Tajikistan
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Tajikistan is a landlocked Central Asian country, so there is no marine spearfishing; only inland (freshwater) fishing in rivers, lakes and reservoirs exists. Recreational/amateur and sport fishing is legal and regulated under the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On Fish Farming' (No. 220, 22 December 2006), with the order of amateur and sport fishing set by the authorized state body (Ministry of Agriculture / Mohii Tajikistan). No located source (national legislation, fisheries authority or dive/fishing guides) specifically mentions underwater hunting (подводная охота), spearguns or harpoons for Tajikistan, so the legality of spearfishing as a distinct method could not be confirmed and is marked unknown. Destructive methods (explosives, poison/chemicals, electric current) are illegal. A general spawning closed season (1 April - 15 June) applies nationwide, and a fishing permit is required.
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Creat rialaitheach
- §Law of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On Fish Farming' (О рыбоводстве), No. 220, 22 December 2006
- §Law of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On Fish Farming, Fishing and Protection of Fish Resources' (О рыбоводстве, рыболовстве и об охране рыбных ресурсов), No. 1021, 19 September 2013
- §Law of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On Environmental Protection' (Об охране окружающей среды) - basis cited for annual fishing bans
- §Regulation on the Protection of Fish Stocks and Regulation of Fishing in the Water Bodies of the Republic of Tajikistan, No. 314, 11 August 1992
- Ceadúnas riachtanach
- Riachtanach
- Coigríche
- Fáilte
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.
Amateur and sport fishing
Law of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On Fish Farming' (О рыбоводстве) No. 220
Статья 9. Любительское и спортивное рыболовство. Порядок организации и ведения любительского и спортивного рыболовства устанавливает уполномоченный орган.
Establishment of restrictions / temporary fishing ban
Law of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On Fish Farming' (О рыбоводстве) No. 220
Статья 14. Установление ограничений. В случае угрозы состоянию рыбных запасов (массовая гибель рыбы, болезни, отравление и загрязнение водной среды и т.д.) государственный орган по охране окружающей среды имеет право по согласованию с уполномоченным органом отрасли устанавливать на определенные сроки запрет на лов рыбы.
Competence of the authorized body (licensing of fishing)
Law of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On Fish Farming' (О рыбоводстве) No. 220
Статья 4. Компетенция уполномоченного органа. В компетенцию уполномоченного органа входят: - организация специальной ихтиологической системы в производственных водоемах, разработка и утверждение нормативно-методических основ, стандартов, сертификатов, оформление лицензий, определение путей развития, использования и охраны рыбных запасов и развития рыбоводства на научной основе; ... - другие полномочия, определенные нормативными правовыми актами.
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.
- DúntaAll fish species in all rivers, lakes and reservoirs (spawning / нерестовый период)Aib 1 – Mei 15
Nationwide closed season during the spawning period. Any fishing is prohibited. Imposed annually by the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, on the basis of the Law 'On Environmental Protection' and the fishing rules; violations carry administrative liability.
- DúntaTrout species, south-western Tajikistan (secondary source only - not officially confirmed)Deit 15 – Nol 15
An additional closure for trout in south-western Tajikistan is reported by a recreational fishing guide. This date range comes from a secondary (non-official) source and could not be confirmed against national legislation; treat as unverified.
Cead iascaireachta
Ceadúnas
Cad atá de dhíth ort le bheith ceadaithe san uisce, cad a chosnaíonn sé, agus conas é a fháil.
Recreational fishers commonly join clubs/societies of hunters and fishers (Association of Hunters and Fishers of the Republic of Tajikistan), obtain a membership card and buy a ticket for each visit to allocated territories. Foreign visitors generally cannot apply independently and obtain permits through licensed local tour operators/guides.
Faigh do cheadúnasOsclaíonn an tairseach oifigiúil · fao.org
- Cineál
- Fishing permit / membership in the Association of Hunters and Fishers of the Republic of Tajikistan (membership card + per-visit ticket)
- Costas
- Low; small annual membership fee plus a low-cost per-visit ticket that varies between settlements (exact amounts not published)
- Bailíocht
- unknown
- Conas a fháil
- Recreational fishers commonly join clubs/societies of hunters and fishers (Association of Hunters and Fishers of the Republic of Tajikistan), obtain a membership card and buy a ticket for each visit to allocated territories. Foreign visitors generally cannot apply independently and obtain permits through licensed local tour operators/guides.
