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Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

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The Caribbean Netherlands consists of three special municipalities, each with its own marine-environment island ordinance, so the rules differ sharply by island. BONAIRE: spearfishing (including hand spearing) is totally prohibited in the Bonaire National Marine Park, which covers all waters around the island from the high-water line to 60 m depth; the ban has existed since 1971 and is codified in Article 10 of the Marine Environment Ordinance (A.B. 1984/1991). The only exception is hunting the invasive lionfish, allowed for permitted users with a STINAPA-issued ELF tool. SABA: spearfishing with SCUBA or Hookah equipment is prohibited, and spearfishing is reserved for residents of Saba (non-residents/non-Sabaans are prohibited), under the Saba Marine Environment Ordinance (A.B. 1987, no. 10). SINT EUSTATIUS (Statia): spearfishing is permitted in the marine park ONLY when free-diving (no SCUBA or Hookah) and never with poison, chemicals or explosives; all fishing is banned in the two designated marine reserves (north and south), under the Marine Environment Ordinance of St. Eustatius (A.B. 1996, no. 3). Each ordinance is an Eilandsverordening (island ordinance) enforced by the respective park-management foundation (STINAPA Bonaire, Saba Conservation Foundation, STENAPA on Statia).

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آخر تحديث يونيو 15, 2026

الإطار الحاكم

  • §Eilandsverordening tot beheer van het mariën milieu van het eilandgebied Bonaire (Marine Environment Ordinance Bonaire), 29 November 1984, no. 2 (A.B. 1984, no. 21; consolidated A.B. 1991, no. 8 / A.B. 2001, no. 13)
  • §Eilandsverordening instelling onderwaterpark Bonaire (Bonaire Underwater Park Ordinance)
  • §Eilandsverordening Marien Milieu Saba (Saba Marine Environment Ordinance), 25 June 1987, A.B. 1987, no. 10
  • §Marien Milieu verordening Sint Eustatius (Marine Environment Ordinance St. Eustatius), A.B. 1996, no. 3
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النصوص القانونية

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01Artikel 10Bonaire · regional

Bonaire - Prohibition of mechanical underwater hunting gear and hand spears (spearfishing ban)

Eilandsverordening tot beheer van het mariën milieu van het eilandgebied Bonaire (Marine Environment Ordinance Bonaire), 29 November 1984, no. 2

NLالأصل

Het is verboden in het onderwaterpark een of meer mechanische onderwaterjachtmiddelen bij zich te hebben of met handsperen te jagen op zeedieren of deze daarmee te vangen. Het is verboden om zeedieren die met mechanische onderwaterjachtmiddelen en met handsperen zijn gevangen in het bezit te hebben, onder zich te hebben, te koop aan te bieden, te vervreemden, af te leveren of te vervoeren. Het is verboden mechanische onderwaterjachtmiddelen te vervoeren over openbare grond of openbaar water. Het is verboden mechanische onderwaterjachtmiddelen in het geheel of onderdelen daarvan te verkopen, ter verkoop aanwezig te hebben of in een winkel of bijbehorende ruimte aanwezig te hebben.

02Artikel 29Bonaire · regional

Bonaire - Penalty for breaching the Marine Environment Ordinance

Eilandsverordening tot beheer van het mariën milieu van het eilandgebied Bonaire (Marine Environment Ordinance Bonaire), 29 November 1984, no. 2

NLالأصل

Overtreding van de bij of krachtens deze verordening gestelde voorschriften wordt gestraft met hechtenis van ten hoogste een maand of een geldboete van ten hoogste vijfduizend gulden.

03Artikel 1, sub eSaba · regional

Saba - Definition of spearfishing (speervissen)

Eilandsverordening Marien Milieu Saba (Saba Marine Environment Ordinance), 25 June 1987, A.B. 1987, no. 10

NLالأصل

e. Speervissen: het jagen op en doden van in zee levende dieren met behulp van speren, harpoenen en visgeweren, hetzij mechanisch, hetzij pneumatisch voortbewogen, alsmede van onderwater geweren welke gerekend dienen te worden onder de vuurwapenwet;

04Artikel 1, sub aSaba · regional

Saba - Definition / boundaries of the Saba Marine Park

Eilandsverordening Marien Milieu Saba (Saba Marine Environment Ordinance), 25 June 1987, A.B. 1987, no. 10

