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Germany · Spearfishing zone

Wadden Sea National Parks (Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches / Niedersächsisches / Hamburgisches Wattenmeer)

Prohibited zonenational park / UNESCO World Heritage marine protected area

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Wadden Sea National Parks (Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches / Niedersächsisches / Hamburgisches Wattenmeer).

Protected marine and intertidal areas along the German North Sea coast with strict nature-conservation rules; spearfishing is prohibited as elsewhere in Germany and additional conservation restrictions apply.

On the coast

Location

Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.

54.3000°N, 8.6000°E

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Germany

Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.

License: unknown — verify locallyvia Competent state (Land) fisheries authority

No license for recreational spearfishing exists. Narrow statutory exceptions (e.g. scientific purposes) may be granted by the competent state fisheries authority; in Lower Saxony a specific exemption exists only for eel fishing under § 44 Abs. 2 Nds. FischG.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · gesetze-im-internet.de

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