Yemen
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No located Yemeni source specifically addresses recreational spearfishing (underwater fishing). Marine fishing is governed by Law No. 2 of 2006 (regulating fishing, exploitation and protection of aquatic organisms) and its Executive Regulations (Prime Minister's Resolution No. 296 of 2006), which are framed around artisanal/traditional and commercial fishing; the General Fisheries Authority issues only traditional-fisherman, vessel, seller, transport, export and company licenses, with no recreational or sport-fishing category published. There is no published recreational-spearfishing licensing pathway, prohibition, or permission. In practice Yemen has almost no dive/spearfishing tourism infrastructure and is in protracted armed conflict, so the activity is effectively inaccessible for foreign visitors regardless of the formal legal text. Marine protected areas (notably the Socotra Archipelago, a UNESCO World Heritage site) impose conservation restrictions. Legality of recreational spearfishing is therefore marked unknown pending retrieval of the verbatim gear/method provisions of Law No. 2 of 2006 and Resolution No. 296 of 2006.
Huling na-update Hunyo 15, 2026
Namamahalang balangkas
- §Law No. 2 of 2006 regulating fishing, exploitation and protection of aquatic organisms (78 articles)
- §Prime Minister's Resolution No. 296 of 2006 (Executive Regulations for Law No. 2 of 2006)
- §Law No. 3 of 2011 (amending Article 40 of Law No. 2 of 2006)
- §Decree-Law No. 42 of 1991 on regulation of fishing and management and protection of marine resources (superseded by Law No. 2 of 2006)
- §Environment Protection Law No. 26 of 1995
Ang batas, verbatim
Mga legal na teksto
Ang eksaktong mga estatutoryo at regulatoryong probisyon na namamahala sa spearfishing dito, na-quote ayon sa nailathala, na may link sa bawat opisyal na pinagmulan.
Purpose and scope of Yemen's principal fisheries law
Law No. 2 of 2006 regulating fishing, exploitation and protection of aquatic organisms
This Law, consisting of 78 articles divided into VI Parts, aims at protecting and developing marine creatures and their marine environment from random fishing and detriment practices; encouraging and organizing investment in fishing and exploiting marine creatures and their marketing; organizing artisanal and coastal fishing activities to replace foreign industrial fishing; encouraging investments in aquaculture; promoting an integrated information database; strengthening marine control and surveillance; supporting research for sustainable exploitation of marine creatures; and protecting fish production quality through development of artisanal fishing.
Official closure of the shrimp fishing season in Red Sea territorial waters
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources decision (under the Law Regulating the Fishing, Exploitation, and Protection of Aquatic Life and its executive regulations)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources announced the closure of the coastal shrimp fishing season in the Red Sea within Yemen's territorial waters, effective 30 April 2026. The decision is based on recommendations from research and fisheries bodies and comes within the framework of preserving fishery resources and ensuring the sustainability of aquatic life reproduction in territorial waters. Violators will face the penalties stipulated in the Law Regulating the Fishing, Exploitation, and Protection of Aquatic Life, its executive regulations, and other applicable laws.
Kung kailan maaaring sumisid
Mga panahon at limitasyon sa oras
Mga sarado, bukas at limitadong panahon sa buong taon. Palaging kumpirmahin ang mga pagsasara na partikular sa isda nang lokal.
- SaradoCoastal shrimp - Red Sea, Yemeni territorial watersAbr 30 – unknown
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources ordered closure of the coastal shrimp fishing season in the Red Sea within Yemen's territorial waters effective 30 April 2026 to protect stocks during the reproduction period; the reopening date was not stated in the announcement. This is a commercial/artisanal shrimp closure, not specific to spearfishing.
Pahintulot na mangisda
Lisensya
Ano ang kailangan mo para maaari sa tubig, magkano ang halaga nito, at kung paano makuha ito.
Commercial/traditional licenses are issued via the General Fisheries Authority's digital platform; no recreational pathway documented.
