Mexico

Erlaubte Gebiete

• Federal waters of Mexico (general)

  Recreational free-diving spearfishing with a rubber/spring speargun is generally permitted in Mexican federal waters with a valid CONAPESCA sport-fishing permit, outside protected areas, veda zones and the 250 m beach/commercial-vessel buffers.

  Free-diving only; one speargun; fish only; max 5 fish/day by spearfishing; no scuba/compressed air; keep 250 m from swimming beaches and commercial fishing vessels.

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Verbotene Gebiete

• Cabo Pulmo National Parknational park / no-take marine reserve

  No-take marine national park in the Gulf of California, Baja California Sur. All fishing and spearfishing prohibited (100% no-take since community-driven expansion).

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• Revillagigedo National Parknational park / no-take marine reserve

  Largest fully-protected marine reserve in North America (148,087 km2), declared 24 Nov 2017, ~390 km southwest of Baja California Sur. Free from fishing and all extractive activities; spearfishing prohibited.

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• Veda (closed-season) zonesseasonal closure zone

  Any area and period under a fishing closure (veda) declared by CONAPESCA / Carta Nacional Pesquera. Recreational and spear fishing prohibited there during the veda.

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• Within 250 m of swimming beaches and commercial fishing vesselssafety buffer / regulatory exclusion

  NOM-017-PESC-1994 clause 4.12 prohibits recreational fishing within 250 m of beaches frequented by bathers and within 250 m of commercial fishing vessels.

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• Arrecifes de Cozumel National Parkmarine national park / coral reef MPA

  Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Cozumel, a CONANP marine national park off the west coast of Cozumel island (Quintana Roo), established 19 July 1996. It protects the coral reef system; the management plan regulates and restricts fishing, diving, navigation and anchoring, and recreational fishing/spearfishing is not permitted within the reef park.

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• Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres, Punta Cancun y Punta Nizuc National Parkmarine national park / coral reef MPA

  Parque Nacional Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres, Punta Cancun y Punta Nizuc, a CONANP marine national park in NE Quintana Roo, comprising three marine polygons off Cancun/Isla Mujeres in the Mesoamerican Reef System. Extractive activities including recreational spearfishing are prohibited.

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• Bahia de Loreto National Parkmarine national park / no-take core zones

  Parque Nacional Bahia de Loreto, a CONANP marine national park in the central Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, established 19 July 1996, ~206,581 ha. Fishing of all modalities (including spearfishing) is prohibited in the marine preservation subzones / no-fishing core zones.

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• Arrecife de Puerto Morelos National Parkmarine national park / coral reef MPA

  Parque Nacional Arrecife de Puerto Morelos, a CONANP marine national park on the Caribbean coast of Quintana Roo, part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. Recreational spearfishing is not permitted in the protected reef; the park is a mixed-use MPA managed for coral-reef conservation with a regulated concessioned-fishing subzone.

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• Isla Contoy National Parkmarine national park / island reserve

  Parque Nacional Isla Contoy, a CONANP national park ~30 km north of Isla Mujeres (Quintana Roo), established February 1998, covering the island and ~4,900 ha of surrounding sea. Access is tightly controlled (CONANP-authorized tours only, capped visitor numbers) and recreational spearfishing is not permitted in the protected area.

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• Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reservebiosphere reserve / atoll reef with fishing refuge

  Reserva de la Biosfera Banco Chinchorro, a CONANP atoll-reef biosphere reserve off the SE coast of Quintana Roo near Belize. Recreational spearfishing is not permitted in the reserve's protected/refuge zones; a fishing refuge (zona de refugio pesquero) was established at Banco Chinchorro and Punta Herrero.

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• Zona Nucleo Los Islotes (Parque Nacional Zona Marina del Archipielago de Espiritu Santo)no_take_marine_zone

  Core (no-take) subzone at Los Islotes sea-lion rookery north of Isla La Partida, in the Espiritu Santo marine national park. The CONANP management program (DOF 19/01/2015) lists 'Pesca en todas sus modalidades' among the activities NOT permitted in Subzona de Uso Restringido 1, so all fishing including spearfishing is banned.

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• Zona Nucleo Punta La Bonanza (Parque Nacional Zona Marina del Archipielago de Espiritu Santo)no_take_marine_zone

  Core (no-take) subzone on the east side of Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California Sur. Under the CONANP management program (DOF 19/01/2015) fishing in all its forms, including spearfishing, is a non-permitted activity in Subzona de Uso Restringido 1; only diving, swimming and wildlife observation are allowed.

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• Zona Nucleo Bahia San Gabriel (Parque Nacional Zona Marina del Archipielago de Espiritu Santo)no_take_marine_zone

  Core (no-take) subzone in Bahia San Gabriel on the south-west shore of Isla Espiritu Santo. The CONANP management program (DOF 19/01/2015) bans 'Pesca en todas sus modalidades' and any extraction of live or dead flora and fauna in this subzone.

