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• Open coastal waters (general)

  Spearfishing by breath-hold freediving is permitted along most of the Greek coastline and around the islands, subject to the PD 373/1985 distance rules (>=200 m from swimmers, harbour works, vessels, anchored ships and marked nets; not in vessel transit lanes or harbour entrances), the May and night closures, and the diver-down buoy requirement.

  No scuba/air apparatus; no pneumatic/explosive spearguns; min. 200 m from swimmers/harbours/vessels/nets; mandatory yellow buoy with red-striped 'Υ.Δ.' flag; stay within 50 m of buoy; 5 kg/day catch cap; no sale of catch.

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• NMPANS Zone B4 — designated spearfishing areas (Agios Dimitrios–Cape Apythmenos, Milia–Spartines, Klima, Megalos Adelfos)

  The only four areas inside the National Marine Park of Alonissos Northern Sporades where recreational spearfishing IS permitted, de-designated by decision of the park management body under YA YPPOT/GDAPK/ARCH/A1/F43/60806/2748 (FEK 1741B/03-08-2011) as exceptions to the park-wide speargun ban (KYA 23537/2003): (1) the coastline north of Agios Dimitrios beach up to Cape Apythmenos on Alonissos; (2) Milia–Spartines bay and the reef off it, Alonissos; (3) Klima bay on Peristera; (4) the coastline of the Megalos Adelfos islet. All national PD 373/1985 rules (freediving only, May and night closures, buoy, catch limits) still apply. Pin marks Agios Dimitrios beach, the southern end of exception area (1).

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Aree vietate

• National Marine Park of Alonissos Northern Sporades (core Zone A, incl. Piperi island)national marine park / Natura 2000 (SAC)

  Greece's first and the Mediterranean's largest marine park, protecting the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus). The strictly protected core zone (Zone A, centred on Piperi) bars general access and fishing; spearfishing is not permitted in the protected core. Commercial fishing in the wider park is restricted to coastal vessels with nets/longlines/traps.

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• Harbours, harbour entrances/exits, anchorages and vessel transit lanesoperational/port exclusion zone

  Spearfishing is prohibited within harbour areas, their entrances and exits, anchorages and marine vessel transit lanes, and within 200 m of harbour works, navigational marks, vessels, anchored ships and marked fishing nets (PD 373/1985, Art. 3 para. 1d-e).

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• Designated swimming areasbathing/swimmer safety zone

  Spearfishing is prohibited within 200 m of points where bathers usually swim (PD 373/1985, Art. 3 para. 1d(1)).

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• Natura 2000 marine sites and military zones (general)marine protected area / military zone

  Spearfishing is generally off-limits in Natura 2000 marine protected areas and in military zones; specific boundaries and rules vary and must be checked locally.

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• National Marine Park of Zakynthos (Laganas Bay)national marine park

  National Marine Park of Zakynthos in Laganas Bay (southern Zakynthos, Ionian Sea), a protected area established to protect the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Fishing activities are strictly prohibited inside the marine zones (Zones A and B cover the nesting beaches Sekania, Dafni, Gerakas, Kalamaki and Marathonisi islet); a general fishing ban necessarily covers spearfishing. Recreational vessels are restricted (Zone A no boats; Zones B/C max 6 knots).

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• Gyaros Island Marine Protected Area (Nisos Gyaros kai Thalassia Zoni)marine protected area / Natura 2000 (SAC+SPA)

  The uninhabited island of Gyaros in the northern Cyclades and its surrounding 3-nautical-mile marine zone are designated as a Natura 2000 site (GR4220033) and, since 2019, a formally managed Marine Protected Area. A Presidential Decree issued on 16 April 2026 permanently codified the protection zones and management rules. Following a brief and damaging opening in summer 2022, the MPA was upgraded to a full no-take zone (NTZ) with all fishing—including recreational spearfishing—banned throughout the protected marine area; the Hellenic Coast Guard enforces the ban with a remote surveillance system (radar, infrared cameras, drones).

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• Strofades Islands (National Marine Park of Zakynthos – Zone Ib)national marine park zone

  The Strofades (islands Stamfani and Arpyia), located approximately 50 km south of Zakynthos, form a distinct marine protection zone (Zone Ib) within the National Marine Park of Zakynthos as established by Presidential Decree 906D of 22 December 1999. A 500-metre marine buffer around the islands protects monk seal habitat and seabird colonies; recreational fishing, including spearfishing, is explicitly prohibited in all NMPZ marine zones under the same decree.