Kunin ang iyong lisensyaNagbubukas ng opisyal na portal · faas-ye.com
- Uri
- No recreational/sport or spearfishing license category is published. The General Fisheries Authority issues only traditional-fisherman, fishing-vessel, fish-seller, fish transport and marketing, fish-export and company licenses for marine fishing in territorial waters.
- Halaga
- unknown
- Bisa
- unknown
- Paano makuha
- Commercial/traditional licenses are issued via the General Fisheries Authority's digital platform; no recreational pathway documented.
- Awtoridad
- General Authority for Fisheries (General Fisheries Authority, Arabian Sea) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources
Gear at teknik
Mga patakaran sa kagamitan
Anong kagamitan ang pinahintulutan, kung paano ito maaaring gamitin, at ang mga kondisyon na nakakabit dito.
No located source specifies rules on spearguns, harpoons, or scuba for recreational use. Law No. 2 of 2006 and its Executive Regulations (Resolution No. 296 of 2006) govern fishing gear and prohibited methods, but the verbatim gear/method provisions could not be retrieved (the FAOLEX full text is a scanned Arabic-language image PDF). Use of explosives and other destructive methods is generally prohibited under the fisheries and environmental laws, but the exact wording was not obtained.
Ano ang maaaring kunin
Mga limitasyon sa huli at mga protektadong isda
Mga araw-araw na quota, pinakamaliit na sukat, at mga isdang hindi dapat kunin.
Araw-araw na limitasyon
unknown
No recreational daily bag or size limits located. Yemen's fisheries are managed for sustainability under Law No. 2 of 2006; conservation concerns focus on over-exploited rock lobster and shrimp stocks, demersal fish, and shark stocks (shark finning is a recognised compliance problem). Sea turtles and corals are protected within marine protected areas, but a verbatim protected-species list for spearfishing could not be confirmed.
Sino ang maaaring mangisda
Mga bisita at residente
Kung paano naiiba ang mga patakaran para sa mga dayuhang bisita at lokal na residente.
Mga dayuhang bisita
Mga Paghihigpit
- No recreational spearfishing pathway is published for foreigners.
- Yemen is in protracted armed conflict; most governments advise against all travel, and dive/spearfishing tourism infrastructure is effectively non-existent (the limited liveaboard diving historically operated mainly in the Red Sea islands).
Industrial/foreign fishing has historically been a concern that Law No. 2 of 2006 explicitly aims to replace with artisanal/coastal fishing. No documented regime grants foreign recreational divers a spearfishing permit.
Mga residente
Traditional fisherman license (commercial/artisanal, not recreational)
Marine fishing in territorial waters by nationals is organised through traditional-fisherman and vessel licenses (for Abari and Jalbah vessel types). No recreational resident spearfishing category is published.
Saan sa baybayin
Mga pinahintulutan at ipinagbabawal na zone
Mga pinangalanang lugar na bukas o sarado para sa spearfishing. Tingnan ang buong larawan sa interactive na mapa.
Mga ipinagbabawal na lugar
- Socotra ArchipelagoUNESCO World Heritage marine/biosphere reserve
UNESCO World Heritage site and Man and the Biosphere Reserve (designated marine protected area in 1996; biosphere reserve 2003). The archipelago contains numerous marine and terrestrial protected zones managed by the Socotra/Environment Protection Authority; sea cucumber harvesting by non-Socotri investors has been stopped and import/export of living materials requires a special EPA permit. Conservation rules restrict damaging activities; no published authorisation for recreational spearfishing.
- Ras Isa Marine Parkmarine park
Designated marine protected area on Yemen's Red Sea coast (listed among Yemen's protected areas).
- Zuqur Islands Marine National Park (Zubair / Hanish-Zuqur area)marine national park
Marine national park in the southern Red Sea (Zuqur and surrounding islands) listed among Yemen's protected areas.
