According to the revised Fisheries Law Cap. 170 of 1990, the Fisheries Regulations of 1990, Regulation 12, special licences must be obtained for those interested in angling in dams from: the Head Office of Fisheries Department, in Lefkosia or from the District Offices of Fisheries Department.
Licences are personal and are issued to persons over 12 years old.
The fee is € 17,00 for each reservoir separately and € 34,00 for all reservoirs. All licences issued, expire by the end of each year. Also group licences are issued to organised groups after application of the representative of the interested group. This licence is valid for not more than 14 days and the fee is € 8,50 per person.
The Fisheries Department sells, at € 2 each, a booklet with coloured pictures of all fish found in the reservoirs and useful information to the anglers.
Licences are valid only when the dam is declared open by the Director of the Department of Fisheries.
Head Office of Fisheries Department,
Aiolou 13, CY 1416 Lefkosia
Tel: 357 22 80 78 62, 22 78 30 32
Fax: 357 22 77 59 55
District Offices of Fisheries Department:
Lemesos: Near the entrance of the
Old Port, Tel: 357 25 30 54 70
Fax: 25 30 55 43
Larnaka: Leoforos Piale Pasha (At the fishing shelter),Tel: 357 24 30 42 94, 24
82 34 07/8
Fax: 24 30 45 75
Pafos: Pafos Harbour, Tel: 357 26 30 62 68, 26 81 58 49/50
Fax: 26 30 63 61
Latsi: Chapo Latsi complex, Leoforos Akamantos, Tel: 357 26 81 52 54/5
Fax: 26 81 51 83
Paralimni office: Paralimni Fishing Shelter, near Golden Coast Hotel, Tel: 357
23 83 41 70
Fax: 23 83 41 71
The reservoirs are stocked with 17 species of fish. The most popular are: Trout, largemouth bass, carp, pikeperch, roach, etc.
Twenty-one reservoirs in Cyprus provide excellent fresh-water fishing opportunities throughout the year.