- Údarás
- Ministry of Agriculture (Mohii Tajikistan fishery department); Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Trealamh & teicníc
Rialacha trealamh
Cén trealamh atá ceadaithe, conas is féidir é a úsáid, agus na coinníollacha ceangailte.
Srianta
- Explosives / dynamite fishing prohibited (illegal, heavy fines or imprisonment)
- Chemical poisoning of fish prohibited
- Electric shock devices / electrofishing prohibited
Destructive fishing methods (explosives, poison/chemicals, electric current) are illegal. No located source specifically addresses spearguns, harpoons, underwater hunting (подводная охота) or SCUBA-assisted fishing for Tajikistan, so these are left as unknown (null). The prohibition of explosives/poison/electric current is reported by a fishing guide (secondary) and is consistent with the regional Soviet-derived fishing rules; the verbatim Tajik provision listing prohibited gear (expected in Regulation No. 314 of 1992 or Law No. 1021 of 2013) could not be retrieved.
Cad is féidir leat a ghlacadh
Teorainneacha gabháil & speicis chosanta
Cuótaí laethúla, méideanna íosta, agus speicis nach féidir a thógáil go deo.
Teorainn laethúil
unknown
Speicis chosanta — ná tóg
- CosantaFish species listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Tajikistan (protected; specific species not enumerated in retrieved sources)
Subjects of the fishery sector are required to protect fish species listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Tajikistan (Law 'On Fish Farming', Article 5). Specific recreational catch quotas, daily limits and minimum sizes were not found in the retrieved sources. Historically (Soviet-era rules carried over) minimum mesh sizes and protected species applied to commercial fishing.
Cé is féidir iascaireacht
Cuairteoirí & cónaitheoirí
Conas a dhéanann na rialacha difear do chuairteoirí coigríche agus do chónaitheoirí áitiúla.
Cuairteoirí coigríche
CeadaitheCeadúnas speisialta de dhíth
Riachtanais
- Obtain a fishing permit; foreign visitors typically cannot apply independently and must arrange permits through licensed local tour operators / guides
Srianta
- Same closed seasons and protected-area restrictions as residents apply
Based on a recreational fishing guide (secondary source). No national-legislation provision specific to foreign anglers was retrieved.
Cónaitheoirí
Membership in the Association of Hunters and Fishers of the Republic of Tajikistan (membership card + per-visit ticket)
Riachtanais
- Pay a small annual membership fee and obtain a membership card to access allocated territories
- Buy a ticket for each visit
Sochair
- Access to territories allocated to fishing clubs
- Participation in club-organised sport fishing contests
The Association of Hunters and Fishers of the Republic of Tajikistan (established 15 May 1956) has branches in all regions and main cities; recreational fishers must abide by the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Fisheries and its regulations.
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
- Protected territories (заповедники / specially protected natural areas)nature reserve / protected area
Recreational fishers may fish in the waterbodies of all regions except protected territories, private aquaculture farms, other enterprises, and territories allocated to fishing clubs. Fishing in waterbodies of the protection zone of reserves (заповедники) by commercial subjects is only allowed by agreement with the authorized body (Law 'On Fish Farming', Articles 8 and 12). Specific named reserves and coordinates were not retrievable.
- Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve (Vakhsh–Panj tugay)nature reserve
State nature reserve (zapovednik, ~49,786 ha) at the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers (forming the Amu Darya) protecting tugay riparian/wetland ecosystem and water-associated species. As a specially protected natural area (заповедник), it falls under the existing general prohibition: recreational fishing is not permitted in protected territories without authorization. UNESCO World Heritage listed.
- Zorkul Nature Reserve (Lake Zorkul, Ramsar)nature reserve
High-altitude Lake Zorkul in Gorno-Badakhshan, protected as the Zorkul Nature Reserve and a Ramsar wetland (Ref. no. 1086, designated 18 July 2001); also within Tajik National Park. As a specially protected natural area, recreational fishing is restricted/prohibited under the general protected-territories rule.
