Russian Federation

Áreas permitidas

• Water bodies of common use (водные объекты общего пользования) across the Russian Federation

  Amateur fishing, including spearfishing, is conducted freely and free of charge on public water bodies, subject to the method restrictions of Federal Law 475-FZ and the basin-specific Fishing Rules. Scuba/aqualung use, electronic fish-detection devices, places of mass recreation and use of gear above the water surface are excluded.

  No scuba/aqualung; no electronic fish-finders underwater; not in mass-recreation areas; no use of spearfishing gear above the water surface; observe basin closed seasons, daily catch limits, minimum sizes and protected-species lists.

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Áreas prohibidas

• Places of mass public recreation (места массового отдыха граждан)public recreation area

  Spearfishing is prohibited in designated mass public recreation areas (e.g. public bathing beaches) under Federal Law 475-FZ, Article 7, Part 1, Clause 4(a).

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• Lands of defence and security; specially protected natural areasmilitary / protected natural area

  Amateur fishing (and therefore spearfishing) may be prohibited or restricted on water bodies located on lands of defence and security and within specially protected natural territories, per Federal Law 475-FZ, Article 6.

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• Aquaculture ponds, watered quarries and ponds used for commercial aquacultureaquaculture / private water body

  Amateur fishing is prohibited on water bodies used for pond aquaculture and on certain ponds/watered quarries, per Federal Law 475-FZ, Article 6.

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• Far Eastern Marine Reserve (Дальневосточный морской заповедник)marine reserve / no-take strict nature reserve (zapovednik)

  Russia's first marine strict nature reserve (zapovednik), in Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan, south of Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai. Area ~64,316 ha (63,000 ha water). As a federal zapovednik it is the highest category of protected area where all resource extraction, including any fishing and therefore spearfishing, is prohibited; the area is mostly closed to the public (access only for science/environmental education). Key protected species: sea cucumber, Kamchatka crab, giant octopus, scallop, spotted seal.

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• Komandorsky Nature Reserve marine buffer zone (Командорский заповедник, Командорские острова)marine reserve / no-take buffer zone

  Federal nature reserve on the Commander Islands, Kamchatka Krai, in the Bering Sea / northern Pacific. The reserve includes a ~2.18 million ha marine buffer zone; fishing is entirely prohibited within the 50 km marine buffer surrounding the islands, so spearfishing is banned in these waters.

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• Wrangel Island Nature Reserve marine zone (заповедник «Остров Врангеля»)marine reserve / strict nature reserve (zapovednik)

  Federal strict nature reserve (zapovednik, UNESCO World Heritage) covering Wrangel and Herald Islands in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Chukotka. The surrounding waters are protected to ~24 nmi offshore (extended in 1999); as a zapovednik it excludes practically all human activity except science, so all fishing/spearfishing is prohibited in its marine zone.

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• Utrish State Nature Reserve marine area (заповедник «Утриш»)marine reserve / strict nature reserve (zapovednik) marine area

  Federal strict nature reserve (zapovednik, est. 2010) on the Abrau Peninsula, Black Sea coast near Anapa, Krasnodar Krai, built on the former Bolshoy Utrish wildlife sanctuary. It includes an adjoining marine area ~2 km wide (~2,530 ha, down to ~40 m depth). As a federal zapovednik, all extraction including fishing and spearfishing is prohibited within its terrestrial and marine boundaries. Representative point: Cape Bolshoy Utrish.

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• Kandalaksha Nature Reserve marine area (Кандалакшский заповедник)marine reserve / strict nature reserve (zapovednik) marine area

  Federal strict nature reserve (zapovednik) on the south shore of Kandalaksha Bay (White Sea), Murmansk Oblast / Karelia, with additional sectors on the Barents Sea coast of the Kola Peninsula. ~74% of the reserve is marine. As a zapovednik it is generally closed to the public and all fishing (and thus spearfishing) is prohibited within its boundaries; only buffer zones outside the official borders allow limited recreational fishing.

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• Tikhaya Bay, Lake Vishtynetskoe — year-round spearfishing ban (бухта Тихая, озеро Виштынецкое)lake

  Freshwater lake (largest lake in Kaliningrad Oblast, ~17.9 km², max depth 54 m, on the Russian-Lithuanian border in Nesterovsky District). Spearfishing is prohibited year-round in Tikhaya Bay within the external boundaries of fishing quadrants No. 51 and 63, per the Fishing Rules for the Western Fishery Basin (Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 620 of 21.10.2020, as amended to 01.09.2024). This is an inland/freshwater prohibition, separate from the general spawning-season ban (20 Apr – 20 Jun) that applies to all other Kaliningrad Oblast water bodies of fishery significance.

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