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Germany · Spearfishing zone

Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer

Prohibited zonenational park / UNESCO World Heritage marine protected area

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer.

North Sea Wadden Sea national park along the Schleswig-Holstein coast (from the Danish border to the Elbe estuary), ~441,500 ha. Spearfishing is prohibited nationwide in Germany; additional strict nature-conservation rules apply in this marine/intertidal MPA.

On the coast

Location

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

54.4563°N, 8.6464°E

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Germany

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

License: unknown — verify locallyvia Competent state (Land) fisheries authority

No license for recreational spearfishing exists. Narrow statutory exceptions (e.g. scientific purposes) may be granted by the competent state fisheries authority; in Lower Saxony a specific exemption exists only for eel fishing under § 44 Abs. 2 Nds. FischG.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · gesetze-im-internet.de

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