Holy See
Europe · Southern Europe
The Holy See (Vatican City State) is the world's smallest independent state, a landlocked enclave of about 0.44 km2 entirely surrounded by the city of Rome, Italy. It has no sea coastline, no maritime claims, and no rivers or lakes within its territory; it merely lies on the west bank of the Tiber River, which is in Italian territory. The only water features are ornamental fountains and ponds in the Vatican Gardens. There is therefore no marine, coastal, or natural freshwater fishery in which spearfishing could take place, and no Vatican legislation regulating recreational fishing or spearfishing. In practice spearfishing is not possible in the Holy See. Any spearfishing in nearby waters would fall under Italian (and, for the sea, EU) law, not Holy See law.
Última actualización Xuño 15, 2026
Cando podes mergullarte
Tempadas e restricións horarias
Períodos pechados, abertos e restrinxidos ao longo do ano. Confirma sempre localmente os peches específicos por especie.
Non se rexistraron peches estacionais — verifica localmente antes de mergullarte.
Permiso para pescar
Licenza
O que necesitas para poder estar na auga, o seu custo e como obtela.
Equipamento e técnica
Normas de equipamento
Que equipamento está permitido, como se pode usar e as condicións aplicables.
No applicable equipment regulations: the Holy See has no waters in which spearfishing could occur and no fishing legislation.
O que podes capturar
Límites de captura e especies protexidas
Cotas diarias, tamaños mínimos e especies que nunca se poden capturar.
Not applicable. No fishery and no catch-limit legislation exist in the Holy See.
Quen pode pescar
Visitantes e residentes
Como difiren as normas para os visitantes estranxeiros e os residentes locais.
Visitantes estranxeiros
Not applicable. The Holy See has no coastline or fishable waters; spearfishing cannot be conducted there by anyone, resident or foreigner.
Residentes
Not applicable. There is no fishing licensing regime in the Holy See.
A quen preguntar
Autoridades
Os organismos oficiais responsables da pesca e das licenzas.
Governorate of Vatican City State (Governatorato dello Stato della Citta del Vaticano)
territorial administration
De onde vén esta información
Fontes
Cada afirmación desta páxina remite a unha destas referencias.
- [01]
Holy See (Vatican City) - Maritime claims (IndexMundi, citing CIA World Factbook)
Secundariaindexmundi.comConsultado o Xuñ 15 - [02]
Is the Vatican City landlocked? (StudyCountry)
Secundariastudycountry.comConsultado o Xuñ 15 - [03]
Is the Vatican City landlocked? - Geographic FAQ Hub
Secundariancesc.comConsultado o Xuñ 15 - [04]
Vatican Gardens (Giardini Vaticani) - fountains and fish-pond (Peschiera)
Secundariaweekendinitaly.comConsultado o Xuñ 15
Notas do investigador
Minimal honest record. The Holy See / Vatican City State is landlocked (CIA-derived data: 'Maritime claims: none (landlocked)'), has no coastline, and contains no natural rivers or lakes within its ~0.44 km2 territory; it sits on the west bank of the Tiber River, which lies in Italian territory. The only water bodies are decorative Vatican Gardens fountains and ponds (including the 'Peschiera' / fish-pond). Consequently no marine or natural freshwater fishery exists, and the Holy See has enacted no fishing or spearfishing legislation; law_texts is empty because no relevant legal instrument exists. Spearfishing is effectively impossible within the Holy See. Persons interested in spearfishing in the surrounding region would be subject to Italian and EU law, which is out of scope for this Holy See record. data_confidence is 'high' for the conclusion (well-established geography), though it rests on the absence of any applicable regulation rather than a positive prohibiting statute.
Notifícame cando cambien as normas de Holy See
Enviarémosche un correo cando as tempadas ou regulacións de Holy See se actualicen no noso conxunto de datos.