Cuba · Spearfishing zone
Parque Nacional Cienaga de Zapata
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Parque Nacional Cienaga de Zapata.
Largest wetland in the insular Caribbean (Biosphere Reserve and Ramsar site) on the Zapata Peninsula, south coast of Matanzas, near the Bay of Pigs; total ~136,890 ha including a marine extension of ~28,690 ha. A protected national park where extractive activities such as spearfishing are restricted/prohibited within park boundaries (prohibition inferred from the protected-area framework; source does not state fishing rules verbatim). Note: partially overlaps the existing Art.31 allowed litoral stretch 'Playa Giron to Punta de Maria Aguilar'.
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
22.3500°N, 81.4000°W
View on the mapSource
This zone is documented in the official source below.
Before you dive
License for Cuba
Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.
Apply to the Oficina Nacional de Inspeccion Estatal of the Ministry of the Food Industry providing identity data and home address (Art. 42). Applicant must be at least 17 years old (Art. 5) and have no fishing-regime violations in the previous 5 years (Art. 21).
Get your licenseOpens the official portal · gacetaoficial.gob.cu