LEGISLATION & RULES
Digital Regulations Ruler
Official Danish legal minimum landing sizes and closed seasons for saltwater and freshwater.
On-Screen Ruler (1:1)
Place your smartphone or device flat to measure your catch directly.
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Mandatory Fishing License
All anglers aged 18 to 65 must possess a valid state fishing permit to fish in public Danish waters.
< 15°C
Optimal for Catch & Release with very high survival rate.
15°C – 18°C
Shorten fight time and unhook gently in the water.
> 18°C
High trout mortality in warm water. Avoid targeting salmonids in warm shallows.
Statutory Orders & Regulations
| Fish Species | Minimum Size | Closed Season | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|
| European perch | 20 cm in brackish & saltwater (except Ringkøbing & Stadil Fjords). | No closed season | Read more → |
| Ballan wrasse | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Common bream | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Tusk | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Brown trout | 30 cm. in freshwater. | 16/11 - 15/1. | Read more → |
| Chub | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Arctic char | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Greater weever | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Northern pike | 60 cm in freshwater. 60 cm in saltwater. | 1/4 - 30/4 in freshwater. | Read more → |
| Tope shark | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Atlantic wolffish | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Anglerfish | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| European conger | 58 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Sea trout | 40 cm. | 16/11 - 15/1 in freshwater. 16/11 - 15/1 in saltwater (colored sea trout in spawning dress) | Read more → |
| Greenland halibut | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Atlantic halibut | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Common whitefish | 36 cm.(I Ringkøbing Fjord: 34 cm.) | 1/11 - 31/1 in freshwater1/11 - 31/1 in saltwater (Ringkøbing fjord og Stadil fjord 1/11 - 28/2) | Read more → |
| Atlantic horse mackerel | 15 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Ruffe | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Garfish | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Whiting | 23 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Common dab | 25 cm. Baltic Sea & the Belts. 23 cm. Skagerrak & Kattegat. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Common carp | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Crucian carp | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Brook trout | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Burbot | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Grey gurnard | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Haddock | 35 cm. (Nordsøen, Baltic Sea & the Belts) 32 cm. (Skagerrak & Kattegat) | No closed season | Read more → |
| European hake | 40 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Atlantic salmon | 60 cm. | 16/11 - 15/1 in freshwater16/11 - 15/1 in saltwater (colored salmon) | Read more → |
| Ling | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Capelin | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Pollack | 30 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Bleak | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Atlantic mackerel | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Thicklip grey mullet | 20 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Spiny dogfish | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Turbot | 30 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Rainbow trout | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Ide | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Rudd | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| European plaice | 27 cm. | 15/1 - 30/4 (Hun) - Skagerak, Kattegat, Western Baltic, The Sound (Øresund), Isefjorden, Roskilde Fjord og Limfjorden. | Read more → |
| Lemon sole | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Pikeperch | 50 cm. in freshwater. | 1/5 - 31/5 in freshwater. | Read more → |
| John Dory | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Saithe | 40 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Atlantic herring | Nordsøen, herunder Ringkøbing Fjord og Limfjorden 20 cm. Skagerak/Kattegat 18 cm. All other waters have no size limit. | No closed season | Read more → |
| Roach | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| European flounder | 25,5 cm. | 15/02 - 14/05 in freshwater (female flounder with roe). 01/03 - 15/04 in saltwater (Ringkøbing-, Nissum- og Stadil Fjord) 15/01 - 15/05 in saltwater (Skagerak, Kattegat, Western Baltic, The Sound (Øresund), Isefjorden og Rosklide Fjord) | Read more → |
| Witch flounder | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Brill | 30 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| European smelt | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Houting | No minimum size | 01/01 - 31/12 (fully protected all year) Both in fresh and saltwater. | Read more → |
| Grayling | 33 cm. | 15/3 - 15/5. | Read more → |
| Steelhead trout | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Lumpfish | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Tench | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Thornback ray | No minimum size | No closed season | Read more → |
| Lake trout | 40 cm. | 16/11 - 15/1 in freshwater | Read more → |
| Atlantic cod | 40 cm. (Nordsøen og Skagerak) 35 cm. (Kattegat, Bælterne og Østersøen) | No closed season | Read more → |
| Common sole | 24,5 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |
| European eel | Gulål in saltwater 35,5 cm (i Limfjorden dog 38 cm). Gulål in freshwater 45 cm. | No closed season | Read more → |