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• Amorgos FRA – Nikouria Islet Fisheries Restricted Areafisheries restricted area (presidential decree)

  The marine area around the uninhabited islet of Nikouria, off Agios Pavlos beach on Amorgos (Cyclades), is closed to ALL fishing — professional and recreational, «με οποιοδήποτε μέσο και εργαλείο» (by any means or gear), so spearfishing included — all year round under art. 2(β) of Presidential Decree 73/2025 (ΦΕΚ 148 Α΄, 18 August 2025). The decree’s Annex closes the sea enclosed between the coastline of Amorgos and the islet of Nikouria, delimited by the four points Α 36°51′52.6854″N 25°53′31.0920″E, Β 36°53′13.0452″N 25°53′11.5368″E, Γ 36°52′57.1080″N 25°56′5.7840″E and Δ 36°52′50.6778″N 25°56′13.4190″E; the map pin is the area centroid of those statutory vertices, in the Nikouria–Agios Pavlos channel. The decree entered into force on 18 November 2025, three months after publication (art. 6), and its measures are temporary, running for five years, i.e. to 18 November 2030 (art. 2) — they are not permanent. A separate seasonal closure under art. 2(α) shuts all professional and recreational fishing by any means or gear within 1.5 nautical miles of the whole island from 1 April to 31 May every year. (GPS-tracking enforcement and fines of up to €3,000 are reported by the fisher-led Amorgorama initiative page of the Cyclades Preservation Fund, not stated in the decree.)

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• Amorgos FRA – Katapola Bay Fisheries Restricted Areafisheries restricted area (presidential decree)

  Katapola bay, the main port bay of Amorgos (Cyclades), is closed to ALL fishing — professional and recreational, «με οποιοδήποτε μέσο και εργαλείο» (by any means or gear), so spearfishing included — all year round under art. 2(β) of Presidential Decree 73/2025 (ΦΕΚ 148 Α΄, 18 August 2025). The decree’s Annex delimits the closure as the sea enclosed between the coasts of Amorgos and the straight line joining Α 36°48′54.6762″N 25°50′53.0196″E and Β 36°50′8.7432″N 25°50′21.4044″E; the map pin sits mid-bay on the closed side of that line. The decree entered into force on 18 November 2025, three months after publication (art. 6), and its measures are temporary, running for five years, i.e. to 18 November 2030 (art. 2) — they are not permanent. A separate seasonal closure under art. 2(α) shuts all professional and recreational fishing by any means or gear within 1.5 nautical miles of the whole island from 1 April to 31 May every year. (GPS-tracking enforcement and fines of up to €3,000 are reported by the fisher-led Amorgorama initiative page of the Cyclades Preservation Fund, not stated in the decree.)

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• Amorgos FRA – Gramvousa Islet Fisheries Restricted Areafisheries restricted area (presidential decree)

  The waters around the small uninhabited islet of Gramvousa (Gramvoussa) off the south-west tip of Amorgos, near Kalotaritissa bay, are closed to ALL fishing — professional and recreational, «με οποιοδήποτε μέσο και εργαλείο» (by any means or gear), so spearfishing included — all year round under art. 2(β) of Presidential Decree 73/2025 (ΦΕΚ 148 Α΄, 18 August 2025). The decree’s Annex closes the sea enclosed between the coasts of Amorgos and the islet of Gramvousa, delimited by the six points Α 36°47′48.8076″N 25°44′33.6222″E, Β 36°48′6.3648″N 25°44′41.4168″E, Γ 36°49′3.7734″N 25°44′41.1066″E, Δ 36°49′9.9300″N 25°44′42.5616″E, Ε 36°49′11.4270″N 25°45′5.3172″E and ΣΤ 36°48′30.3294″N 25°46′21.0756″E; the map pin is the area centroid of those statutory vertices, in water inside the closure. The decree entered into force on 18 November 2025, three months after publication (art. 6), and its measures are temporary, running for five years, i.e. to 18 November 2030 (art. 2) — they are not permanent. A separate seasonal closure under art. 2(α) shuts all professional and recreational fishing by any means or gear within 1.5 nautical miles of the whole island from 1 April to 31 May every year. (GPS-tracking enforcement and fines of up to €3,000 are reported by the fisher-led Amorgorama initiative page of the Cyclades Preservation Fund, not stated in the decree.)

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• NMPANS — park-wide spearfishing ban (Zones A & B, Alonissos & Peristera waters)national marine park zone (spearfishing ban)

  Throughout the National Marine Park of Alonissos Northern Sporades — i.e. in BOTH Zone A and Zone B, which covers all waters around Alonissos and Peristera islands, not just the Piperi core — underwater fishing with a speargun is prohibited (KYA 23537/2003, FEK 621D/19-06-2003). The only exceptions are the four de-designated stretches of Zone B4 defined per YA YPPOT/GDAPK/ARCH/A1/F43/60806/2748 (FEK 1741B/03-08-2011); see the corresponding 'designated spearfishing areas' entry. Representative point is placed in open water of Zone B south of Peristera.

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• NMPANS Zone A2 — Psathoura island no-recreational-fishing zone (1.5 n.m.)national marine park core zone

  All recreational fishing (a fortiori spearfishing, which is banned park-wide) is prohibited in the marine zone extending 1.5 nautical miles around Psathoura island, the northernmost island of the Alonissos Northern Sporades National Marine Park (Zone A2/A9 special regulations, KYA 23537/2003, FEK 621D/19-06-2003).

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• NMPANS Zone A3 — Gioura island no-recreational-fishing zone (0.5 n.m.)national marine park core zone

  All recreational fishing is prohibited within 0.5 nautical miles of the coasts of Gioura (Yioura) island in the Alonissos Northern Sporades National Marine Park; tourist/leisure craft may not even approach within 0.5 n.m. (Zone A3, KYA 23537/2003, FEK 621D/19-06-2003). Spearfishing is additionally banned park-wide.

