Bulgaria just jacked up the price for amateur fishing permits from 25 leva to 50 leva starting next year, and Nikolay Georgiev from the fisheries agency explained the fees have been stuck at 2006 levels while everything else got expensive. The director pointed out that catching one decent carp basically pays for itself since the fish costs around 10 leva per kilo at market, which means anglers get state resources almost free for twelve months with the old pricing.
The agency spent two years updating its whole fee structure with increases between 50 and 100 percent across the board, and nobody complained during public comment periods. Fisheries inspectors just got upgraded rides with sirens and lights so they can pull people over like cops when they suspect illegal catches or sketchy gear transport, and around 150 trained officers can now detain aggressive violators and haul them to police stations.
The agency spent two years updating its whole fee structure with increases between 50 and 100 percent across the board, and nobody complained during public comment periods. Fisheries inspectors just got upgraded rides with sirens and lights so they can pull people over like cops when they suspect illegal catches or sketchy gear transport, and around 150 trained officers can now detain aggressive violators and haul them to police stations.
