Villa Saimaa – Fishing Holiday on Lake Saimaa

Government Decree 1360/2015 on fishing (the so-called Fishing Decree), Article 1, stipulates that fat-finned lake salmon is completely prohibited in the Vuoksi water body and fat-finned (rel) lake salmon is also prohibited on the migration route between 1.6 and 31.8. In the fishing restriction service, this restriction area under the Regulation is indicated for the time being as a fishing restriction decision by the ELY.

Government Decree 1360/2015 on fishing (the so-called Fishing Decree), Article 14, stipulates that fishing with a hook and line set near the surface or in the intermediate water using floats is prohibited in the Vuoksi and Kuolimo watercourses. This restriction area under the Regulation is currently indicated in the fishing restriction service as a fishing restriction decision of the ELY.

The following fishing gear and fishing methods may not be used in the key habitats of the Saimaa ringed seal: 1) longlines; 2) other hook-and-line gear using fish or fish pieces as bait; 3) trammel nets; 4) nets with a line made of vertical bars lowered from other than the ends of the line; 5) nets with a line made of multiple strands or fibres; 6) nets or sets of interconnected nets that are not anchored at both ends during open water; (7) any net of mesh size less than 60 mm in which the twine is constructed of single twine of a thickness of 0,17 mm or more; (8) any net of mesh size equal to or greater than 60 mm in which the twine is constructed of single twine of a thickness of 0,20 mm or more; 9) a closed-top trap; 10) an open-top trap and any other static gear similar to a trap with a knot spacing of more than 55 mm; 11) a catfish or sea otter trap with a cod-end of more than 150 mm in width or length. The restrictions do not apply to angling, spinning, casting and trolling, even if carried out with bait. The prohibition shall not apply to a closed-end trap with a knot spacing of less than 55 millimetres and which, when spread or fitted with bars in the throat, does not under any circumstances create an opening of more than 150 millimetres. In addition, if the above trap is equipped with a covered front window, each corner of the front window shall have at least one exit opening 70 cm wide to allow the red seals to escape from the trap.

Decision POSELY/1284/2024 23.9.2024 Fishing with 22-54 mm nets is prohibited in the Pihlajavesi fishing zone in the Saimaa River in waters deeper than 8 m.

The North Savo Centre for Economic Affairs, Transport and the Environment has granted a permit to fish for eels in the waters of the Pihlajavesi fishing area between 1 May and 30 September 2024 - 2027 pursuant to Section 47 of the Fisheries Act (379/2015). Decision POSELY/2226/2023, 31.10.2023.

Fishing in surface and intermediate waters with nets with knots between 22 and 64 mm is prohibited. This prohibition shall apply to nets set on floats. Decision: POSELY/616/2023 (14.2.2024), https://www.puruvesi.info/

Fishing with surface and midwater nets is prohibited, except for gillnets smaller than 22 mm. This restriction applies to the waters of the Puumala fishing zone and applies to nets set by means of floats on the surface or in intermediate waters. POSELY/1117/2023 (14.2.2024), https://www.puumalankalatalousalue.fi/

On the Saimaa, nets with a knot size of 22-54 mm are prohibited in waters deeper than 8 metres. POSELY/1117/2023

Decision POSELY/1824/2024 23.9.2024 Surface and intermediate water networks of more than 21mm on the Saimaa Pihlaj Lake are prohibited.

Fishing with nets is prohibited from 15 April to 30 June, except for gillnets with a knot size of less than 22 mm, which are allowed from 21 June.

The maximum height of the nets is 6 metres in the Puruvesi fishing zone. Decision: POSELY/616/2023 (14.2.2024), https://www.puruvesi.info/