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.

1. Member States shall ensure that recreational fisheries on their territory and in Union waters are conducted in a manner compatible with the objectives and rules of the common fisheries policy. For that purpose coastal Member States shall have in place an electronic system for the recording and reporting of catches from recreational fisheries. […] 3. Coastal Member States shall ensure that natural persons engaged in recreational fisheries are registered and that they record and report their catches through an electronic system referred to paragraph 1 as follows: (a) For species, stocks, or groups of stocks that are subject to Union conservation measures which apply specifically to recreational fisheries, such as quotas, catch limits and bag limits, on a daily basis; and (b) for species, stocks or groups of stocks for which fishing opportunities are set by the Union or which are covered by a multiannual plan or which are subject to the landing obligation, and for which species scientific advice from the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF), ICES or an equivalent scientific body indicates that recreational fisheries are having a significant impact on the fishing mortality, as from 1 January 2030. […] 5. The marketing or sale of catches from recreational fisheries shall be prohibited. […] 7. This Article shall apply to any recreational fishing activities, including fishing activities organised by commercial entities in the tourism sector and in the sector of sports competition.

1) lohi; 2) järvilohi; 3) taimen; 4) ankerias; 5) nieriä Kuolimossa ja Saimaalla sekä muualla liitteestä 1 ilmenevällä Vuoksen vesistöalueella; 6) harjus sisävesissä leveyspiirin 65°00′N eteläpuolella sekä meressä; 7) kyttyrälohi; 8) turska. [...] Lohen, ankeriaan ja turskan osalta saaliin ilmoittamisesta säädetään lisäksi [...] neuvoston asetuksen (EY) N:o 1224/2009 55 artiklassa, sellaisena kuin se on viimeksi muutettuna asetuksella (EU) 2023/2842, sekä [...] komission täytäntöönpanoasetuksessa (EU) 2025/274.