Regione Lombardia Comunità Montana Alpi Lepontine

Riserva Naturale Regionale “Lago di Piano”

Fishing Card

Fishing Card N. _______ Mr.

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Resident in _____________________

Year 20___ Sponsored by:

di ALBERICI Maurizio Via Ceresio, 2 – 22018 PORLEZZA (CO) tel. 0344/61567 - www.fishingfever.it

The owner of the present fishing card, which has annual validity (from January 1st till December 31st) has to: ƒ

READ it carefully before fishing in Lake Piano;

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RENEW it every year in order to fish in Lake Piano;

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RETURN it every year, at the end of every fishing season NOT LATER than 31ST March of the following year, exclusively to:

Casa della Riserva in Via Statale, 117 – 22010 a Carlazzo – Locality Piano Porlezza (CO) (also by post via registered letter with return receipt).

Binding obligation for fishermen of Lake Piano To the senses of the Plan of the Nature Reserve "Lago di Piano", art. 14 of the

Regional Law 86/83, approved with deliberation of the Regional Committee of the 1.10.90 - n. 5/639, executive with provision of the CCAR special number 8248/108/12953 of the 16.10.90, published on the extraordinary BURL 1° suppl. to the n. 51 of the 18.12.90, with particular reference to the Technical Rules of Performance of which to the point 4.1.1.b, it is compulsory for all fishermen to get this booklet mark-capture after recording at the offices of the House of the Reserve in Via Statale, 117 Carlazzo, locality Piano Porlezza only during opening hours: Monday 09.00/12.00 Tuesday 09.00/12.00 Saturday 09.00/12.00 Wednesday 14.00/16.00 Effective regulations for nonprofessional fishing on Lake Piano The regulations for fishing activities on Lake Piano are fixed by the Regulations concerning non-professional fishing in the province of Como, except further restrictions following specified.

“Catch and release” Area for the Pike Lake Piano is the first and only “no kill” area in the province, for the absolute protection of the Pike (Esox lucius). All the captured examples MUST be IMMEDIATELY FREED without being drawn from water. The specific regulations for the Pike fishing provide, when used a bait longer than 12 cm. (except rubber worms): ¾ Obligation of steel cable; ¾ Obligation of pliers (not inferior to 20 cm) for drawing the hook from the fish taken; ¾ Obligation of using hooks and little anchors without pawl or with flat/filed pawl; ¾ Forbiddance of using grappling hook. In case it is not possible to free the pike without drawing it from water, it is compulsory to use nets with soft meshes; to handle the fish with the utmost care and to keep it just the necessary time to draw the hook.

Exclusive fishing forbiddances, Regional (R) and Provincial (P), for the Regional Natural Reserve “Lake Piano” It is always forbidden: ¾ To fish by harpoon (R); ¾ To fish by “spaderna” (R); ¾ to use living fish as bait (R); ¾ to feed (R); ¾ to stage fishing competitions (R); ¾ to keep food superior to 500 grams a day per fisherman (P). Other forbiddances and Rules of the Reserve: It is always forbidden: ¾ art. 9 - to pick up, take away or damage the vegetation… (omissis); ¾ art. 16 – to introduce foreign animal or vegetal species ; ¾ art 18 (omissis)…to do camping…(omissis); ¾ art. 21 – to transit by motorized vehicles…(omissis); ¾ art. 22 –to sail by motor; ¾ art. 23 – to reach by boat the canes or rushes in the lake, except for service vehicles;

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art. 25 – to do activities, also temporary, indicated by the plan, that could alter the quality of the environs with regards to the special aims of the Reserve; N.te. 4.1.1.a – to reach the canebrake from the lake passing the limits (minimum distance 10 metres); N.te. 4.1.2.a – to reach the canes or rushes and any wooded areas of the lake (Line A) from the land leaving the paths ready for the visit; N.te. 4.1.2.b – to reach the canes or rushes and any wooded areas of the lake (Line A) from the land in the period 1st April – 30th June even if by the paths ready for the visit; N.te. 4.1.3.a – to reach the fields and the woods (Line B) from the land leaving the paths ready for the visit.

Sanctions The inobservance of the present prohibitions will involve the application of administrative sanctions and compulsory simultaneous confiscations (in case the offence is subject to them) according to the following laws: ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ

Regional Law 30.11.1983, n. 86 (subs. mod. and integr.); Regional Law 30.07.2001, n. 12 (subs. mod. and integr.); Regional Law 16.08.1993 n. 26 (subs. mod. and integr.); Statute 03.04.2006 n. 152;

inflicted by public officers according to the effective laws: ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ

Park warden Local Provincial Police Volunteer ecologic watchmen Volunteer gamekeepers State Forest Force The Force

quantifiable in the following minimum sum:

Law

86/83

Article Forbiddance Regulations for the Pike Exclusive Forbiddances R Exclusive Forbiddances P From 9 to 25

86/83

All N.t.a.

