Limited numbers of licenses

A maximum of 11 000 fishing days are available from each country; that is 5 500 fishing days from boat, and 5 500 fishing days from shore. The licenses are further divided into 4 zones for boat fishing and 5 zones for fishing from shore. From 2019 there will only be 3 zones for fishing from the Norwegian shore, as the three lower river zones have been merged: The licenses are sold in following zones this year:

The fishing license from shore is valid from 22:00 to 15:00 (Norwegian time).

The boat fishing license is valid 24 hours from 18:00 (Norwegian time). Between 18:00 and 06:00 tourist anglers must be accompanied by a local rower. In the Storfossen area between Boratbokča og Bildanguoika tourist anglers must be accompanied by a local rower at all time

Prices

Prices for licenses at the Norwegian side is the same as in 2017-2018. That is;

• A license from Norwegian shore costs 500 NOK.
• A Norwegian boat licenses costs 800 NOK.

All partisipants in boat fishing need a license, including the rower. 

Youth from 16-18 years old (until the day they become 18 years old) may buy a license for half prize.

Children up to 16 years old must also have their own license, but their license is for free. When their license is printed (activated) at a local store, the name of a grown angler that are resposeble for the catch reporting will be printed at the license.

Procedure for buying your license

• Go to http://fiskeravgift.miljodirektoratet.no/to buy the Norwegian state fishing fee.
• Go to: https://tana.lakseelv.no/
• If you bought a license at Norwegian side of river Tana from Tana River Fish Management (Norwegian side) last year, you already have a FishermanID. Log in with your ID, or your phone number.
• If you did not buy a fishing license at the Norwegian side last year you have to create a new profile.
• At your profile, you may buy licenses both for yourself and your fishing mate. Each angler/fisherman must have his own profile, and you will be able to find there name by searching on their telephone number after you have selected a license.
• Anglers that did not report all their licenses have to pay an extra fee of 300 NOK in addition to the price of the license. You may pay this at the same time as you buy a new license online.
• Your license is not valid before you stop by one of the local businesses that are selling fishing licenses in the Tana valley. They will control that the fishing equipment is dry or disinfected, and then activate the license. Remember to bring a receipt for the State fishing fee when you are going to the license salesmen.
• We will repay anglers that regret buying the license, but only when they contact us before the first 14 days has past. You may contact us e.g. at the e-mail post@tanafisk.no
• You will be able to change the fising days within the same week later on, but this change has to be done before the start of the fishing day.

It is only the fishing days for the border area that are made available in the web store so far. We will make the Norwegian part of Tana river available after Easter holiday.

Fishing rules

The fishing rules is for most parts the same as last year. There have been some adjustments in the protected zones in the river mouth. This is the main change for the tourist anglers in addition to the merging of the three lower fishing zones for fishing from the shore at the Norwegian side.