El Salvador · Spearfishing zone

Bocanas de Garita Palmera, Barra de Santiago, Cordoncillo, desembocadura del Rio Lempa, and Bahia de Jiquilisco (Bocanas de El Bajon y La Chepona)

Prohibited zoneaquatic reserve area (area de reserva acuatica)

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Bocanas de Garita Palmera, Barra de Santiago, Cordoncillo, desembocadura del Rio Lempa, and Bahia de Jiquilisco (Bocanas de El Bajon y La Chepona).

Art. 28 declares these river mouths/estuary areas as aquatic reserve areas with a protection zone of 2 nautical miles from each end of the bocana and 5 nautical miles out to sea, where trawling and non-selective or non-authorized methods are prohibited.

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

elsalvador.eregulations.org

Before you dive

License for El Salvador

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

License requiredvia Autoridad Salvadorena de Economia Azul (ASEA), Ministerio de Economia (formerly CENDEPESCA, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia)

Apply to the competent authority (formerly CENDEPESCA, since 2026 the Autoridad Salvadorena de Economia Azul - ASEA) following the requirements in the respective regulation; vessel-based activity also needs a 'zarpe via la pesca' from the Maritime Authority (AMP).

Get your license

Opens the official portal · elsalvador.eregulations.org

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