Gabon · Spearfishing zone
Réserve Aquatique du Grand Sud du Gabon
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Réserve Aquatique du Grand Sud du Gabon.
Largest aquatic reserve in the 2017 network (~27,000 km2), extending protection from Mayumba National Park out to the 200-nautical-mile EEZ limit. Spearfishing/fishing restricted under the protected-area regime. The reserve's rule applies area-wide; the coordinate is a hand-picked point 30.7 km inside its WDPA boundary on the outer shelf/slope, deliberately south of the Mayumba National Park boundary so the two zones no longer share one marker. Its two-decimal form is the genuine precision of a hand-picked area-wide point, not a rounded placeholder.
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
4.2000°S, 10.6000°E
View on the mapSource
This zone is documented in the official source below.
Before you dive
License for Gabon
Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.
Apply to the Ministry/Direction in charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DGPA); permit delivered per Art. 19-20 on submission of a dossier whose composition is fixed by regulation. The Minister in charge of Fisheries issues sport-fishing permits, with prior ministerial authorisation additionally required inside marine parks (Art. 57). Artisanal fishing authorisations/cards (a separate regime) are handled by the DGPA in Libreville.
Get your licenseOpens the official portal · agriculture.gouv.ga