NLالأصل

a. "Saba Marine Park": de zeebodem en de daarboven gelegen wateren rondom en aansluitend aan het eiland Saba; begrensd door de hoogwaterlijn aan de bovenzijde en door de zestig meter dieptelijn aan de onderzijde, alsmede de zeebodem gevormd door twee onderzeese bergen gelegen op resp. 17° 37° , 94 N, 63° 16.43 W en 17° 38.70 N, 63° 15.91 en de daarboven gelegen wateren, begrensd aan de bovenzijde door het wateroppervlak en aan de onderzijde door de zestig meter dieptelijn;

05Artikel 3Saba · regional

Saba - Restrictions on spearfishing (SCUBA/Hookah ban; reserved for Sabaans/residents)

Eilandsverordening Marien Milieu Saba (Saba Marine Environment Ordinance), 25 June 1987, A.B. 1987, no. 10

NLالأصل

1. Het is verboden in het Saba Marine Park te speervissen met gebruik van SCUBA of Hookah apparatuur. 2. Het is niet-ingezetenen van het eilandgebied Saba die geen Sabaan zijn, verboden te speervissen in het Saba Marine Park.

06Artikel 4Saba · regional

Saba - Prohibition of fishing with poison, chemicals or explosives

Eilandsverordening Marien Milieu Saba (Saba Marine Environment Ordinance), 25 June 1987, A.B. 1987, no. 10

NLالأصل

Het is verboden te vissen in het Saba Marine Park met gebruikmaking van gifstoffen of andere chemische middelen, dan wel explosieven.

07Artikel 17Saba · regional

Saba - Penalty provision

Eilandsverordening Marien Milieu Saba (Saba Marine Environment Ordinance), 25 June 1987, A.B. 1987, no. 10

NLالأصل

Overtreding van de in deze verordening genoemde verboden wordt gestraft met hechtenis van ten hoogste een maand.

08Artikel 1, sub gSint Eustatius · regional

Sint Eustatius - Definition of spearfishing (speervissen)

Marien Milieu verordening Sint Eustatius (Marine Environment Ordinance St. Eustatius), A.B. 1996, no. 3

NLالأصل

speervissen: het jagen en doden van zeedieren in de zee gebruikmakende van hand-speren, harpoenen en/of vispistolen.

09Artikel 1, sub aSint Eustatius · regional

Sint Eustatius - Marine park boundary (high-water line to 30 m depth line)

Marien Milieu verordening Sint Eustatius (Marine Environment Ordinance St. Eustatius), A.B. 1996, no. 3

NLالأصل

a. onderwaterpark: ook wel genoemd marien park de zeebodem en de wateren rondom het eilandgebied Sint Eustatius vanaf de hoogwaterlijn tot aan de dertig meter dieptelijn;

10Artikel 2Sint Eustatius · regional

Sint Eustatius - Marine park reserves: boundaries of the southern and northern reserves

Marien Milieu verordening Sint Eustatius (Marine Environment Ordinance St. Eustatius), A.B. 1996, no. 3

NLالأصل

1. Er is een onderwaterpark St. Eustatius welke in brede zin wordt aangeduid als Statia Marine Park. 2. Binnen het onderwaterpark zijn twee reservaten en een havengebied, deze omvatten: a. Zuidelijke reservaat: van Gallows Bay, 17 28'.5 co-ordinaat langs de hoogwaterlijn naar het punt White Wall, ten Zuiden zeeinwaarts voor 1/2 zeemijl, naar het Westen volgende de 30 meter dieptegrens of 1/2 zeemijl zeeinwaarts gemeten vanaf de hoogwaterlijn tot de kruising met de 17 27'.7 co-ordinaat, naar het Noorden tot de 17 28'.5 co-ordinaat en terug naar Gallows Bay; b. Noordelijke reservaat: van Jenkins Bay, 17 30'. 5 co-ordinaat langs de hoogwaterlijn naar de noordelijkste punt van het eiland, naar het Noorden tot de 30 meter dieptegrens, naar het Westen en het Zuiden langs de 30 meter dieptegrens totdat deze lijnen het co-ordinaat 17 30'. 5' passeren en terug naar Jenkins Bay;

11Artikel 4Sint Eustatius · regional

Sint Eustatius - Spearfishing not allowed with SCUBA or Hookah equipment

Marien Milieu verordening Sint Eustatius (Marine Environment Ordinance St. Eustatius), A.B. 1996, no. 3

NLالأصل

Speervissen is niet toegestaan indien gebruik wordt gemaakt van een scuba of Hookah uitrusting.

