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Fishing exam; registration and participation
The state fishing examination is offered online by the Institute for Fisheries of the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture. Participants can take the exam at various times and locations throughout the state.
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Fischerprüfung - Online-Anmeldung zur Staatlichen FischerprüfungThe fishing examination is taken by approximately 10,000 citizens each year under the auspices of the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture (Institute for Fisheries). Registration for the state fishing examination and the procedure for payment of the examination fee are standardised across the state and are mainly carried out via the internet.
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Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft - Institut für Fischerei
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Weilheimer Straße 8
82319 Starnberg
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Weilheimer Str. 8
82319 Starnberg
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Description
Successful completion of the fishing exam is a prerequisite for obtaining a fishing license. To take the fishing examination, you must register for the online examination, pay the examination fee and take part in a preparatory course.
You can register online via the link "Online procedure" below. If you have any difficulties with the registration, your course instructor or the Landesfischereiverband Bayern e. V. (Tel.: 089/6427-2650) will be happy to help you. Please send a written application to the Landesfischereiverband Bayern e. V. , Mittenheimer Str. 4, 85764 Oberschleißheim.
Further information on the examination procedure, the training plan and the providers of preparation courses can be found under "Further links".
Requirements
Anyone wishing to take the fishing exam must register for the online exam in advance, pay the exam fee and take part in a preparation course. Furthermore, the applicant must have reached the age of 12 on the day of the exam.
Required documents
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official photo IDfor juveniles without photo identification, the birth certificate
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Training certificate with course confirmation
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Invitation to the examination
Fees
Costs for the preparation course can be obtained from the respective course instructors and can be paid after registering for the online examination via the link provided under "Online procedure".
The examination fee is 50 euros and can be paid after registering for the online examination via the link provided under "Online procedure".
Deadlines
The participant must register before attending the preparatory course. The participant number generated in the process is passed on to the course instructor. As soon as the examination fee has been booked in the system and the 30 compulsory hours of a preparatory course have been entered in the system, the participant can register for an examination.
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Fishing levy; payment
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Fishing license; application
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Status: 03.03.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Tourismus
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