Türkiye · Spearfishing zone

İzmir İç Körfezi (Inner İzmir Bay no-fishing area, İnciraltı–Bostanlı line)

Prohibited zoneno-fishing zone (urban inner bay)

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at İzmir İç Körfezi (Inner İzmir Bay no-fishing area, İnciraltı–Bostanlı line).

All fisheries harvesting, including spearfishing, is prohibited in the inner Gulf of İzmir east of the line drawn between İnciraltı Kent Ormanı and Bostanlı; only fishing vessels' transit to/from the fishing shelters remains free. Tebliğ 2024/21 (6/2), MADDE 17(1)(ı), Map-12, as amended by the tebliğ published in Resmî Gazete 16 Apr 2025 No. 32872 (the closing line's north end moved from Şemikler/Mavişehir to Bostanlı).

On the coast

Location

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

38.4360°N, 27.0746°E

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

mevzuat.gov.tr

Before you dive

License for Türkiye

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

No license requiredvia Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) — provincial/district directorates

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