12Artikel 5Sint Eustatius · regional

Sint Eustatius - Spearfishing prohibited with poison, chemicals or explosives

Marien Milieu verordening Sint Eustatius (Marine Environment Ordinance St. Eustatius), A.B. 1996, no. 3

NLالأصل

Het is verboden te speervissen in het marien park met gebruikmaking van vergif, vergiftigd aas en/of andere materialen als ook met chemicaliën of explosieven.

13Artikel 24Sint Eustatius · regional

Sint Eustatius - Penalty provision

Marien Milieu verordening Sint Eustatius (Marine Environment Ordinance St. Eustatius), A.B. 1996, no. 3

NLالأصل

Overtreding van de bij of krachtens deze verordening gestelde voorschriften wordt gestraft met een hechtenis van ten hoogste een maand of een geldboete van de tweede categorie.

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  • مفتوحCaribbean spiny lobster (Bonaire) - hook-and-line/traditional take only, not by diving and not by spearfishingنوفمبر 1 – أبريل 30

    On Bonaire lobster may only be taken from the east coast, from land, and not while diving, during the open season 1 November to 30 April. Spearfishing remains prohibited regardless of season.

    stinapabonaire.org

إذن الصيد

الترخيص

ما تحتاجه للسماح لك في الماء، وتكلفته، وكيفية الحصول عليه.

الترخيص مطلوبعبر STINAPA Bonaire / STENAPA (St. Eustatius) / Saba Conservation Foundation

Bonaire: pay the nature fee online via STINAPA (QR-code receipt); lionfish ELF tools and permission are obtained from STINAPA, in practice through authorized dive operators. St. Eustatius: pay the nature fee via STENAPA. Saba: via the Saba Conservation Foundation.

احصل على ترخيصك

يفتح البوّابة الرسمية · stinapabonaire.org

الترخيص مطلوب
النوع
Island-specific. Bonaire: spearfishing fully banned; lionfish hunting requires a STINAPA-issued ELF (Eradicate/Eliminate Lionfish) tool and permission. All marine-park users must pay the annual STINAPA nature fee. Saba: spearfishing reserved for residents (Sabaans). Sint Eustatius: free-diving spearfishing permitted in general-use park areas; all users pay the STENAPA nature fee.
التكلفة
Bonaire STINAPA nature fee: USD 40 per person per calendar year (uniform rate since 2023; children under 12 exempt). St. Eustatius and Saba charge separate nature/marine-park fees set by STENAPA and the Saba Conservation Foundation.
مدّة الصلاحية
Nature fee valid for the calendar year (1 January - 31 December).
كيفية الحصول عليه
Bonaire: pay the nature fee online via STINAPA (QR-code receipt); lionfish ELF tools and permission are obtained from STINAPA, in practice through authorized dive operators. St. Eustatius: pay the nature fee via STENAPA. Saba: via the Saba Conservation Foundation.
السلطة
STINAPA Bonaire / STENAPA (St. Eustatius) / Saba Conservation Foundation
البوّابة الرسمية للترخيص · stinapabonaire.org

المعدّات والأسلوب

قواعد المعدّات

ما المعدّات المسموح بها، وكيف يجوز استخدامها، والشروط المرتبطة بها.

بندقية الحربةمحظور
الغطس بالأسطواناتمحظور

القيود

  • Bonaire: all mechanical underwater hunting gear (spearguns, underwater pistols, pneumatic/compressed-gas projectile weapons) and hand spears are prohibited to possess, carry, transport or sell within and around the marine park (Art. 10). Only the STINAPA-issued ELF tool may be used, and only for lionfish.
  • Saba: spearfishing with SCUBA or Hookah equipment is prohibited; spearfishing reserved for residents (Art. 3).
  • Sint Eustatius: spearfishing is allowed only by free-diving; SCUBA and Hookah equipment may not be used for spearfishing (Art. 4).
  • All three islands: fishing/spearfishing with poison, poisoned bait, chemicals or explosives is prohibited.

speargun_allowed=false and scuba_allowed=false reflect the strictest and most representative position across the territory: spearguns are wholly banned on Bonaire, and SCUBA-assisted spearfishing is banned on all three islands. On Sint Eustatius free-diving spearfishing with hand spears/harpoons/spear pistols is lawful outside the reserves; on Saba it is lawful only for residents and only without SCUBA/Hookah.

ما يجوز لك أخذه

حدود الصيد والأنواع المحمية

الحصص اليومية، والأحجام الدنيا، والأنواع التي يجب ألّا تُؤخذ أبداً.

