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Zona de Aprovechamiento Especial - agregacion y reproduccion de mero (Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak)

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What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Zona de Aprovechamiento Especial - agregacion y reproduccion de mero (Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak).

Grouper spawning-aggregation zone inside Xcalak Reefs National Park. Recreational sport fishing is not a permitted activity in this zone under the management program (DOF 08/10/2004), and the park's administrative rules expressly prohibit the use of nets and speargun during the reproductive aggregation seasons. Note: licensed commercial fishing remains a permitted activity in this subzone; the prohibition applies to recreational/sport spearfishing (no permitted modality) and, during aggregation seasons, to any speargun use under Regla 73.XXVII.

On the coast

Location

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

18.3430°N, 87.7854°W

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Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Mexico

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

License requiredvia Comision Nacional de Acuacultura y Pesca (CONAPESCA), Direccion General de Ordenamiento Pesquero y Acuicola

Apply online via the CONAPESCA e5cinco portal (https://e5cinco.conapesca.gob.mx/) or at CONAPESCA offices/subdelegations, or through authorized vendors/charter operators. Required for every individual fisher.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · gob.mx

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