We were asked by few participants to specify the ban of fishing in competition and practice waters before the championship.

1) Ban for members of teams and their agents

FIPS MOUCHE Competition rules 2013 say:

Article 30 – Prohibitions
a) The fishing of competition sectors by competitors or their agents during a period of sixty days prior to the official start of the event.

In the rules modifications for the 34 th WFFCH 2014 was this ban reduced due to local conditions to these periods:

Sectors I, II, II and V will be closed for competitors and members of teams from May 1st 2014

Sector IV (Květoňov lake) will be closed for competitors and members of teams from May 11th 2014, after the last official Czech competition.

This rules apply to all members of teams as well as their agents according to article in the Competition rules 2013

2) The total ban of fishing

The total ban of fishing in the competition and practice waters before the championship was specified by the local fishing rules as follows:

Competition waters

Practice waters

Lakes – Fisheries Malše  7 (Malče lake) and Svineský potok 1 (Dobrkovská Lhotka and Žumberk lakes)  – May 26th – May 29th
Rivers – Fishery Vltava 27 – practice section –  May 19th – May 29th – only the official participants of championship are allowed to practice in this section either during official or unofficial practice