Belgium · Spearfishing zone

Belgian part of the North Sea (territorial sea and EEZ)

Prohibited zonemarine area under federal/Flemish fisheries regulation

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Belgian part of the North Sea (territorial sea and EEZ).

Recreational sea fishing requires no licence but is limited to angling-type methods; no recreational spearfishing regime exists. Gill and tangle nets have been banned for recreational use along the entire Belgian coast since the Flemish Government decision of 13 March 2015. Fisheries are a Flemish competence; the marine environment is a federal competence (FPS Public Health).

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

health.belgium.be

Before you dive

License for Belgium

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

License: unknown — verify locallyvia Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos (Flanders); Service public de Wallonie - Departement de la Nature et des Forets (Wallonia)

Inland angling permits via the regional authority (Natuur en Bos for Flanders; Service public de Wallonie for Wallonia). No mechanism exists to license spearfishing.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · natuurenbos.vlaanderen.be

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