Brazil · Spearfishing zone

Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park (Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha)

Prohibited zonemarine national park / no-take MPA

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park (Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha).

Federal integral-protection marine national park covering about 70% of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago (Pernambuco), managed by ICMBio. As an integral-protection conservation unit, extractive fishing including spearfishing is prohibited. This unit is explicitly named in the existing BRA data as an example of a no-take zone where spearfishing is banned.

On the coast

Location

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

3.8670°S, 32.4460°W

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

en.wikipedia.org

Before you dive

License for Brazil

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

License requiredvia Secretaria/Ministerio da Pesca e Aquicultura / IBAMA (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renovaveis)

Apply online via the federal gov.br portal (Solicitar Licenca de Pescador Amador) or at an IBAMA office; the licence is issued by the federal fisheries/environment authority.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · gov.br

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