Belize

Dopuštena područja

• Open sea / reef areas outside marine protected areas

  Spearfishing by free-diving (breath-hold) is permitted in general fishing waters that are not inside a marine reserve, national park or other no-take protected area, subject to a fishing licence, closed seasons, size limits and the protected-species list. Use of SCUBA to take marine life is prohibited everywhere.

  Free-diving only (no SCUBA); valid fishing licence required; no protected species; closed seasons and size limits apply.

  ambergriscaye.com

Zabranjena područja

• Hol Chan Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Oldest marine reserve in Belize, south of Ambergris Caye. Spear fishing is expressly prohibited within the reserve zones; Zone A is a full no-take area where no fishing gears are allowed except fins and mask; in Zones B and C destructive methods such as spear fishing and netting are prohibited.

  holchanmarinereserve.org
• Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reservenational park and marine reserve

  On northern Ambergris Caye, established 1996 (15,530 acres). Use of spear guns is prohibited; only Bacalar Chico residents may fish for subsistence purposes.

  en.wikipedia.org
• All Belize marine reserves and marine protected areas (general)marine reserve / no-take zone

  Within marine reserves, the use of gill nets, spear guns and SCUBA diving for fishing is prohibited. Several reserves contain conservation / no-take zones closed to all fishing. Examples of no-take reserves declared closed to all fishing include South Water Caye, Sapodilla Cayes and Pelican Cayes.

  fisheries.gov.bz
• Caye Caulker Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Marine and forest reserve established April 1998 off Caye Caulker, comprising ~12,160 acres of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. Spear fishing is explicitly prohibited in the General Use Zone, and no fishing or collection is permitted in the Conservation and Preservation Zones. Like all Belize marine reserves, spear guns and SCUBA harvesting are banned.

  fisheries.gov.bz
• South Water Caye Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Second-largest marine reserve in Belize (~117,875 acres), established 1996, off the Stann Creek coast. Within Belize marine reserves the use of spear guns and SCUBA for fishing is prohibited; the reserve contains no-take conservation zones. Listed by the Belize Fisheries Department among reserves with areas closed to all fishing.

  en.wikipedia.org
• Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Marine reserve ~36 km off Placencia (~25,980 acres), part of the Southern Belize Reef Complex, with a no-take zone around the Silk Cayes (since 2003) and a whale-shark/reef-fish spawning aggregation conservation zone. Spear guns and SCUBA harvesting are prohibited within Belize marine reserves.

  en.wikipedia.org
• Glover's Reef Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Atoll marine reserve (~86,653 acres) established as a national protected area in 1993, with a Wilderness Zone closed to visitors and a spawning aggregation site permanently closed to all fishing. Spear guns and SCUBA harvesting are prohibited inside Belize marine reserves.

  en.wikipedia.org
• Turneffe Atoll Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Largest atoll in the Mesoamerican Reef and largest marine reserve in Belize, officially declared a marine reserve on 22 November 2012 and managed by TASA. Contains conservation/no-take zones with no extractive fishing and no spearfishing; spear guns and SCUBA harvesting are prohibited within the reserve.

  en.wikipedia.org
• Port Honduras Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Marine reserve in the Toledo District (southern Belize), managed by TIDE, with conservation/no-take zones. Spear guns and SCUBA harvesting are prohibited within Belize marine reserves.

  en.wikipedia.org
• Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reservemarine reserve

  Southernmost marine reserve in Belize (Toledo District), part of the Southern Belize Reef Complex. Listed by the Belize Fisheries Department among no-take reserves closed to all fishing; spear guns and SCUBA harvesting are prohibited within Belize marine reserves.

  en.wikipedia.org
• Laughing Bird Caye National Parknational park (marine)

  Marine national park off Placencia (Stann Creek District), part of the Southern Belize Reef Complex and a UNESCO World Heritage site. As a no-take marine national park, all fishing including spearfishing is prohibited.

  en.wikipedia.org
• Blue Hole Natural Monumentnatural monument

  Iconic ~300 m-wide marine sinkhole at the centre of Lighthouse Reef Atoll, declared a Natural Monument under the National Parks System Act and part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System UNESCO World Heritage Site, co-managed by the Belize Audubon Society as a strictly non-extractive, no-take area. Fishing, spearfishing/spearguns and any take or collection of marine life are prohibited (only diving/snorkelling are permitted), as in all Belize marine protected areas.

  belizeaudubon.org
• Half Moon Caye Natural Monumentnatural monument

  First protected area / marine protected area declared in Belize (1981), at the south-east corner of Lighthouse Reef Atoll, co-managed by the Belize Audubon Society and described by it as a non-extractive protected area and no-take replenishment zone. All fishing, spearfishing/spearguns and take of marine life are prohibited; only non-extractive uses (diving, snorkelling, wildlife viewing) are allowed.

  belizeaudubon.org
• Swallow Caye Wildlife Sanctuarywildlife sanctuary

  ~9,000-acre (36 km2) marine wildlife sanctuary (IUCN category IV, WDPA 313431) east of Belize City, established 2002 to protect Antillean manatees. As a non-extractive wildlife sanctuary the removal of marine life is prohibited and fishing is allowed only with written authorization; spearfishing and spearguns are banned as in all Belize marine protected areas.

  tools.thecpag.org
• Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuarywildlife sanctuary

  Large (~178,000-acre / 730 km2) estuarine manatee wildlife sanctuary (IUCN category IV, WDPA 301909) in northern Belize behind Ambergris Caye (Corozal/Belize Districts), declared in 1998 under the National Parks System Act 1981 and co-managed by the Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development (SACD) with the Forest and Fisheries Departments. As a marine protected area its Sustainable Fishery Plan expressly bans spear guns, polespears, Hawaiian slings and spearfishing (as well as scuba-tank fishing, explosives and trawling); only licensed traditional gear (hand lines, cast nets, gill nets, beach/fish traps) may be used and only in general-use zones, while all fishing is prohibited in the sanctuary's Preservation Zone and only permitted under licence in Conservation Zones. Spearfishing and spearguns are banned as in all Belize marine protected areas.

  fondosam.org