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• Pavlopetri & Elafonisos underwater archaeological site (Laconia)underwater archaeological site (no-fishing / no-spearfishing)

  The waters around Elafonisos island and the Pavlopetri islet (site of the world's oldest submerged Bronze Age town, Vatika Bay, Laconia) are a declared underwater archaeological site (YA YPPOA/GDAPK/DIPKA/TPKACHMAE/497461/329426/12400/4245, FEK AAP 13/2018). In the Elafonisos site spearfishing, towed gear, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited; at the Pavlopetri islet fishing of EVERY kind is prohibited (Law 3028/2002).

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• Kassiopi underwater archaeological site (Corfu)underwater archaeological site (no-spearfishing)

  Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited in the declared underwater archaeological site of Kassiopi on the north-east coast of Corfu (YA YPAITHPA/GDAPK/DIPKA/TACH/F43/96551/25174/5349/4635, FEK 405 AAP/2012).

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• South-west Corfu underwater archaeological siteunderwater archaeological site (no-spearfishing)

  Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited in the declared underwater archaeological site off the south-west coast of Corfu. The declaring instrument — ΥΑ ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/59538/3993, ΦΕΚ 1726 Β΄/24 November 2003, decision (4), signed in Athens on 3 November 2003 by the Minister of Culture alone — declares the area «προκειμένου να προστατευθεί το εντοπισμένο εκεί ναυάγιο ρωμαϊκών χρόνων» (to protect a located Roman-era wreck) and delimits it on an attached 1:25,000 nautical chart in WGS 84 by the points Α 39°21.480′N 020°05.520′E, Β 39°21.480′N 020°06.580′E, Γ 39°20.870′N 020°06.580′E, Δ 39°20.870′N 020°05.520′E. The map pin (39.35292, 20.10083) is the centroid of that published rectangle — instrument-derived, not a gazetteer point — so it should not be "corrected" later. The ban is also listed on the Corfu Port Authority’s prohibition register, whose rendering of the decision number («ΓΑΑΠΚ») is a register corruption; the gazette reads ΓΔΑΠΚ.

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• Fiskardo underwater archaeological site (Kefalonia)underwater archaeological site (no-spearfishing)

  Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited in the marine area south of Fiskardo bay, north Kefalonia, declared an underwater archaeological site (Law 3028/2002 Art. 15(2); YA YPPO/GDAPK/ARCH/A1/F43/62772/4285/11-11-2003, FEK 1769B/2003). The declaring decision publishes its own WGS 84 coordinate table, drawn on an attached 1:50,000 nautical chart: Α 38°27.385′Ν 020°34.791′Ε, Β 38°27.385′Ν 020°35.552′Ε, Γ 38°27.095′Ν 020°35.693′Ε, Δ 38°27.095′Ν 020°34.997′Ε. The map pin is the area centroid of those four vertices, about 1.1 km south-east of Fiskardo village in the Kefalonia–Ithaca strait (the village itself is outside the declared area). The ban is also listed on the Kefalonia Port Authority’s prohibition register.

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• Ancient Sami underwater archaeological site (Kefalonia)underwater archaeological site (no-spearfishing)

  Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited in the marine area of the ancient city of Sami, east Kefalonia, per the map and coordinates of the relevant joint ministerial decision (Law 3028/2002 Art. 15(2); YA YPPO/ARCH/A1/F43/36545/1887/8-8-1994, FEK 647B/1994).

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• Kato Zakros bay underwater archaeological site (Crete)underwater archaeological site (no-spearfishing)

  Year-round ban on spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting, sponge fishing and aquaculture in Kato Zakros bay, east Crete (Minoan palace site; declared underwater archaeological site, FEK 292AAP/23-06-2009; KYA YPPO/GDAPK/ARCH/A1/F41/11228/1865/09-02-04, FEK 336B/2004).

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• Skopelos underwater archaeological bays (Stafylos, Agnontas, Panormos)underwater archaeological site (no-spearfishing)

  Underwater fishing (spearfishing), towed-gear fishing, sponge fishing and mechanical shellfish harvesting are prohibited in the bays of Stafylos, Agnontas and Panormos on the south coast of Skopelos, declared underwater archaeological sites since 1969 (YA 23181/12-09-1969, FEK 653B & 563B/06-10-1969). Pin marks Agnontas, the central of the three bays; Stafylos lies ~3 km east and Panormos ~5 km west.

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• Grotta–Palataki underwater archaeological site (Naxos town)underwater archaeological site (no-spearfishing)

  Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, unlicensed mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited in the Grotta–Prolimenas–Palataki marine area off Naxos town (submerged prehistoric settlement; Law 3028/2002 Art. 15(2); YA YPPO/ARCH/A1/F.43/52872/2645, FEK 722B/1992).

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• Agia Irini prehistoric settlement marine protection zone (Kea)archaeological marine protection zone (all fishing banned)

  Fishing by any means is prohibited in the 300-metre protection zone outside the wall of the prehistoric settlement of Agia Irini (Vourkari bay, Kea), owing to the presence of an ancient cemetery (YA 3888, FEK 168B/1967).