12/01

Fishing regulations

26/93

Animals disturbance

152/06

Rubbish

12/01 86/83 12/01

Minimum fee from € 154,66 from € 172,00 from € 206,00 from € 172,00 from € 172,00 from € 51,33 from € 30,00 from € 50,00

How to use the fishing card a) b)

c)

DATE 15/05

Before starting fishing the fishing card must be filled in, by indelible pen, with the date; At the end of each capture, before fishing again, the corresponding abbreviation of the fish taken, exclusively if kept, must be marked in the squares provided for the last kept fish, before fishing again. In case of other draws during the same day, the fisherman, who left the fish, must mark a vertical line in the square of the last kept fish, before fishing again.

FISHES B B

Fishes to mark in the table Eel = AG Zander = LP Barbò = B

Black bass = PT

Tench = T

Perch = PR

Eel

Zander (introduced)

Black bass (introduced)

Tench

Barbò

Perch

DATE

FISHES

DATE

FISHES

DATE

FISHES

Allowed tools From the lakeshore: during day time, fishing is allowed by fishing rod with or without reel with a maximum of: ¾ 1 single hook for the bleak; ¾ 5 hooks or natural/artificial single baits in the other cases. It is allowed the use a maximum of three fishing rods per fisherman. During NIGHT TIME, fishing is allowed with or without reel with a maximum of five hooks to use only “on the bottom”. Fishing, like other human activities is allowed only along urbanized shores, the beaches and the main visit path (south bank) with exclusion of the areas of integral reserve (Line A) and those of any wooded areas of the lake and/or canes or rushes. From the boat: fishing can be practised only in DAY TIME, with the fishing rod (following the modalities indicated for the fishing from the shore or with the tirlindana), with a maximum of 10 hooks or natural/artificial baits. Tirlindana is forbidden during the period of forbiddance for the draw of perch. Fishing from boats, like other human

activities, is allowed under obligation of staying at, at least, 10 metres distance from the shore, from the areas of integral reserve (Line A) and of any wooded areas of the lake and/or canes or rushes and of not trespassing the limits set in the water, where present (sticks with blue signs). It is always prohibited to enter the canes or rushes, the immissary, to sail over the floating water vegetation, to disturb the animals, to come up to water birds nests. Limits and minimal measures For every fishing day it is allowed the capture of maximum 5 kg fishes. The above mentioned quantity can be exceeded in case of seizure of one fish weighing more than 5 kg. The maximum weight of 5 kg is not applicable in case of roach. For every fishing day cannot be kept more than 2 of bass and 20 of perch. It is always compulsory to keep all the examples of fished roach. Examples of the species below listed with size inferior from the one below specified cannot be kept. The fishes lengths are determined from the apex of the muzzle to the end of the tail:

Eel Barbò chub,danube roach, Carp Black bass Perch Tench

cm. cm. cm. cm. cm. cm.

30 25 30 30 16 25

Times of capture forbiddance Fishing is forbidden for the species below listed during the specified periods: Barbò, Carp, Tench Chub Black bass Perch

15 May/15 June 15 May/1 June 1 May/15 June 1 April/31 May

The periods of forbiddance start from an hour after sunset of the day of beginning of the forbiddance and finish an hour before dawn of the day of expiry of the forbiddance. The fishes kept during the periods of forbiddances must be immediately freed with the utmost care. It is prohibited to keep species whose capture is prohibited.

Other fishes present in Lake Piano

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Rutilus rutilus (introduced)

Leuciscus cephalus

Salaria fluvialitis

Lepomis gibbosus (introduced)

Leuciscus souffia muticellus

Exclusive notes for the Pike The fisherman who wants to supply useful data for the study of the Pike, set under absolute protection, can enter in the following table the required biometrical data:

Date day/month

Dimensions cm. eventual notes

Weight kg.

Watch services

Date

Signature Watchman

Signature of the owner of the present fishing card Read, accepted and undersigned ____________________________________ Date ____________.

Organized services House of the Reserve: • Guests-quarters • Rowing-boats and MTB rental • Guided tours on foot (day) • Guided tours on foot (night) • Guided tours by horse • Guided tours by jeep (night) Naturalistic Observatory: • Recovery centre for wild animals • Collection centre for environmental data • Didactic farm • Guest-quarters for researchers/lastyear students • Botanical path • Lab pond Info Services – Opening hours: House of the Reserve Monday-Tuesday-Saturday: 09.00/12.00 Wednesday: 14.00/16.00 Via Statale, 117 - 22010 CARLAZZO (Co) tel./fax n. 0344/74.961 e-mail: [email protected]