El Salvador · Spearfishing zone

Golfo de Fonseca

Prohibited zonespecial-regime area

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Golfo de Fonseca.

Shared trinational gulf (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) placed under a special fisheries regime determined by the competent authority under Art. 29 of the fisheries law.

On the coast

Location

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

13.1500°N, 87.6500°W

View on the map

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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