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• Methymna (Molyvos) underwater archaeological site (Lesvos)archaeological

  The sea off Methymna/Molyvos on the north coast of Lesvos is a declared underwater archaeological site (site 1 on the Mytilene Port Authority's list). Spearfishing is prohibited there all year round, together with towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing, under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ) as enforced by the Central Port Authority of Mytilene.

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• Kara Tepe underwater archaeological site (Mytilene, Lesvos)archaeological

  The Kara Tepe marine area immediately north of Mytilene town is a declared underwater archaeological site (site 4 on the Mytilene Port Authority's list). Year-round ban on spearfishing, towed gear, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ).

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• Gulf of Kalloni — seven declared underwater archaeological sites (Lesvos)archaeological

  Seven named locations inside the Gulf of Kalloni — Mesitziki, Pyrra, Cape Makris, Skamnioudi, Apothika, Cape Agiou Pavlou and Nyfida — are declared underwater archaeological sites (item 6 on the Central Port Authority of Mytilene's prohibition register). Spearfishing is prohibited at those seven locations all year round under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ). IMPORTANT: the ban attaches to the seven named places, NOT to the open water of the gulf as a whole; none of the seven is delimited by published coordinates, so this entry carries no map pin. Check locally before diving anywhere in the gulf.

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• Thermi underwater archaeological site (Lesvos)archaeological

  Loutropoli Thermis and the marine strip 100 m out from its shoreline are a declared underwater archaeological site (item 7 on the Mytilene Port Authority register). Spearfishing is banned there year-round under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ). The declared area is expressly limited to 100 m from the coastline.

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• Cape Agios Fokas underwater archaeological site (Vatera, Lesvos)archaeological

  The marine area of Cape Agios Fokas at the western end of Vatera on the south coast of Lesvos is a declared underwater archaeological site (site 8 on the Mytilene Port Authority's list). Spearfishing is banned there all year under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ).

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• Sykaminia underwater archaeological site (Lesvos)archaeological

  The marine area of Sykaminia on the north coast of Lesvos is a declared underwater archaeological site (site 9 on the Mytilene Port Authority's list), with a year-round spearfishing prohibition under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ).

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• Sigri underwater archaeological site (Lesvos)archaeological

  The sea area of Sigri, Municipality of Western Lesvos, was declared an underwater archaeological site by ministerial decision ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/21652/1487 (ΦΕΚ 1769 Β΄/2003) to protect the underwater antiquities and the waters around the medieval fort. It is site 10 on the Mytilene Port Authority's list; spearfishing is prohibited there year-round under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ).

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• Apollonas harbour underwater archaeological site (Naxos)archaeological

  The ancient harbour works in the modern port of Apollonas, northern Naxos, were declared and delimited as an underwater archaeological site by ministerial decision ΥΠΑΙΘΠΑ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΔΙΠΚΑ/ΤΑΧ/Φ21/86867/20724/4511/4218, published in ΦΕΚ 292 ΑΑΠ/2012. Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, unlicensed mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited there (N. 3028/2002 art. 15 §2 in combination with KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004).

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• Cape Kefala (Kea) — all-fishing banarchaeological

  All fishing by any means is prohibited around Cape Kefala (Kavos Kefalas) on the north coast of Kea — the Final Neolithic settlement and cemetery promontory near Otzias — by ministerial decision ΥΠΓ10/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/12906/709, as listed on the Lavrio Port Authority's prohibition register. Because the ban covers every method, spearfishing is included. The same decision also closes Ormos Agiou Nikolaou and Ormos Treis Ammoudies on Kea.

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• Ormos Agiou Nikolaou (Kea) — all-method fishing banarchaeological

  All fishing by any means is prohibited throughout Ormos Agiou Nikolaou, the large north-west bay of Kea that contains the ports of Korissia (Livadi) and Vourkari, under ministerial decision ΥΠΓ10/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/12906/709 as listed on the Lavrio Port Authority's prohibition register. Because the ban covers every method it includes spearfishing. This is a separate and much wider closure than the 300 m protection zone around the Agia Irini prehistoric settlement, which lies inside the same bay.

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• Elounda–Spinalonga, Vathi and Poros bays underwater archaeological site (Lasithi, Crete)archaeological

  Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting, sponge fishing and aquaculture are prohibited in the bays of Spinalonga, Vatheos and Porou at Elounda, Lasithi — the waters over the submerged ancient city of Olous — under KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/46162/3173 of 20-08-2003, as enforced by the Agios Nikolaos Port Authority.

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• Koufonisi (Lefki) island and Strongyli, Makrouli, Trachylos islets (Lasithi, Crete)archaeological

  The sea around the island of Lefki (Koufonisi) and the islets Strongyli, Makrouli and Trachylos, south-east of Crete, was declared an archaeological site by ministerial decision ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/59500/3975 (ΦΕΚ 1689 Β΄/18-12-2003) to protect the submerged part of the ancient city of Leuke. Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting, sponge fishing and aquaculture are prohibited all around them.

