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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.

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Stjórnandakerfi

  • §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

Lögin, orðrétt

Lagagreinar

Nákvæmar lög- og reglugerðargreinar sem stjórna langskotsfiski hér, tilvitnað eins og birt, með tengil á hverja opinbera heimild.

01Article 47Afghanistan · national

Listing of harvestable and protected species

Environment Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2007)

ENÞýtt

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.

02Article 48Afghanistan · national

Taking of harvestable species

Environment Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2007)

ENÞýtt

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.

03Article 49Afghanistan · national

Taking of protected species

Environment Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2007)

ENÞýtt

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.

Hvenær þú getur kafað

Vertíðar og tímatakmörk

Lokaðar, opnar og takmarkaðar tímabilið yfir árið. Staðfestu alltaf lokun vegna ákveðinna tegunda staðbundið.

Engin tímabundin lokun skráð — staðfestu staðbundið áður en þú kafar.

Leyfi til veiða

Leyfi

Hvað þú þarft til að fá leyfi í vatnið, hvað það kostar og hvernig á að fá það.

Leyfi: óþekkt — staðfestu staðbundiðí gegnum National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA); Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL)
Yfirvald
National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA); Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL)

Búnaður og tækni

Búnaðarreglur

Hvaða búnaður er leyfður, hvernig hann má nota og skilyrðin sem fylgja.

Takmarkanir

  • 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).

Hvað þú mátt taka

Aflamarkar og friðlýstar tegundir

Dagleg kvótar, lágmarksstærðir og tegundir sem aldrei má taka.

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.

Hverjir mega veiða

Gestir og íbúar

Hvernig reglurnar eru mismunandi fyrir erlenda gesti og staðbundna íbúa.

Erlendir gestir

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.

Íbúar

No resident-specific fishing or spearfishing licensing framework was found. Inland subsistence fishing is largely informal and unregulated.

Hvar á ströndinni

Leyfðar og bannaðar svæðar

Nafngreindar svæðar sem eru opnar eða lokaðar fyrir langskotsfiski. Sjá heildarmyndina á gagnvirka kortinu.

Bannaðar svæðar

  • 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.

Aðstæður á hafinu

Lifandi aðstæður

Lifandi sjávar- og veðurskyndimynd nálægt strandviðmiðunarpunkti í Afghanistan, frá Open-Meteo. Aðstæður eru mismunandi meðfram ströndinni — meðhöndlaðu sem vísbendingu.

Lifandi sjávarloft og veður nálægt Band-e-Amir National Park.

Aðstæður

Við hvern á að spyrja

Yfirvöld

Opinberu stofnanirnar sem bera ábyrgð á fiskveiðum og leyfisgjöf.

  • National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)

    environment authority

  • Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL)

    agriculture and fisheries authority

Hvaðan þetta kemur

Heimildir

Sérhvert fullyrðing á þessari síðu á sér rót í einni þessara tilvísana.

  1. [01]

    Environmental Law of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Environment Law 2007) - verbatim Articles 47-49

    Aukaumhverfi
    afghan-web.comOpnað Jún 14
  2. [02]

    A Guide to Afghanistan's 2007 Environment Law (UNEP / OHCHR)

    Opinbert
    ohchr.orgOpnað Jún 14
  3. [03]

    No Fishing with Hand Grenades in Afghanistan's New National Park (Band-e-Amir) - National Parks Traveler

    Aukaumhverfi
  4. [04]

    Band-e Amir National Park - Wikipedia (establishment, coordinates, management)

    Aukaumhverfi
    en.wikipedia.orgOpnað Jún 14
  5. [05]

    Coldwater Fish and Fisheries in Afghanistan - FAO (limited fishing activity, no catch records)

    Opinbert
    fao.orgOpnað Jún 14
  6. [06]

    Afghanistan's first-ever list of protected species (NEPA, 2009) - Newswise

    Aukaumhverfi
    newswise.comOpnað Jún 14

Athugasemdir rannsakanda

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.

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