Iraqi Persian (Arab) Gulf coastal waters / Khawr Abd Allah and Al-Faw approaches

Iraq's narrow Persian Gulf coast and small EEZ off the Al-Faw Peninsula, including the Khawr Abd Allah estuary that forms the Iraq-Kuwait maritime boundary and main shipping channel to Umm Qasr/Khor Al-Zubair. Fishing here is permitted under Law No. 48 of 1976 (Article 9) subject to a fishing licence; it is heavily influenced by the Shatt al-Arab outflow and is also a busy navigational/port and partly militarised channel, so practical access for recreational diving is constrained.

Fishing licence required (Law No. 48/1976); destructive methods banned; navigation/port and security restrictions apply in the Khawr Abd Allah channel and near the Iraq-Kuwait boundary.

No spearfishing-specific season published; subject to any administrative closed seasons under Article 2.