Turkmenistan · Spearfishing zone
Ogurjaly (Ogurchinskiy) Island Sanctuary
What this zone is
Overview
How spearfishing is treated at Ogurjaly (Ogurchinskiy) Island Sanctuary.
Offshore island (~45 km², ~45 km from Turkmenbashi) in the south-eastern Caspian Sea, administered as part of the Hazar State Nature Reserve. It hosts a Caspian seal haul-out/sanctuary and breeding seabird colonies and is an Important Bird Area; as part of the zapovednik regime, public access and resource extraction (fishing/hunting, hence spearfishing) are restricted/prohibited. Although the file's Hazar entry mentions the Ogurjaly Sanctuary by name, the island itself is a geographically distinct, far-offshore feature ~150 km north of the mainland reserve center point and warrants its own location.
On the coast
Location
Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.
39.0608°N, 53.0433°E
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This zone is documented in the official source below.
Before you dive
License for Turkmenistan
Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.