Ireland · Spearfishing zone
Lough Hyne Marine Nature Reserve
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Lough Hyne Marine Nature Reserve.
Lough Hyne (Lough Ine), County Cork, is Ireland's only and first statutory Marine Nature Reserve, designated in 1981. Under the Nature Reserve (Lough Hyne) Regulations 1981 (S.I. No. 207/1981) it is an offence to hunt or by any means wilfully injure or kill any specimen of fauna, or to take fauna, without written ministerial permission; skin-diving and scuba-diving also require ministerial permission. Spearfishing (which kills/takes fauna) is therefore effectively prohibited. The reserve is a sea lough covering about 65 hectares.
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
51.5010°N, 9.2990°W
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This zone is documented in the official source below.
Before you dive
License for Ireland
Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.