Linear of fish categories of rivers and bodies of water

A Fish Category Classification is a legal classification of watercourses and bodies of water according to the dominant groups of fish.
Article L.436-5 of the Environmental Code defines the concept of classification as a Fish Category.
The notions of public/privat and authorised or unauthorised fishing are not taken into account in this breakdown.

This division also does not concern closed waters or fish farms.
The founding regulatory text of a Classification of Category Piscicole is the decree adopted by the prefect of department.

-1st category: waters mainly populated by trout, as well as those where it seems desirable to provide special protection for fish of this species.
-2nd category: all other waters subject to the provisions of the Order.