The licensing regime of fishing
Fishing in Georgia is recognized as the use of a state resource, and for that reason the Law on Licences and Permits places it in the list of use licences: a fishing licence is provided for. It must be said plainly: the detailed rules for the exploitation of wild fish resources — seasons, prohibited places, gear — are regulated by separate sectoral legislation; the basis of this page is precisely the licence-and-permit instruments.
The fishing licence belongs to the family of use licences — the same list contains the licences for the extraction of useful minerals, the use of subsurface space, oil and gas, hunting economy and others. This classification has a practical consequence: use licences are issued by auction, apart from the exceptions provided by law, and the general rules of auction extend to fishing as well.