Fishing Licences
The Balearic Islands are very popular for sea fishing; to fish, it is obligatory to have one of the following licences:
Licences can be obtained or renewed at the Directorate-General of Fishing:
Local Fishing Contacts in the Balearics
Spearfishing license: You have two possibility:
*via FTPS (Fédération tunisienne de peche sportive) .it costs 12 EUR and it lasts till the end of a year.
*via the regional office of agriculture. it cost 35 EUR.
Restrictions: Only freediving method of fishing is allowed and you can use speargun only in daytime. Caught fish can not be sold. When spearfishing you must use buoy that is connected to your body to signal your location. There is a daily limit in weight of 5 kg caught organisms including one single organism over 5 kg. The use of torch is forbiden. Foreigners can't use boats. You must be more than 16 years old.
Restricted areas: 500 m around public beaches. 200 m around ports, channels.
Protected areas are:
Islands of Zembra
Island of Zembretta
Protected fish: Species totally forbidden in spearfishing are grouper (Epinipulus sp).
Seasonal protected species are: Octupus 15.11. – 15.05.
It is also forbidden to catch fish smaller than:
- Mediterranean spearfish-marlin : 100cm
- Diplodus sp. 11cm
- Seabass20cm
- Solea 20cm
- Mugil 20cm
- Dentex 22cm
- Orata 20cm
- Pagellus 12cm
- Lampuka 30cm
- Scorpionfish 15cm
- Scorpeana 19cm
- Boops 20cm
- Anguilla 30cm
- Raja sp 40cm
- Common bream 20cm
- Stripped bream 15cm
- Bluefish 22cm
- Amberjack 30cm
- Mackerel 12cm
- Scomber 20cm
- Lichia 40cm
- Tuna : 6,4 Kg
- Octopus : 1 Kg
freshwater:
- (barbus callensis) 15cm
- (sandre) 20cm
- (Scardnius erythrophtalmus) 10cm
- (Stizosteidion enciopera) 28cm
- (Rutilus rubilio) 12cm
- (Silurus gleania) 30cm
- Blackbass 25cm
The Balearic Islands are very popular for sea fishing; to fish, it is obligatory to have one of the following licences:
- Individual recreational fishing licence (Llicència de pesca marítima recreativa individual): allows the person to fish from land or boat, for people over 14 years of age
- Underwater fishing licence (Llicència de pesca submarina): for people over 16 years of age with a federation licence
- Sports fishing licence (Llicència de pesca marítima esportiva ): this allows the participation in official competitions and training programmes
- Licence to fish from a boat (Llicència de pesca marítima recreativa per a l'embarcació): allows no more than five people per boat
- Collective fishing licence (Llicència de pesca marítima recreativa collectiva): allows no more than 12 people to fish per boat
Licences can be obtained or renewed at the Directorate-General of Fishing:
- Dirección General de Pesca del Govern de les Illes Balears
At: Calle Foners 10, Palma de Mallorca
Tel: 971 176 100
Fax: 971 176 157
Website - Applications can also be made by post, fax or e-mail. To download the forms: Click here (in Spanish)
- Applications can be made online in a six-step process (in Spanish): Click here
Local Fishing Contacts in the Balearics
- Balearic Fishing and Casting Federation (Federació Balear de Pesca i Casting)
At: Avda Joan Miró 327, 07015 Palma de Majorca
Tel: 971 702 088
Fax: 971 702 088
e-mail - Directorate-general of Fishing (Dirección General de Pesca del Govern de les Illes Balears)
At: Calle Foners 10, Palma de Mallorca
Tel: 971 176 100
Fax: 971 176 157
Website
Spearfishing license: You have two possibility:
*via FTPS (Fédération tunisienne de peche sportive) .it costs 12 EUR and it lasts till the end of a year.
*via the regional office of agriculture. it cost 35 EUR.
Restrictions: Only freediving method of fishing is allowed and you can use speargun only in daytime. Caught fish can not be sold. When spearfishing you must use buoy that is connected to your body to signal your location. There is a daily limit in weight of 5 kg caught organisms including one single organism over 5 kg. The use of torch is forbiden. Foreigners can't use boats. You must be more than 16 years old.
Restricted areas: 500 m around public beaches. 200 m around ports, channels.
Protected areas are:
Islands of Zembra
Island of Zembretta
Protected fish: Species totally forbidden in spearfishing are grouper (Epinipulus sp).
Seasonal protected species are: Octupus 15.11. – 15.05.
It is also forbidden to catch fish smaller than:
- Mediterranean spearfish-marlin : 100cm
- Diplodus sp. 11cm
- Seabass20cm
- Solea 20cm
- Mugil 20cm
- Dentex 22cm
- Orata 20cm
- Pagellus 12cm
- Lampuka 30cm
- Scorpionfish 15cm
- Scorpeana 19cm
- Boops 20cm
- Anguilla 30cm
- Raja sp 40cm
- Common bream 20cm
- Stripped bream 15cm
- Bluefish 22cm
- Amberjack 30cm
- Mackerel 12cm
- Scomber 20cm
- Lichia 40cm
- Tuna : 6,4 Kg
- Octopus : 1 Kg
freshwater:
- (barbus callensis) 15cm
- (sandre) 20cm
- (Scardnius erythrophtalmus) 10cm
- (Stizosteidion enciopera) 28cm
- (Rutilus rubilio) 12cm
- (Silurus gleania) 30cm
- Blackbass 25cm