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• Kypsa bay, Sani (Kassandra, Chalkidiki) underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  The sea in Kypsa bay at Sani, Kassandra, was declared an underwater archaeological site by ministerial decision ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/63059/4320 (ΦΕΚ 1710 Β΄/2003), which prints the four corner coordinates of the protected rectangle. Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited there under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ).

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• Porto Koufo (Sithonia, Chalkidiki) underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  Porto Koufo bay on the Sithonia peninsula — the largest natural harbour in Greece — was declared an underwater archaeological site by ministerial decision ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/63059/4320 (ΦΕΚ 1710 Β΄/2003) with a printed coordinate list. Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited there under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ).

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• Thermaikos Gulf — whole-gulf year-round spearfishing ban (π.δ. 68/2009)other

  Spearfishing is banned all year round across the ENTIRE Thermaikos Gulf — not at one spot. Art. 1(β) of Presidential Decree 68/2009 (ΦΕΚ 90 Α΄, 12 June 2009, in force since 12 December 2009) defines the gulf as the whole body of water between the imaginary line joining Cape Megalo Emvolo with the Kavoura Lighthouse (to the north) and the line joining Cape Kassandra with the Stomio Lighthouse (to the south) — roughly the coasts of Pieria, Imathia, the Thessaloniki/Epanomi shore and western Kassandra. Art. 9 §2(γ), derogating from π.δ. 373/1985, bans recreational spearfishing and harpoon (kamaki) fishing outright, with or without a light; professional spearfishing is excluded as well because art. 2 §1 lists the permitted professional gear exhaustively and does not include the speargun. The Hellenic Coast Guard's own prohibition register states the ban applies to both amateurs and professionals, all year. Still cited as being in force by the Thessaloniki Central Port Authority in ΦΕΚ Β΄ 2760/16-05-2024, a decision of 29 April 2024 that recites π.δ. 68/2009 among its legal bases; no instrument amending or repealing the decree exists in the Government Gazette (re-checked 20 August 2026).

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• Gulf of Thessaloniki — whole-gulf year-round spearfishing ban (π.δ. 68/2009)other

  The inner Gulf of Thessaloniki — all the water NORTH of the imaginary line joining Cape Megalo Emvolo with the Kavoura Lighthouse, per art. 1(α) of Presidential Decree 68/2009 (ΦΕΚ 90 Α΄) — is covered by the same regime as the Thermaikos Gulf: art. 9 §2(γ) bans recreational spearfishing and harpoon fishing outright, with or without a light, all year; professional spearfishing is excluded by the closed gear list of art. 2 §1. The ban applies to the whole gulf, including the Thessaloniki waterfront, Kalochori, Peraia, Agia Triada and Nea Michaniona shores — not to one spot. Still cited as being in force by the Thessaloniki Central Port Authority in ΦΕΚ Β΄ 2760/16-05-2024, a decision of 29 April 2024 that recites π.δ. 68/2009 among its legal bases; no instrument amending or repealing the decree exists in the Government Gazette (re-checked 20 August 2026).

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• Saronikos Port Authority coastal zone (Kifisos river mouth → 44th km Athens–Sounio road) — year-round spearfishing banother

  Spearfishing (υποβρύχια αλιεία) is prohibited all year round along the ENTIRE coastal strip of the Saronikos Port Authority's jurisdiction — roughly 35 km of the Athens Riviera, from the eastern edge of the Kifisos river mouth (Palaio Faliro) in the north to the 44th kilometre of the Athens–Sounio road (Anavyssos area) in the south, taking in Alimos, Glyfada, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Varkiza, Lagonisi and Saronida. Decision no. 2141.1-1/3516/2016 of the Saronikos Port Authority (4 October 2016, ΑΔΑ Ψ0ΣΜ4653ΠΩ-ΓΕΝ), issued under ΓΚΛ Σαρωνικού art. 87 §5 and Ν.Δ. 187/73 art. 157; it carries no expiry date and is still listed on the Hellenic Coast Guard's current prohibition register. The single map pin is a locator for a linear closure, not a small local spot.

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• Fleves islet (Saronic Gulf) — all-fishing ban within 1 mileno_take_zone

  All fishing by any means is prohibited all year round around the islet of Fleves, off Vouliagmeni/Varkiza in the Saronic Gulf, and out to one mile from it. Decision no. 2141.1-1/3517/2016 of the Saronikos Port Authority (4 October 2016, ΑΔΑ ΨΔ3Η4653ΠΩ-3ΔΧ), issued under ΓΚΛ Σαρωνικού art. 87 §5, ΓΚΛ Πειραιά art. 100 and Ν.Δ. 187/73 art. 157. Because the ban covers every method it includes spearfishing; the decision has no expiry date and is still on the Coast Guard's register.

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• Piraeus coast (Piraiki peninsula to the Kifisos river mouth) — spearfishing banother

  Spearfishing (υποβρύχια αλιεία) is prohibited along the Piraeus coastline from the Piraiki peninsula to the eastern edge of the Kifisos river mouth — the whole open shore of Piraeus and the western part of Faliro bay — under decision no. 86/1971 (ΦΕΚ 86 Β΄/1971) read with π.δ. 81/2014, as listed on the Piraeus Central Port Authority's current prohibition register. This stretch abuts the Saronikos Port Authority ban that starts at the same Kifisos river mouth, so between them spearfishing is illegal along the whole Athens coastline from Piraiki south to the 44th km of the Athens–Sounio road.

