Afghanistan
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Afghanistan is landlocked, so no marine spearfishing exists. There is no dedicated fisheries or fishing statute and no spearfishing-specific regulation. Inland (freshwater) fishing in rivers, streams and lakes is largely informal and unregulated; the only relevant national legal instrument is the Environment Law (2007), whose Chapter Six (Articles 47-49) regulates the taking of wild species through harvestable/protected species lists and permits. Destructive fishing methods (dynamite/explosives and electrofishing) are illegal in practice and are explicitly banned in Band-e-Amir National Park. No source addresses recreational spearfishing or speargun use, so its legality is genuinely unknown; in practice it is not regulated as a distinct activity.
Nuashonraithe go deireanach Meitheamh 16, 2026
Creat rialaitheach
- §Environment Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2007), Chapter Six (Biodiversity and Natural Resource Conservation), Articles 47-49
- §Band-e-Amir National Park designation (Afghanistan's first national park, established 22 May 2009) - protected-area regulations including a ban on grenade/explosive and electric-shock fishing
An dlí, focal ar fhocal
Téacsanna dlíthiúla
Na forálacha reachtúla agus rialála beachta a rialaíonn spearfishing anseo, luaite mar a foilsíodh, le nasc le gach foinse oifigiúil.
Listing of harvestable and protected species
Environment Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2007)
The National Environmental Protection Agency, with the assistance of academic institutions and relevant ministries, shall prepare lists of harvestable and protected species occurring in the country, and update such lists as appropriate.
Taking of harvestable species
Environment Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2007)
Taking into account the principles of unit management, rational management and ecological management, the National Environmental Protection Agency shall prepare management plans for harvestable species listed pursuant to Article 47 of this Act, which plans shall include provisions for conservation of the habitats of the species.
Taking of protected species
Environment Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2007)
Taking of all species listed as protected as provided in Article 47 of this Act is prohibited, except by prior authorisation in the form of a permit issued by the National Environmental Protection Agency in terms of sub-article 2.
Cathain is féidir leat tumadh
Séasúir & srianta ama
Tréimhsí dúnta, oscailte agus srianta ar fud na bliana. Deimhnigh i gcónaí dúnta speicis-shonraithe go háitiúil.
Gan dúnadh séasúrach taifeadta — fíoraigh go háitiúil sula dtumfaidh tú.
Cead iascaireachta
Ceadúnas
Cad atá de dhíth ort le bheith ceadaithe san uisce, cad a chosnaíonn sé, agus conas é a fháil.
- Údarás
- National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA); Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL)
Trealamh & teicníc
Rialacha trealamh
Cén trealamh atá ceadaithe, conas is féidir é a úsáid, agus na coinníollacha ceangailte.
Srianta
- Dynamite/explosive fishing is illegal (documented as a practice since the 1980s but now unlawful)
- Electric-shock (electrofishing) and grenade/explosive fishing are banned in Band-e-Amir National Park
No rule specifically addresses spearguns, harpoons or recreational spearfishing. Equipment legality for spearfishing is genuinely unknown; the only documented gear prohibitions concern destructive methods (explosives, electrofishing).
Cad is féidir leat a ghlacadh
Teorainneacha gabháil & speicis chosanta
Cuótaí laethúla, méideanna íosta, agus speicis nach féidir a thógáil go deo.
No fishing-specific catch or size limits were found. Protected-species lists are maintained by NEPA under the Environment Law (2007); taking listed protected species is prohibited except under permit. The first national protected-species list (2009) covered mammals, birds, plants, an amphibian (Paghman salamander) and an insect, but no commercially fished freshwater fish were highlighted in the sources reviewed.
Cé is féidir iascaireacht
Cuairteoirí & cónaitheoirí
Conas a dhéanann na rialacha difear do chuairteoirí coigríche agus do chónaitheoirí áitiúla.
Cuairteoirí coigríche
No rules specific to foreign anglers or spearfishers were found. General security conditions and lack of tourism infrastructure make recreational underwater fishing by foreigners impractical.
Cónaitheoirí
No resident-specific fishing or spearfishing licensing framework was found. Inland subsistence fishing is largely informal and unregulated.
