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• If you wish to catch eels for commercial purposes, you must first notify the upper fisheries authority and register.
• The upper fisheries authority records the details of persons who catch eels for commercial purposes in a register and assigns them a registration number.

• You notify the upper fisheries authority of your eel fishing activity before you start fishing.
• You state whether you are a full-time or part-time fisherman, in which area you fish and when you will start eel fishing.
• Registration takes place after you have submitted the application to the higher fisheries authority.
• You will receive a registration number.

The Upper Fisheries Authority at the State Office for Rural Development, Agriculture and Land Consolidation

Department of Agriculture

Department L4, Fisheries Division

• § Section 2a (1) and (2) of the Brandenburg Fishing Regulations (BbgFischO)

If the details subsequently change or if you cease eel fishing (deletion of a professional fisherman as an eel fisherman), this must be reported to the higher fisheries authority immediately.

• Https://lelf.brandenburg.de/lelf/de/landwirtschaft/fischerei/

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