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• Salamis Straits underwater archaeological site (Ampelakia & Selinia bays, Kynosoura, Psyttaleia)archaeological

  The waters of the Battle of Salamis are a declared underwater archaeological site: Ampelakia bay, Selinia bay, the full length of the coasts of the Kynosoura and Ampelakia peninsulas, and the islets of Agios Georgios and Psyttaleia (ΥΑ Α1/Φ02/16973/665, ΦΕΚ 305 Β΄/1982). Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited across that whole complex under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ). The pin marks the Ampelakia-bay side of the Kynosoura peninsula; the closure covers several kilometres of coast on both sides of the strait.

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• Kenchreai bay underwater archaeological site (Corinthia)archaeological

  Kenchreai, the submerged eastern harbour of ancient Corinth on the Saronic Gulf, is a declared underwater archaeological site. Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited in the bay under KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/11228/1865 (ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/11-2-2004) art. Α§2(δ), as listed by the Corinth Port Authority.

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• Palaia Epidavros sunken city underwater archaeological site (Argolida)archaeological

  The sunken city of ancient Epidauros — the sea from the Valtos locality in Epidauros bay to Verdeleika in the bay of Agios Vlassis at Palaia Epidavros, several kilometres of coast — is a declared underwater archaeological site. Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited there under KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004 art. Α§2(δ), as listed on the Corinth Port Authority's register.

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• Modi islet underwater archaeological site (Poros / Troizinia)archaeological

  The waters around the islet of Modi, north-east of Poros, out to the 30 m isobath are a declared underwater archaeological site / underwater historic place (ΦΕΚ 886 Β΄/1997) — the site of a Mycenaean-era wreck and a well-known dive spot. Spearfishing, scuba diving, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are all prohibited there.

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• Plytra beach underwater archaeological site (Laconia)archaeological

  The beach and shore waters of Plytra in the Laconian Gulf, over the submerged remains of ancient Asopos, are protected by ministerial decision ΥΑ 11707/14-06-1966: spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited there, as listed by the Gytheio Port Authority.

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• South-east Kythira coast & Dragonares islets underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  The sea covering the south-eastern coasts of Kythira, including the Dragonares rocky islets, is a declared underwater archaeological site (KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/63198/4349 of 12-11-2003, ΦΕΚ 1786 Β΄/2003), protecting ancient wrecks and anchorages. Spearfishing is expressly prohibited, along with towed gear, mechanical shellfish harvesting, sponge fishing, aquaculture and bait collection. The closure runs along the whole south-east coast, not just at the pin.

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• Ancient Asini underwater archaeological site (Tolo, Argolida)archaeological

  The sea in front of ancient Asini, from 50 m north-east of the Psili Ammos stream at Tolo to the mouth of the Daphnopotamos river, is a declared underwater archaeological site. Spearfishing, towed-gear fishing, mechanical shellfish harvesting and sponge fishing are prohibited there under art. Α §2(δ) of ΚΥΑ ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/11228/1865 of 9 February 2004 (ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004). The Nafplio Port Authority register, which states this extent verbatim, misprints the instrument as «Φ43/11228/1685» and dates it 13-01-2004; the gazette’s own number and date are used here.

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• Paleokastro Megalochoriou (Methana) underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  Spearfishing (ψαροντούφεκο) is prohibited all year round in the sea area off Paleokastro at Megalochori on the Methana peninsula (Troizinia, Argolida), a declared underwater archaeological site. The site was declared by ministerial decision ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/37132/2308 (ΦΕΚ 901 Β΄/17 July 2002) — «Κήρυξη θαλάσσιου αρχαιολογικού χώρου στη περιοχή του Παλαιοκάστρου Μεγαλοχωρίου Μεθάνων» — to protect submerged building remains in front of the ancient city of Methana; the gear ban that follows from the declaration is set by art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/11228/1865 (ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/11 Feb 2004) and is listed on the Poros Port Authority's current prohibition register. NO MAP PIN: the 2002 decision delimits the area only by points Α–Ζ on an attached 1:5,000 Hellenic Military Geographical Service (ΓΥΣ) map sheet, whose X/Ψ values (X −10.275 … −11.579, Ψ −19.100 … −17.320) are sheet-local, not geographic. Ask the Poros Port Authority before diving.

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• Galatas coast (Agia Paraskevi cemetery to Cape Kryoneri) and the islets Lazareto, Bourtzi and Artinoarchaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited all year round along the Galatas shore opposite Poros, from the Agia Paraskevi cemetery to Cape Kryoneri, in a belt 800 m wide measured from the coast, and around the islets Lazareto, Bourtzi and Artino and every rocky islet in that area — all declared underwater archaeological sites / underwater historic places. Basis: the declarations published in ΦΕΚ 425 Β΄/1998 (incl. ΥΠΠΟ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/54118/9272 for the whole Methana peninsula and the declaration covering the Artemis–Lemonodasos area, the Alyki peninsula of Poros and «όλων των νησίδων και βραχονησίδων που βρίσκονται στη θαλάσσια περιοχή της χερσονήσου Αλυκής και του όρμου Αρτέμιδος (Λαζαρέτα, Γαλένθη κ.λπ.)» plus the re-declaration of Bourtzi island), read with art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004; listed on the Poros Port Authority's current register. NO MAP PIN: the 1998 declarations delimit their areas only by numbered points on attached 1:5,000 ΓΥΣ map sheets, so no geographic coordinate exists in the gazette.

