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• Forms available: Yes
• Written form required: Yes
• Informal application possible: No
• Personal appearance required: No

• Model - Application for authorisation

For certain purposes, the competent authority may, upon request, allow you to catch fish using electricity. These include: fisheries inventories and stock surveys, for conservation measures, for catching spawning fish, for research and teaching purposes as well as for fisheries water management. Furthermore, various requirements are placed on the electric fishing gear and its operators. Under certain circumstances, a catch certificate must be kept.

You must state the purpose of the fishing using electricity and submit the necessary documents.

In addition, you are only allowed to fish using direct current or suitable pulse direct current. You must use the electric fishing gear in accordance with the recognised rules of technology. They must comply with the due diligence obligations arising from the operating instructions and the special local circumstances.

Electrofishing is a form of fishing within the meaning of Section 17 (1) of the Fisheries Act for the State of Brandenburg (BbgFischG) and generally requires a professional permit in accordance with Section 17 (2) of the BbgFischG.

• Operating licence
  (Proof of successful participation in a recognized course on electrofishing)
• Approval certificate, test certificate or report of the type test (confirmation that the electrical system to be used complies with the recognized rules of technology, in particular the standards of the Association of German Electrical Engineers)

Management fee: 30.00 – 360.00 EUR

• You apply for authorization (authorization) to be allowed to fish using electricity by filling out and submitting the form. In doing so, you state the purpose and attach the necessary documents.
• The competent authority will check your application for completeness and whether the technical requirements for an exemption are met.
• After completion of the examination, you will be informed of the rejection or approval in a notice. This notice may be subject to a fee.

lower fisheries authority (district or district-free city)

• Lower Fisheries Authorities of the State of Brandenburg

Ordinance on the Use of Artificial Light and Electricity in Waters for Fisheries and Scientific Purposes (EFischV)

• Section 26 (2) of the Fisheries Act for the State of Brandenburg (BbgFischG)

If electrofishing is carried out for fishing inventories, stock surveys or for research and teaching purposes, a catch record must be kept according to a specified model.

It should be noted that further public and private law approvals/approvals, which are usually subject to a fee, may be necessary.

Electrofishing is a form of fishing within the meaning of Section 17 (1) of the BbgFischG and generally requires a professional permit in accordance with Section 17 (2) of the BbgFischG.

• Further information on fishing and angling in Brandenburg can be found on the website of the supreme fisheries authority

Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection (MLUK) of the State of Brandenburg