Inshore zone - within 5 nautical miles of the Nigerian continental shelf

Under Regulation 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Fishing) Regulations 1992, no motor fishing boat (except canoes) may fish within the first five nautical miles of the waters of the Nigeria continental shelf. This restriction is drafted for motorised fishing boats; it does not by its terms address individual free-diving/shore-access spearfishers, but anyone using a motorised boat to reach spearfishing grounds in this band would be caught by it.