الحدّ اليومي

unknown

الأحجام الدنيا

  • Caribbean spiny lobster (Bonaire) - no take below this carapace/total length and no egg-bearing femalesالحد الأدنى 25 cm

أنواع محمية — لا تأخذها

  • محميAll sea turtles (eggs, nests and live turtles protected - Bonaire Art. 14)
  • محميStony corals
  • محميQueen conch (karko) - taking prohibited within the Bonaire Marine Park
  • محميParrotfish (Bonaire marine-park protection)
  • محميSharks and rays (Bonaire marine-park protection; Yarari Sanctuary shark/marine-mammal protection across BES waters)

Lobster (Bonaire): minimum 25 cm and no egg-bearing females (Art. 15); open season 1 Nov-30 Apr, east coast only, from land, not while diving. Queen conch take is prohibited inside the Bonaire Marine Park. Because spearfishing itself is banned on Bonaire and SCUBA-spearfishing is banned territory-wide, species size limits are largely moot for spearos; they apply to permitted traditional fishing.

من يجوز له الصيد

الزوّار والمقيمون

كيف تختلف القواعد بين الزوّار الأجانب والمقيمين المحليين.

الزوّار الأجانب

غير مسموح

ترخيص خاص مطلوب

المتطلبات

  • Pay the applicable island nature fee (Bonaire USD 40/year).
  • Bonaire: foreigners may not spearfish at all (total ban); lionfish hunting is generally limited and in practice arranged through authorized dive operators.
  • Sint Eustatius: foreigners may free-dive spearfish in general-use park areas (no SCUBA/Hookah, not in reserves) - subject to the same ordinance restrictions as residents.

القيود

  • Bonaire: spearfishing wholly prohibited for everyone, residents and visitors alike (since 1971).
  • Saba: spearfishing is reserved for residents of Saba; non-residents / non-Sabaans are prohibited from spearfishing (Art. 3(2)).
  • All islands: no SCUBA-assisted spearfishing; no fishing inside designated reserves.

allowed=false because the most permissive island (St. Eustatius) only allows visitors to free-dive spearfish outside reserves, while Bonaire bans it outright and Saba reserves it for residents. A foreign spearo cannot lawfully spearfish on Bonaire or Saba at all.

المقيمون

Island nature fee plus, on Bonaire, a STINAPA ELF tool/permission for lionfish only. On Saba, residency itself is the qualifier for the resident-only spearfishing allowance.

المتطلبات

  • Bonaire residents: spearfishing still banned; only lionfish hunting with the STINAPA ELF tool and permission is allowed.
  • Saba residents (Sabaans): may spearfish, but not with SCUBA/Hookah and not with poison/chemicals/explosives.
  • Sint Eustatius residents: may free-dive spearfish in general-use park areas (no SCUBA/Hookah, not in reserves).

المزايا

  • Bonaire: residents of the ABC islands and other Caribbean territories are exempt from the nature fee unless scuba diving.
  • Saba: only residents are permitted to spearfish at all.

Residency confers a meaningful advantage only on Saba (resident-only spearfishing) and on Bonaire for the lionfish exception. On Bonaire general spearfishing is banned regardless of residency.

أين على الساحل

المناطق المسموح بها والمحظورة

مناطق مسمّاة مفتوحة أو مغلقة للصيد بالحربة. شاهد الصورة الكاملة على الخريطة التفاعلية.

المناطق المسموح بها

  • Sint Eustatius National Marine Park (general-use areas, free-diving spearfishing only)

    Within the St. Eustatius marine park, spearfishing is permitted ONLY by free-diving (no SCUBA or Hookah) and never with poison/chemicals/explosives. The park surrounds the entire island from the high-water line to the 30 m depth line ('dertig meter dieptelijn', Art. 1 sub a of the ordinance). STENAPA states the actively managed area totals about 27.3 km2. The two managed reserves (north and south), defined in Art. 2 by named landmarks (Gallows Bay, White Wall, Jenkins Bay) and the 30 m depth line, are excluded - no fishing there.

    No SCUBA/Hookah for spearfishing (Art. 4); no poison/chemicals/explosives (Art. 5); no fishing at all inside the two reserves; managed by STENAPA.

    lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nl

المناطق المحظورة

عرض على الخريطة

الظروف في الماء

ظروف مباشرة

لقطة بحرية وجوية مباشرة قرب نقطة مرجعية ساحلية في Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba، من Open-Meteo. تتفاوت الظروف على طول الساحل — اعتبرها إرشادية.

