Bad news for anglers in Hungary as fishing tickets are getting more expensive

Published Nov 2, 2022

Tridge summary

The Hungarian fish industry has been impacted by wartime inflation and drought, leading to a decision to increase fees for fish farmers and anglers. The maximum fee increase for adults is 30%, and 20% for children for MOHOSZ lease waters, and a recommended increase for other managed water areas. The combined regional tickets of MOHOSZ, Danube, and Tisza will also increase by a similar amount. The final fees, prices, and area permits for the next year will be decided by member associations and users of Lake Balaton and Lake Tisza. Discounts for children, the disabled, and those over 70 years old have been maintained.

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Original content

As explained in their press release, the Hungarian fish industry was also very seriously affected by the wartime inflation and the drought of the century, so the Committee defined frameworks for the increase of the given fees under the authority of fish farmers as a mandatory argument in the case of the waters belonging to the MOHOSZ lease, and as a recommendation in the case of the other fishing managed water areas. This means a maximum of 30 percent for adults and 20 percent for children. Also, the combined regional tickets of MOHOSZ, Danube and Tisza will increase by a similar amount, on average 24 percent. Furthermore, the purchase value of the average fishing supply in 2021 was also priced, which is HUF 62,000. Based on the models, on average, less than half of the carp price change that has already occurred so far, about 25-30 percent, is the expected annual increase in fishing costs in the case of an active, full-fledged fisherman, not including the price changes of fishing ...

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