Senegal · Spearfishing zone

Aire Marine Protégée d'Abéné

Prohibited zonecommunity marine protected area (AMP)

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Aire Marine Protégée d'Abéné.

Community marine protected area in Casamance (southern Senegal), approx. 119 km2 / created 2004. Fishing restricted under the AMP management plan; spearfishing subject to area rules.

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

sciencedirect.com

Before you dive

License for Senegal

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

License requiredvia Direction des Pêches maritimes, Ministère des Pêches, des Infrastructures maritimes et portuaires

Apply to the competent services of the Ministry in charge of maritime fishing (Direction des Pêches maritimes). For sport fishing a vessel-based permit requires affiliation to a club/centre affiliated to the national sport-fishing association; the precise procedure and any shore-based recreational diving permit modalities are fixed by ministerial arrêté.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · jo.gouv.sn

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