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Paisaje Protegido Laguna de Rocha

Prohibited zoneprotected landscape (SNAP) - coastal lagoon with marine platform fringe

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Paisaje Protegido Laguna de Rocha.

Protected Landscape on the Atlantic coast of Rocha department (incorporated into the SNAP in 2010; ~22,000 ha including ~7,200 ha of lagoon water plus a coastal strip and part of the oceanic platform). Declared a National Lacustrine Park (1977), UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Ramsar Site (2015). Fishing within the area is regulated under its management plan (artisanal fishing is traditional here); the lagoon mouth is also subject to the recurring corvina negra closure. Mapped at the lagoon body; treat as a regulated/restricted area for spearfishing.

On the coast

Location

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

34.6232°S, 54.2895°W

View on the map

Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Uruguay

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

No license requiredvia Dirección Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos (DINARA), Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca (MGAP)

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