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Colombia · Spearfishing zone

Área Marina Protegida de la Reserva de Biosfera Seaflower (San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina)

Prohibited zonemarine protected area / biosphere reserve

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Área Marina Protegida de la Reserva de Biosfera Seaflower (San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina).

Resolución No. 170 del 12 de marzo de 1998 of the environmental authority prohibits fishing with spear/harpoon-type instruments (pesca con arpón), carrying such instruments, and any related activity throughout the entire territory of the Departamento Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina — its islands, cays, shoals and ocean banks — i.e. across the whole Seaflower Biosphere Reserve / Marine Protected Area (WDPA 555636411, ~65,017 km², declared 2005, first MPA in Colombia). The rule carries one narrow, separately-mapped exception corridor on San Andrés Island for authorized traditional/artisanal free-diving spearfishers.

On the coast

Location

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

12.5786°N, 81.6997°W

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Colombia

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

License requiredvia Autoridad Nacional de Acuicultura y Pesca (AUNAP)

Online via the gov.co / AUNAP portal ("Iniciar trámite"); submit application with valid ID (cédula for Colombians, passport for foreigners), pay the fee; processing time ~15 business days.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · aunap.gov.co

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