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• Fourkaria (Troizinia), Cape Skyllaio and the islets Spathi and Skylliarchaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited all year round in the sea area of Fourkaria in Troizinia, up to and including Cape Skyllaio, and around the islets Spathi and Skylli — a declared underwater archaeological site. Basis: KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/20963/1129 (ΦΕΚ 759 Β΄) read with art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004. The ban is listed twice on the Coast Guard's register — once by the Poros Port Authority and once by the Nafplio Port Authority (which words it «απαγορεύεται η αλιεία με συρόμενα εργαλεία και η υποβρύχια αλιεία στον αρχαιολογικό χώρο Φουρκάριας Τροιζηνίας») — because the site straddles two jurisdictions; it is one place, not two. NO MAP PIN: the declaration delimits the site only on an attached 1:5,000 ΓΥΣ map sheet.

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• Ormos Vagionia (Poros) underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited all year round throughout Ormos Vagionia on Poros — the ancient harbour bay of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia — which is a declared underwater archaeological site. Basis: the protection-zone decision published in ΦΕΚ 1094 Β΄/2000 (ΥΠΠΟ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ02/38983/1924, «Καθορισμός Ζωνών Α και Β Προστασίας στον Αρχαιολογικό Χώρο του Ιερού Ποσειδώνος στον Πόρο Τροιζηνίας») read with art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004, as listed on the Poros Port Authority's current prohibition register. The register states the ban covers the WHOLE bay («όλου του όρμου Βαγιωνιά»). NO MAP PIN: the zones are delimited only on an attached 1:5,000 ΓΥΣ map sheet.

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• Ormos Vidi (Makrykavo to the Fratsi river mouth) underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited all year round throughout Ormos Vidi, from Makrykavo to the mouth of the Fratsi river, a declared underwater archaeological site. Basis: the declaration published in ΦΕΚ 249 Β΄/2002 read with art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004, as listed on the Poros Port Authority's current prohibition register. The register states the ban covers the whole bay. NO MAP PIN: the declaration delimits the area only by numbered points on an attached 1:5,000 ΓΥΣ map sheet — the printed table is a sheet-local X/Ψ grid, not latitude and longitude.

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• Tsamour Limani and the sea area of ancient Antissa (Lesvos)archaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited all year round at Tsamour Limani and in the sea area of ancient Antissa, on the north-west coast of Lesvos — item 2 on the Central Port Authority of Mytilene's current prohibition register, which bans towed gear, mechanised shellfish harvesting, sponge fishing and the speargun at ten named declared underwater archaeological sites under art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/11228/1865 (ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004). NO MAP PIN: the bay name «Τσαμούρ Λιμάνι» appears in no official coordinate list or public gazetteer, and the declaration is delimited on an attached map sheet only. Ask the Mytilene Port Authority before diving anywhere between Gavathas and Cape Fanari.

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• Agios Isidoros islet, Gulf of Gera (Lesvos) — 100 m beltarchaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited all year round around the islet of Agios Isidoros inside the Gulf of Gera on Lesvos, and for 100 m all around it («+100Μ. ΠΕΡΙΞ») — item 3 on the Central Port Authority of Mytilene's current prohibition register, under art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/11228/1865 (ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004). The Gulf of Gera is the enclosed lagoon-like gulf south-west of Mytilene town. NO MAP PIN: the islet is not present in any public gazetteer consulted and the declaration publishes no coordinate; a guessed pin on a legal product would be worse than none.

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• «Kellarion» Byzantine harbour cove, Gulf of Thessaloniki — underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  A small cove in the Gulf of Thessaloniki, identified with the Byzantine-era harbour «Κελλάριον» and protected together with the underwater barrage that shielded it, is a declared marine archaeological site; towed gear, mechanised shellfish harvesting, sponge fishing and SPEARFISHING are prohibited there. Basis: ministerial decision ΥΠΠΟ/ΑΡΧ/Β1/Φ34/13400/421 (ΦΕΚ 384 Β΄/24 May 1989), «Κήρυξη θαλάσσιας περιοχής του Κόλπου Θεσσαλονίκης ως αρχαιολογικού χώρου», read with art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004; listed on the Thessaloniki Central Port Authority's current prohibition register. Note that the whole Gulf of Thessaloniki is in any case closed to the speargun year-round by art. 9 §2(γ) of π.δ. 68/2009, so this site adds a second, cultural-heritage layer to an existing total ban. NO MAP PIN: the 1989 decision delimits the cove only «του συνημμένου σχεδίου» — on an attached plan — and publishes no latitude or longitude.

