The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency has the authority to issue prohibitions and restrictions concerning public channels and other water areas. A typical prohibition is a prohibition on the creation of wash, while the most typical restriction is a water traffic speed restriction, for example.
Traficom may impose a prohibition or restriction if it is deemed necessary to safeguard traffic, the environment, fishery or another industry, or for the general use of nature for recreation or another public interest (section 101 of the Water Traffic Act). The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency may also prohibit or restrict the use of a certain type of motor-driven watercraft at a regional level. A typical example of such a prohibition would be a personal watercraft prohibition. The criteria for imposing such a prohibition are stricter than those of other prohibitions. Traficom may impose such a prohibition if the use of the motor-driven watercraft in question causes significant harm to nature or the environment, to fishery or another industry, the general use of nature for recreation or another public interest.
You can apply for a regional prohibition or restriction or restriction on the use of a certain type of watercraft electronically through Traficom's My e-services: Seafarers and boaters > Fairways > Application for a ban or restriction under the Water Traffic Act. Please notice that application instructions are only are available in Finnish and Swedish. For further instructions please visit the other language versions of this website.