Fishing Licences for Pensioners: Shore Fishing

Depending on where you’re fishing in Spain, there are various kinds of shore fishing licences for pensioners. Each autonomous government of the different regions has different rules. Here is a list of regions where pensioners are treated fairly and the different fees:

1. Regular Fee: Pensioners are treated just like everyone else and need to pay the full price. This happens in the Canary Islands.
2. Free: Anyone over 65 years of age is entitled to these. Applicants must show up in person at the fishing offices. The regions where they treat pensioners well are the Balearic Islands and Catalunya.
3. Lifetime: The difference between “free” and “lifetime” licences is that the “lifetime” ones need a one-time payment. The areas where this happens are:
   1. Comunidad Valenciana, you must be at least 60 and apply in person.
   2. In Murcia, you must be over 65 to get this licence.
   3. In Andalucía, you must be a resident over 65 years old.

Once a pensioner gets his free licence, he or she can fish all along the Spanish coastline. Rules and regulations of each area need to be followed (fishing areas, minimum fish sizes, banned species, maximum weight of all you can fish in a day, etc.).

If you cannot visit the fishing office in person, we can do the job for you. We are currently taking an administrative fee of 24.99 euros. Our Spanish fishing licences for pensioners take around a day to process and are sent by e-mail. All you have to do is print it out, and you’re ready to go!