localmente os peches específicos por especie.

  • PechadoAll 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

Permiso para pescar

Licenza

O que necesitas para poder estar na auga, o seu custo e como obtela.

Licenza: descoñecida — verifica localmentea través de 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.

Obtén a túa licenza

Abre o portal oficial · paragraf.rs

Tipo
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.
Custo
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).
Validez
Annual (calendar year), daily, or multi-day (up to 7 days) for ordinary angling.
Como obter
Issued by the fishing-area user (korisnik ribarskog područja), e.g. Srbijašume or angling associations, plus membership card. Not applicable to spearfishing.
Autoridade
Ministarstvo nadležno za poslove zaštite i održivog korišćenja ribljeg fonda (ministry responsible for fish-stock protection) via fishing-area users
Portal oficial de licenzas · paragraf.rs

Equipamento e técnica

Normas de equipamento

Que equipamento está permitido, como se pode usar e as condicións aplicables.

ArpónProhibido
Máx. arpóns0

Restricións

  • 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.

O que podes capturar

Límites de captura e especies protexidas

Cotas diarias, tamaños mínimos e especies que nunca se poden capturar.

Límite diario

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.

Quen pode pescar

Visitantes e residentes

Como difiren as normas para os visitantes estranxeiros e os residentes locais.

Visitantes estranxeiros

Non permitido

Restricións

  • 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.

Residentes

Recreational angling permit only (no spearfishing permit exists)

Requisitos

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

Beneficios

  • 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.

Onde na costa

Zonas permitidas e prohibidas

Áreas nomeadas que están abertas ou pechadas para a pesca submarina. Ve o panorama completo no mapa interactivo.

Áreas prohibidas

  • 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.

    paragraf.rs
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A quen preguntar

Autoridades

Os organismos oficiais responsables da pesca e das licenzas.

  • 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

De onde vén esta información

Fontes

Cada afirmación desta páxina remite a unha destas referencias.

  1. [01]

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

    Oficial
    paragraf.rsConsultado o Xuñ 15
  2. [02]

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

    Oficial
    pravno-informacioni-sistem.rsConsultado o Xuñ 15
  3. [03]

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

    Oficial
    carina.rsConsultado o Xuñ 15
  4. [04]

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

    Secundaria
    paragraf.rsConsultado o Xuñ 15
  5. [05]

    FAOLEX - Serbia fisheries legislation record

    Oficial
    faolex.fao.orgConsultado o Xuñ 15

Notas do investigador

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). Inland/freshwater spearfishing: Prohibited in all inland/freshwater bodies nationwide — Article 22(1)(3) of the Law on Protection and Sustainable Use of Fish Stocks (Official Gazette RS No. 128/2014 and 95/2018) bans fishing "harpunom, ostima, podvodnom puškom" (with harpoons, spears, and underwater spearguns) in all fishing waters. Serbia is landlocked so all fishing is freshwater, and no verifiable exceptions exist for any named lake, river, or reservoir. Source: https://www.paragraf.rs/propisi/zakon_o_zastiti_i_odrzivom_koriscenju_ribljeg_fonda.html

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