ظروف بحرية وجوية مباشرة قرب Sint Eustatius National Marine Park (general-use areas, free-diving spearfishing only).

الظروف

من تسأل

السلطات

الجهات الرسمية المسؤولة عن مصايد الأسماك والترخيص.

  • STINAPA Bonaire (Stichting Nationale Parken Bonaire)

    marine park management foundation

    stinapabonaire.orgBonaire National Marine Park, Kralendijk, Bonaire

  • St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation (STENAPA)

    marine park management foundation

    statiapark.org+599-318-2884; outreach@statiapark.org

  • Saba Conservation Foundation (Saba National Marine Park)

    marine park management foundation

    sabapark.orgSaba National Marine Park, The Bottom, Saba

  • Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (LNV) - Caribisch Nederland

    fisheries / nature ministry (national, Netherlands)

    lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nlRijksdienst Caribisch Nederland

من أين أتى هذا

المصادر

كل ادّعاء في هذه الصفحة يعود إلى أحد هذه المراجع.

  1. [01]

    Eilandsverordening tot beheer van het mariën milieu van het eilandgebied Bonaire (29 nov 1984, no. 2) - official text

    رسمي
    lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nlتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  2. [02]

    Eilandsverordening instelling onderwaterpark Bonaire - official text

    رسمي
    repository.officiele-overheidspublicaties.nlتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  3. [03]

    Eilandsverordening Marien Milieu Saba (25 juni 1987, A.B. 1987 no. 10) - official text

    رسمي
    lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nlتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  4. [04]

    Marien Milieu verordening Sint Eustatius (A.B. 1996 no. 3) - official text

    رسمي
    lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nlتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  5. [05]

    STINAPA Bonaire - Fishing rules and regulations

    رسمي
    stinapabonaire.orgتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  6. [06]

    St. Eustatius National Parks (STENAPA) - Our Park

    رسمي
    statiapark.orgتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  7. [07]

    Saba Conservation Foundation - Saba Marine Park nature & management

    رسمي
    sabapark.orgتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  8. [08]

    Bonaire.com - Nature Fee Bonaire 2026: USD 40 STINAPA tag explained

    ثانوي
    bonaire.comتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  9. [09]

    Beyond the Corals - STINAPA Marine Park Rules (spearfishing ban, reserves, nature fee)

    ثانوي
    beyondthecorals.comتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15
  10. [10]

    Lionfish Divers - Lionfish hunting in Bonaire under strict rules (ELF tool, permit)

    community
    lionfishdivers.comتم الاطّلاع يونيو 15

ملاحظات الباحث

BES (Caribbean Netherlands) is NOT a single jurisdiction for spearfishing: each of the three islands has its own island ordinance (Eilandsverordening) and its own park-management foundation, so the rules diverge. Key takeaways: (1) BONAIRE - total spearfishing ban since 1971, codified in Art. 10 of the Marine Environment Ordinance; only lionfish may be taken, with a STINAPA ELF tool. (2) SABA - spearfishing allowed only for residents (Sabaans) and only without SCUBA/Hookah. (3) SINT EUSTATIUS - free-diving spearfishing allowed in general-use marine-park areas (no SCUBA/Hookah, no poison/explosives, not in the two reserves). All verbatim law texts were retrieved from the official Dutch local-regulation portal lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nl (and the consolidated overheidspublicaties repository). All Dutch-language articles, including the Saba Art. 1, Art. 3, Art. 4 and Art. 17 provisions and the St. Eustatius park-boundary (Art. 1 sub a) and reserve-boundary (Art. 2) provisions, are now quoted verbatim from the official source CVDR25486 / 44403.html and are untranslated (the earlier English-summary versions of Saba Art. 3 and Art. 4 were replaced with the exact Dutch wording). The St. Eustatius 30 m depth boundary is taken verbatim from Art. 1 sub a ('dertig meter dieptelijn') and the reserve boundaries from Art. 2; the park area figure (about 27.3 km2) is STENAPA's own published figure, not a statutory number. Coordinates for individual reserves are approximate island/bay centroids (descriptive), not surveyed boundary points; ordinance reserve boundaries are defined by named landmarks (Gallows Bay, White Wall, Jenkins Bay) and the 30 m depth line rather than published lat/lng. Overall data_confidence=high: the legal status of each island is well documented from primary official sources, and the previously summarized Saba provisions have been verified verbatim against the official text.

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