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• Subzona de Proteccion Santiaguillo (Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano)no_take_marine_zone

  Core no-take reef of the Veracruz Reef System National Park, north-east of the park off Veracruz. The management program (DOF 22/05/2017) lists 'Realizar actividades pesqueras' and all extractive use of wildlife among the non-permitted activities in the Subzona de Proteccion Blanca-Santiaguillo, so spearfishing is prohibited.

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• Subzona de Proteccion Blanca (Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano)no_take_marine_zone

  Second core no-take polygon (Arrecife Blanca) of the Veracruz Reef System National Park. Under the management program published in the DOF on 22 May 2017 all fishing activity and any extraction of wildlife are non-permitted activities in this zona nucleo.

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• Zona de Uso Restringido Punta Xcayal-Ensenada Xahuachol (Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak)no_take_marine_zone

  Restricted-use zone covering the northern marine section of Xcalak Reefs National Park, Quintana Roo. Under the management program (DOF 08/10/2004) the only activities allowed here are non-motorised boat trips, transiting vessels, filming, research, environmental education, restoration, monitoring and waiting-anchorage: no fishing of any kind, and no diving, is listed as permitted.

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• Zona de Proteccion Bacalar Chico (Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak)no_take_marine_zone

  Protection zone at the Belize border in the southern marine polygon of Xcalak Reefs National Park. The management program (DOF 08/10/2004) permits only transiting vessels, commercial filming, research, ecological restoration, protection and monitoring - no fishing modality (commercial, traditional hand-line or sport) and no diving are permitted, so spearfishing is banned.

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• Zona de Aprovechamiento Especial - agregacion y reproduccion de mero (Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak)marine_park

  Grouper spawning-aggregation zone inside Xcalak Reefs National Park. Recreational sport fishing is not a permitted activity in this zone under the management program (DOF 08/10/2004), and the park's administrative rules expressly prohibit the use of nets and speargun during the reproductive aggregation seasons. Note: licensed commercial fishing remains a permitted activity in this subzone; the prohibition applies to recreational/sport spearfishing (no permitted modality) and, during aggregation seasons, to any speargun use under Regla 73.XXVII.

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• Zona Nucleo Norte (Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes)no_take_marine_zone

  Northern core zone (19,732 ha) of Alacranes Reef National Park off Progreso, Yucatan. The management program (DOF 07/12/2007) expressly prohibits recreational diving for sport fishing, sport-recreational fishing and commercial fishing inside the Subzona de Uso Restringido that covers both core zones.

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• Zona Nucleo Sur (Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes)no_take_marine_zone

  Southern core zone (11,937 ha) of Alacranes Reef National Park, Yucatan. As part of the park's Subzona de Uso Restringido, recreational diving for sport fishing and sport-recreational fishing are prohibited under the CONANP management program.

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• Parque Nacional Islas Marietasmarine_park

  Marine national park off Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit (Isla Larga and Isla Redonda). Commercial and sport-recreational fishing in any form are strictly prohibited in the park's core zones, and Regla 52 bans spearfishing ('pesca [...] submarina') throughout the restricted-use and public-use subzones around both islands; sport fishing remains allowed only in the outer sustainable-use subzone.

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• Aguas Circundantes de la Isla Guadalupe (Reserva de la Biosfera Isla Guadalupe)marine_park

  Waters surrounding Isla Guadalupe, Baja California (452,110 ha subzone). The 2023 modified management program lists 'Pesca con arpon', 'Pesca deportivo-recreativa' and recreational diving in all its forms as non-permitted activities; only the licensed abalone/lobster cooperative may fish there.

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• Subzona de Proteccion Rasito-Rasa (Parque Nacional Zona Marina del Archipielago de San Lorenzo)no_take_marine_zone

  Core protection subzone around Isla Rasa and El Rasito in the Gulf of California, Baja California. The management program (DOF 20/01/2015) lists 'Pesca en todas sus modalidades' among the non-permitted activities, so spearfishing is banned.

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• Subzona de Uso Restringido Partido-Partida (Parque Nacional Zona Marina del Archipielago de San Lorenzo)no_take_marine_zone

  Core restricted-use subzone (3,592 ha) covering the marine zone of the Partido-Partida island complex, north-west of the San Lorenzo archipelago national park. All fishing modalities, including spearfishing, are non-permitted activities under the CONANP management program.

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• Subzona de Uso Restringido Animas-San Lorenzo (Parque Nacional Zona Marina del Archipielago de San Lorenzo)no_take_marine_zone

  Core restricted-use subzone (2,886 ha) between Las Animas and Isla San Lorenzo in the Gulf of California. The management program published in the DOF on 20 January 2015 lists fishing in all its modalities as a non-permitted activity here.

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