- Romit State Nature Reserve (Kofarnihon headwaters)nature reserve
State nature reserve / UNESCO biosphere reserve on the southern slopes of the Gissar Range in the headwaters of the Kofarnihon (Romit gorge), established 1959. Mountain streams here hold trout and marinka. As a specially protected natural area (заповедник), fishing is restricted/prohibited under the general protected-territories rule. Center point given for the Romit gorge.
Coinníollacha ar an uisce
Coinníollacha beo
Grianghraf muirí agus aimsire beo in aice le pointe tagartha cósta in Tajikistan, ó Open-Meteo. Athraíonn coinníollacha feadh an chósta — caith leis mar tháscaire.
Muirí beo & aimsir in aice le Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve (Vakhsh–Panj tugay).
Cé le fiafraí
Údaráis
Na comhlachtaí oifigiúla atá freagrach as iascach agus ceadúnú.
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan (fishery department 'Mohii Tajikistan')
fisheries authority
fao.orgunknownCommittee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (Комитет по охране окружающей среды при Правительстве Республики Таджикистан)
environment authority
khovar.tjunknownAssociation of Hunters and Fishers of the Republic of Tajikistan
hunting and fishing association
fao.orgunknown
Cá as a dtagann sé seo
Foinsí
Rianaíonn gach éileamh ar an leathanach seo ar ais go ceann de na tagairtí seo.
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Law of the Republic of Tajikistan 'On Fish Farming' (О рыбоводстве), No. 220, 22 December 2006 - full Russian text (FAOLEX, FAO)
Oifigiúilfaolex.fao.orgRochtain Mei 15 - [02]
Fisheries and aquaculture in Tajikistan - FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1030/3
Oifigiúilfao.orgRochtain Mei 15 - [03]
Law No. 1021 of 19 September 2013 'On Fish Farming, Fishing and Protection of Fish Resources' - listing, National Legislation Center under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
Oifigiúilncz.tjRochtain Mei 15 - [04]
Law No. 1021 of 19 September 2013 'On Fish Farming, Fishing and Protection of Fish Resources' - listing on the official legal database Adlia
Oifigiúiladlia.tjRochtain Mei 15 - [05]
Regulation No. 314 of 11 August 1992 on protection of fish stocks and regulation of fishing - listing on the official legal database Adlia
Oifigiúiladlia.tjRochtain Mei 15 - [06]
Tajikistan: 3-month spawning fishing ban (1 April - 15 June) imposed by the Committee for Environmental Protection - NIAT Khovar (state news agency)
Tánaisteachkhovar.tjRochtain Mei 15 - [07]
Tajikistan fishing ban 2023, first violators identified - NIAT Khovar (state news agency)
Tánaisteachkhovar.tjRochtain Mei 15 - [08]
Fishing in Tajikistan 2026 (closed seasons, banned methods, permits) - Fishing World Guide
communityfishingworldguide.comRochtain Mei 15
Nótaí taighdeora
Tajikistan is landlocked (coastline=false); there is no marine spearfishing. Only freshwater fishing exists. Recreational/amateur and sport fishing is legal and regulated, but no retrieved source - national legislation, the fisheries/environmental authority, dive federations, or fishing guides - specifically addresses underwater hunting (подводная охота), spearguns or harpoons in Tajikistan; therefore spearfishing as a distinct method is marked 'unknown' rather than yes/no. Verbatim legal text was obtained only for the 2006 Law 'On Fish Farming' (No. 220) via the FAO FAOLEX repository, which is authoritative but is an enabling/framework law and does not enumerate prohibited fishing gear. The more detailed prohibited-methods provisions are expected in the 2013 Law No. 1021 and the 1992 Regulation No. 314, but the official Adlia (adlia.tj) full-text pages repeatedly timed out and could not be fetched, so those verbatim provisions are NOT included here (anti-fabrication). The prohibition of explosives/poison/electric current and the trout closed season come from a secondary fishing guide and are not verbatim-confirmed against legislation. data_confidence is set to 'low' accordingly. To raise confidence, retrieve the verbatim text of Law No. 1021 (2013) and Regulation No. 314 (1992) from adlia.tj/ncz.tj and confirm whether any provision names подводная охота / гарпун / острога.
Cuir in iúl dom nuair a athraíonn rialacha Tajikistan
Seolfaimid ríomhphost chugat nuair a nuashonraítear séasúir nó rialacháin Tajikistan inár dtacar sonraí.