Keep net
A keepnet English landing net is a tubular, m 3-5 long and about 50 cm wide landing net , which is completely suspended in the water. Caught fish can be kept alive in it ( live keeping ).
It has played a very important role in active fishing since the 1970s . At the latest, since the very popular “fishing competition” ( leech fishing , cup fishing, etc.) with a fine device such as the angle picker came up in England and the Netherlands and then spread in Germany together with the modern keep net , this established itself as ideal method of keeping the caught fish in competitions. In this way, the keep net found a way into the inventory of many anglers outside of fishing competitions, as it offers the advantage of being able to store the fish caught for consumption longer even at higher temperatures.
In the late 1990s , many animal welfare organizations considered this livestock method to be cruelty to animals and therefore successfully called for the introduction of an official keepnet regulation . This regulation now had to be complied with nationwide, whereby each country can tighten these regulations further. Essentially, this is about the material of the net, the length (at least 3.5 m), the diameter and the circumstances that must be present in order to legitimately use the keep net.
Laws and Regulations
Germany
According to the case law, the use of a keep net to keep caught fish can constitute a criminal offense of cruelty to animals (Section 17 No. 2 b TierSchG). The fish kept would be inflicted "long-lasting considerable suffering".
This has been regulated by a regulation since 2013. Paragraph 9 (1) of the TierSchlV contains the following:
§ 9 Storage of fish
(1) Live fish may only be kept in containers whose water volume allows the animals sufficient freedom of movement. Incompatible fish must be kept separate from each other. The water quality, temperature and light requirements of the individual species must be taken into account. In particular, an adequate exchange of water and an adequate supply of oxygen to the animals must be ensured.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ OLG Düsseldorf, decision of April 20, 1993, Az. 5 Ss 171/92 - 59/92 I; AG Düsseldorf, judgment of October 17, 1990, Az. 301 OWi - 905 Js 919/89