Cuba · Spearfishing zone
Parque Nacional Marino Punta Frances
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Parque Nacional Marino Punta Frances.
Marine national park at the south-western tip of Isla de la Juventud, between Punta Frances and Punta Pedernales, a managed diving/ecotourism marine protected area (UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1987) with ~56 dive sites. As a designated marine national park, extractive fishing such as spearfishing is restricted/prohibited inside park boundaries (prohibition inferred from the general national-park framework, not stated verbatim in the cited source).
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
21.6200°N, 83.1800°W
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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