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Arnavon Community Marine Park (Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area)

Prohibited zonecommunity marine conservation area / marine park

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Arnavon Community Marine Park (Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area).

Community-managed marine protected area between Isabel and Choiseul provinces, ~169 km2 (upgraded from the 152 km2 conservation area established 1995). Commercial fishing and collecting are banned; the largest hawksbill turtle rookery in the South Pacific. No-take core area where spearfishing/harvesting is prohibited.

On the coast

Location

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

7.4500°S, 158.0000°E

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Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Solomon Islands

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

License: unknown — verify locallyvia Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR)

Apply to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), Honiara.

Get your license

Opens the official portal · fisheries.gov.sb

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