Brazil · Spearfishing zone

Parque Estadual Marinho de Areia Vermelha (Areia Vermelha State Marine Park)

Prohibited zonestate marine park / no-take MPA

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Parque Estadual Marinho de Areia Vermelha (Areia Vermelha State Marine Park).

Paraíba state marine park (Decreto Estadual 21.263/2000) around the Areia Vermelha sandbank off Cabedelo; prohibits 'exercício de atividades de captura, pesca, extrativismo e degradação da fauna e da flora, inclusive os recifes' (capture, fishing, extraction and degradation of fauna/flora, including the reefs).

On the coast

Location

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

7.0106°S, 34.8169°W

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

pt.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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