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Guyana · Spearfishing zone

Marine reserves declared under Section 27 of the Fisheries Act 2002

Prohibited zonemarine reserve

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Marine reserves declared under Section 27 of the Fisheries Act 2002.

Any area of the fisheries waters (and adjacent land) the Minister declares a marine reserve by Order. Within a marine reserve, fishing or attempting to fish, and taking or destroying flora or fauna, are offences unless written permission is granted (Section 27(2)-(3)). No specific marine-reserve Orders were retrievable during this research; treat as a legal mechanism rather than a confirmed named zone.

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Guyana

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

License requiredvia Fisheries Department, Ministry of Agriculture (Chief Fisheries Officer)

Application for a commercial fisher's licence is made to the Chief Fisheries Officer in the prescribed form (Fisheries Act 2002, Section 14(3)). No published recreational or sport-fishing licence procedure was found.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · agriculture.gov.gy

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