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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

DatasikkerhetHøy sikkerhet

Sist oppdatert Juni 15, 2026

Styrende rammeverk

§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

Spydgevær: Forbudt
Utlendinger: Ikke tillatt
Maks spyd: 0

Loven, ordrett

Lovtekster

De eksakte lovfestede og regulatoriske bestemmelsene som gjelder for spearfishing her, sitert slik de er publisert, med lenke til hver offisiell kilde.

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

Når du kan dykke

Sesonger og tidsbegrensninger

Lukkede, åpne og begrensede perioder gjennom året. Bekreft alltid artsspesifikke lukkinger lokalt.

LukketAll 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

Tillatelse til å fiske

Lisens

Hva du trenger for å ha lov til å dykke, hva det koster, og hvordan du skaffer det.

Lisens: ukjent — verifiser lokaltvia 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.

Skaff lisensen din

Åpner den offisielle portalen · paragraf.rs

Type: 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.
Kostnad: 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).
Gyldighet: Annual (calendar year), daily, or multi-day (up to 7 days) for ordinary angling.
Hvordan du får det: Issued by the fishing-area user (korisnik ribarskog područja), e.g. Srbijašume or angling associations, plus membership card. Not applicable to spearfishing.
Myndighet: Ministarstvo nadležno za poslove zaštite i održivog korišćenja ribljeg fonda (ministry responsible for fish-stock protection) via fishing-area users

Offisiell lisensiportal · paragraf.rs

Utstyr og teknikk

Utstyrsregler

Hvilket utstyr som er tillatt, hvordan det kan brukes, og hvilke betingelser som gjelder.

SpydgeværForbudt

Maks spyd0

Begrensninger

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.

Hva du kan ta

Fangstbegrensninger og vernede arter

Daglige kvoter, minimumsstørrelser og arter som aldri må tas.

Daglig grense

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.

Hvem kan fiske

Besøkende og innbyggere

Hvordan reglene er forskjellige for utenlandske besøkende og lokale innbyggere.

Utenlandske besøkende

Ikke tillatt

Begrensninger

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.

Innbyggere

Recreational angling permit only (no spearfishing permit exists)

Krav

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

Fordeler

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.

Hvor langs kysten

Tillatte og forbudte soner

Navngitte områder som er åpne eller lukkede for spearfishing. Se hele bildet på det interaktive kartet.

Forbudte områder

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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Vis på kart

Hvem du skal spørre

Myndigheter

De offisielle organene ansvarlige for fiskeri og lisensiering.

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

Hvor dette kommer fra

Kilder

Hvert påstand på denne siden kan spores tilbake til en av disse referansene.

[01]
Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda (full consolidated text, Paragraf legal database)
Offisiell
paragraf.rsÅpnet Jun 15
[02]
Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda - official text, Legal Information System of the Republic of Serbia
Offisiell
pravno-informacioni-sistem.rsÅpnet Jun 15
[03]
Zakon o zaštiti i održivom korišćenju ribljeg fonda - PDF hosted by Serbian Customs Administration (Uprava carina)
Offisiell
carina.rsÅpnet Jun 15
[04]
Pravilnik o vrednosti dnevne, višednevne i godišnje dozvole za rekreativni ribolov za 2024. godinu (permit prices)
Sekundær
paragraf.rsÅpnet Jun 15
[05]
FAOLEX - Serbia fisheries legislation record
Offisiell
faolex.fao.orgÅpnet Jun 15

Forskernotater

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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