Belgium · Spearfishing zone

Vlaamse Banken (Flemish Banks) marine protected area

Prohibited zonemarine reserve / Natura 2000 Habitats Directive area

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Vlaamse Banken (Flemish Banks) marine protected area.

Special area for conservation in the south-western Belgian part of the North Sea, designated by Royal Decree of 16 October 2012 (formerly 'Trapegeer-Stroombank'), ~1099 km2, bordering the French 'Bancs de Flandres' and extending ~45 km offshore. Spearfishing is not a recognised recreational method anywhere in the Belgian North Sea; within this protected area marine-environment protection rules reinforce the absence of any spearfishing regime. Center point lies off the Belgian coast (De Panne/Nieuwpoort/Ostend sector).

On the coast

Location

Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.

51.3109°N, 2.5757°E

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

marineregions.org

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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