South Korea · Spearfishing zone
Village fishery grounds and licensed aquaculture areas (마을어장 / 양식장)
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Village fishery grounds and licensed aquaculture areas (마을어장 / 양식장).
Village fishing grounds and licensed aquaculture areas are managed/owned by fishing villages or licensees; taking anything from them without permission is treated as theft and prosecuted under criminal law in addition to fisheries law. Coast Guard explicitly warns against entering these with diving/spear gear.
Source
This zone is documented in the official source below.
Before you dive
License for South Korea
Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.
There is no recreational spearfishing licence in South Korea. Catching aquatic resources commercially requires a fishery licence/registration from the head of the Si/Gun/Gu under the Fisheries Act; recreational sea fishing (rod) is regulated under the Fishing Management and Promotion Act but does not authorise spears or scuba-assisted harvesting.
Get your licenseOpens the official portal · mof.go.kr