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• Ormiskos Mavromantilou (Trinisa, Laconia) underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited along the shoreline of the small cove «Μαυρομαντηλού» in the Trinisa area of Laconia, declared an archaeological site to protect late-Roman building remains sunk on its bottom. Basis: ΥΑ (ministerial decision, signed by the Minister of Culture alone) ΥΠΠΟ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/14433/826 of 26 June 1997 (ΦΕΚ 614 Β΄/1997), listed on the Gytheio Port Authority's current prohibition register. The 1997 decision itself locates the cove precisely — «στον ορμίσκο στη θέση «Μαυρομαντηλού» περιοχής Τρίνησας Λακωνίας» — and the 1999 declaration of the wider area (ΦΕΚ 1607 Β΄/1999) confirms that the three islets called Trinisa lie directly opposite this cove. NO MAP PIN: the decision delimits the area by two vertices in a local ΓΥΣ grid (Α: Χ 11750, Ψ −4750; Β: Χ 11905, Ψ −4745) on an attached map sheet, not in latitude and longitude.

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• Valtaki–Trinasos coastal archaeological area (Laconia)archaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited in the coastal area of Valtaki–Trinasos in Laconia, a declared archaeological area. Basis: ΥΑ (ministerial decision, signed by the Minister of Culture alone) ΥΠΠΟ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/36388/2322 of 30 July 1999 (ΦΕΚ 1607 Β΄/1999; the Coast Guard register misprints that date as 30-07-2009), listed on the Gytheio Port Authority's current prohibition register. The declaration names the places it covers — Agios Konstantinos, Selinitsa, Valtaki, Glossa Valtakiou and Mavromantilou, all in the prefecture of Laconia — and separately declares the three islets (Trinisa) opposite Mavromantilou bay; the protected features include a late-Roman tomb at Agios Konstantinos Selinitsas, Middle Palaeolithic karst deposits at Selinitsa, and extensive late-Roman and early-Christian building remains along the whole shore. NO MAP PIN: the area is delimited only on an attached 1:5,000 ΓΥΣ map sheet; the gazette publishes no latitude/longitude, and there is more than one «Βαλτάκι» in Greece, so a gazetteer pin would risk being flatly wrong.

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• Sea area north of Ormos Giagana (Kefalonia) — underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited all year round in the declared archaeological sea area immediately north of Ormos Giagana on the east coast of Kefalonia (Neochori, Eriso, municipality of Sami). Declared by ministerial decision ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/62769/4286 of 11 November 2003 (ΦΕΚ 1769 Β΄/27 Nov 2003) to protect the underwater antiquities found there; the speargun ban follows from art. 15 §2 of Law 3028/2002 read with art. Α§2(δ) of KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/11228/1865 (ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004), and is listed on the Kefalonia Port Authority's current prohibition register. Unlike most Greek underwater-archaeology declarations this one publishes its own WGS 84 coordinate table, so the area is exactly known: a small near-shore box whose landward side is the coastline. The gazette’s own ΠΙΝΑΚΑΣ ΣΥΝΤΕΤΑΓΜΕΝΩΝ reads Α 38°21.140′Ν 020°37.363′Ε · Β 38°21.140′Ν 020°37.624′Ε · Γ 38°20.720′Ν 020°37.624′Ε · Δ 38°20.720′Ν 020°37.439′Ε (about 780 m north-south by 340 m east-west); the map pin is the area centroid of those four published vertices (38.3490, 20.6252), not a gazetteer point, so it should not be "corrected" later.

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• Ormos Salantiou (Karterou), Didyma (Argolida) — underwater archaeological sitearchaeological

  Spearfishing is prohibited all year round in Ormos Salantiou, also called Karterou, on the coast of Didyma in Argolida — a declared underwater archaeological site. Towed gear, sponge fishing and mechanised shellfish harvesting without a Ministry of Culture permit are banned there as well. Basis: KYA ΥΠΠΟ/ΓΔΑΠΚ/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ41/11228/1865 (ΦΕΚ 336 Β΄/2004), art. Α§2(δ), as listed on the Nafplio Port Authority's current prohibition register. NO MAP PIN: the site has no published coordinate list and the bay name does not resolve unambiguously in any public gazetteer; Didyma lies on the eastern Argolid coast between Kranidi and Iria. Ask the Nafplio Port Authority before diving that stretch.

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• Ormos Treis Ammoudies (Kea) — all-method fishing banno_take_zone

  All fishing by any means is prohibited in Ormos Treis Ammoudies on Kea, so spearfishing is included. The ban comes from ministerial decision ΥΠΓ10/ΑΡΧ/Α1/Φ43/12906/709 as listed on the Lavrio Port Authority's current prohibition register, and the SAME decision closes Ormos Agiou Nikolaou and Kavos Kefalas on Kea — both of which are separately mapped. The register's single sentence reads «στις περιοχές του όρμου Αγ. Νικολάου, του όρμου Τρεις Αμμουδιές και του Κάβου Κεφάλας ΚΕΑΣ», and the same register lists the Lavrio-side Ormos Agiou Nikolaou in a separate entry that spells out «ΛΑΥΡΙΟΥ», so all three places in this decision are on Kea. NO MAP PIN: the decision publishes no coordinate and the toponym does not resolve in any public gazetteer consulted.

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