The Ministry’s hotline number is 153. Calls are free of charge. The hotline can be accessed from any mobile network without a prefix. It is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Frequently Asked Questions
Individuals intending to hunt migratory birds must carry, while hunting, the original receipt confirming payment of the fee for the extraction of migratory birds from the environment (10 GEL), as well as a document issued by the relevant authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia confirming the right to possess and carry a hunting firearm.
The fee can be paid at any bank in Georgia. Receiving bank: State Treasury; Bank code: 220 101 222; Account number: 200122900. The Treasury code defining the type of budget revenue is 3033. Explanation of the fee payment: The Treasury code defining the type of budget revenue (3033) represents the last four digits of a 9-digit code, which remains unchanged for all municipalities (cities and districts). The first digit of the 9-digit code is 3, which is also constant and indicates the collector code, in this case non-tax revenues. The middle four digits vary depending on the municipality (city or district) where the payment is made. In general, the code is structured as follows: 3 XXXX 3033. For example: Tbilisi: 3 0077 3033; Akhmeta: 3 0054 3033; Rustavi: 3 0006 3033; Kutaisi: 3 0018 3033; Lentekhi: 3 0031 3033 and so on.
Hunting is prohibited in state nature reserves, national parks, and within a 500-meter buffer zone around them, as well as within the administrative boundaries of cities in Georgia.
The following are prohibited: burning vegetation; collecting and selling wild bird eggs; destroying or damaging nests, burrows, and habitats of animals; and the use of mass hunting methods, including any type of homemade or factory-made nets, traps, snares, as well as pits and similar devices; attracting birds using electronic sound-emitting devices (including those powered by autonomous energy sources); the use of poison; reflectors mounted on hunting weapons; and explosives; as well as ambushing with shotguns and other self-firing weapons. Hunting and/or capturing animals from aircraft, helicopters, cars, motorcycles, boats, motorboats, and other motorized vehicles is prohibited, including the use of headlights or searchlights at night; pursuing animals with vehicles; hunting aquatic birds from motorboats and motorboats with running engines (pursuit hunting); and night hunting using fire. It is also prohibited to capture weakened animals during natural disasters (such as floods, fires, heavy snow, etc.), as well as hunting animals while they are crossing water or overcoming other obstacles, including during attempts to escape from natural disasters.
Recreational and sport fishing with a cast net is permitted throughout the year. The use of a cast net with a diameter exceeding 4.5 meters or a mesh size smaller than 20 mm is prohibited.