Cá háit ar an gcósta
Criosanna ceadaithe & toirmiscthe
Ceantair ainmnithe atá oscailte nó dúnta do spearfishing. Féach an pictiúr iomlán ar an mapa idirghníomhach.
Ceantair thoirmiscthe
- Band-e-Amir National Parknational park
Afghanistan's first national park (established 22 May 2009), a series of intensely blue lakes in Bamyan Province. Destructive fishing in the park lakes - using hand grenades/explosives and electric shocking devices - has been banned by the park administration after such methods nearly eliminated fish stocks. No legally authorised recreational fishing or spearfishing regime is documented.
Coinníollacha ar an uisce
Coinníollacha beo
Grianghraf muirí agus aimsire beo in aice le pointe tagartha cósta in Afghanistan, ó Open-Meteo. Athraíonn coinníollacha feadh an chósta — caith leis mar tháscaire.
Muirí beo & aimsir in aice le Band-e-Amir National Park.
Cé le fiafraí
Údaráis
Na comhlachtaí oifigiúla atá freagrach as iascach agus ceadúnú.
National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)
environment authority
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL)
agriculture and fisheries authority
Cá as a dtagann sé seo
Foinsí
Rianaíonn gach éileamh ar an leathanach seo ar ais go ceann de na tagairtí seo.
- [01]
Environmental Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Environment Law 2007) - verbatim Articles 47-49
Tánaisteachafghan-web.comRochtain Mei 14 - [02]
A Guide to Afghanistan's 2007 Environment Law (UNEP / OHCHR)
Oifigiúilohchr.orgRochtain Mei 14 - [03]
No Fishing with Hand Grenades in Afghanistan's New National Park (Band-e-Amir) - National Parks Traveler
Tánaisteachnationalparkstraveler.orgRochtain Mei 14 - [04]
Band-e Amir National Park - Wikipedia (establishment, coordinates, management)
Tánaisteachen.wikipedia.orgRochtain Mei 14 - [05]
Coldwater Fish and Fisheries in Afghanistan - FAO (limited fishing activity, no catch records)
Oifigiúilfao.orgRochtain Mei 14 - [06]
Afghanistan's first-ever list of protected species (NEPA, 2009) - Newswise
Tánaisteachnewswise.comRochtain Mei 14
Nótaí taighdeora
Afghanistan is landlocked (no sea coastline), so marine spearfishing does not apply. Research found NO dedicated national fisheries or fishing statute and NO spearfishing-specific regulation. A FAOLEX 'Fisheries Law' record (LEX-FAOC040534) initially surfaced in searches but was verified to be Vietnam's 2003 Fisheries Law, not Afghanistan's - it is deliberately excluded. The only applicable national instrument is the Environment Law (2007), Chapter Six, Articles 47-49, which governs taking of wild species via harvestable/protected lists and permits administered by NEPA. The verbatim_text entries for Articles 47-49 reproduce only the portions presented as quoted statutory text on the cited afghan-web.com page; explanatory prose on that page (e.g. the permits/management-status sentence after Article 48 and the captive-breeding/artificial-propagation/scientific-purposes list after Article 49) is paraphrase, not verbatim law, and is deliberately excluded from the quotes. The verbatim entries are an English-language rendering of the law (originally enacted in Dari/Pashto), hence translated:true. Destructive fishing (dynamite/explosives, electrofishing) is illegal in practice and explicitly banned in Band-e-Amir National Park. No verbatim primary-source text could be retrieved for any fishing-method or spearfishing prohibition specific to inland recreational fishing; FAOLEX and several PDFs returned 403/binary and could not be parsed. data_confidence is set to 'low' and spearfishing_allowed to 'unknown' because no source confirms or denies the legality of recreational spearfishing as a distinct activity. last_updated reflects the research date; the underlying legal framework dates to 2007-2009.
Cuir in iúl dom nuair a athraíonn rialacha Afghanistan
Seolfaimid ríomhphost chugat nuair a nuashonraítear séasúir nó rialacháin Afghanistan inár dtacar sonraí.