- Kamaran Island Protected Areamarine protected area
Marine protected area in the Red Sea about 5 km off Al-Hudaydah, declared a protected area by cabinet resolution in 2009. Kamaran is the largest Yemeni shelf island in the Red Sea (about 108 km2); coral-reef ecosystems surround the island on three sides and mangrove forests cover its northern parts. Conservation status restricts damaging extractive activities; no published authorisation for recreational spearfishing.
Mga kondisyon sa tubig
Mga live na kondisyon
Live na marine at weather snapshot malapit sa coastal na reference point sa Yemen, mula sa Open-Meteo. Nag-iiba ang mga kondisyon sa buong baybayin — ituring bilang indikatibo.
Live na marine at weather malapit sa Socotra Archipelago.
Sino ang dapat tanungin
Mga Awtoridad
Ang mga opisyal na katawan na responsable para sa mga isda at pagpapalisensya.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (formerly Ministry of Fish Wealth)
fisheries ministry
saba.yeSanaa, with regional offices in Aden, Hodeidah and MukallaGeneral Authority for Fisheries in the Arabian Sea (General Fisheries Authority)
fisheries authority
faas-ye.comEstablished by Republican Decree No. 9 of 2001Environment Protection Authority (EPA) / Socotra Environment Protection Authority
environment authority
ye.chm-cbd.netOversees protected areas including the Socotra Archipelago
Saan nagmumula ang impormasyon
Mga Pinagmulan
Bawat pahayag sa pahinang ito ay nagmumula sa isa sa mga sangguniang ito.
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Law No. 2 of 2006 regulating fishing, exploitation and protection of aquatic organisms (ECOLEX abstract)
Opisyalecolex.orgNa-access Hun 15 - [02]
FAOLEX Database - Yemen fisheries and aquaculture legislation profile
Opisyalfao.orgNa-access Hun 15 - [03]
Law No. 2 of 2006 full text (Arabic, scanned PDF)
Opisyalfaolex.fao.orgNa-access Hun 15 - [04]
Saba (Yemen News Agency) - Ministry announces closure of shrimp fishing season in Red Sea
Opisyalsaba.yeNa-access Hun 15 - [05]
Fishery Authority Yemen - Licenses
Opisyalfaas-ye.comNa-access Hun 15 - [06]
Yemen Biodiversity Clearing-House - Legal and Institutional Framework
Opisyalye.chm-cbd.netNa-access Hun 15 - [07]
UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Socotra Archipelago, State of Conservation
Opisyalwhc.unesco.orgNa-access Hun 15 - [08]
List of protected areas of Yemen (Wikipedia)
Pangalawaen.wikipedia.orgNa-access Hun 15 - [09]
Republic of Yemen Ministry of Fish Wealth - National Fisheries Strategy
Opisyalunodc.orgNa-access Hun 15
Mga tala ng mananaliksik
Recreational spearfishing is not specifically regulated in any Yemeni source located. The fisheries regime (Law No. 2 of 2006 and its Executive Regulations, Resolution No. 296 of 2006; earlier Decree-Law No. 42 of 1991, now superseded) targets artisanal/commercial fishing and published license categories contain no recreational or sport-fishing pathway, so legal_status is set to 'unknown' rather than 'restricted' or 'no'. Verbatim gear/method article text could not be quoted because the only located full text is a scanned Arabic-language image PDF on FAOLEX (yem86989.pdf) that did not yield reliable OCR; FAOLEX/ECOLEX provide only abstracts. The two law_texts entries are (1) the ECOLEX abstract of Law No. 2 of 2006 and (2) the verbatim official shrimp-closure announcement from Saba (Yemen News Agency). Marine protected areas (Socotra Archipelago - UNESCO World Heritage; Ras Isa Marine Park; Zuqur Islands Marine National Park) restrict fishing/harvesting and require EPA permits for some activities. Practical context: Yemen has been in armed conflict since 2014/2015, dive and spearfishing tourism infrastructure is effectively non-existent, and most governments advise against all travel - so the activity is inaccessible in practice irrespective of the formal legal text. data_confidence is 'low' due to inability to retrieve verbatim primary-law gear/method provisions.
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