Brazil · Spearfishing zone

Parque Estadual Marinho do Parcel de Manuel Luís (Manuel Luís State Marine Park)

Prohibited zonestate marine park / no-take MPA

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Parque Estadual Marinho do Parcel de Manuel Luís (Manuel Luís State Marine Park).

Maranhão state marine park (Decreto Estadual 11.902/1991) protecting the Parcel de Manuel Luís coral bank ~45 nautical miles offshore; classified 'Grupo Proteção Integral' under Brazil's SNUC (Lei 9.985/2000), which bars direct extractive use — including fishing/spearfishing — except authorized scientific research.

On the coast

Location

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

0.9133°S, 44.3195°W

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

uc.socioambiental.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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