Paraguay
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Paraguay is a landlocked country, so all spearfishing would be freshwater (rivers, lakes, lagoons, reservoirs). National law (Ley Nº 3.556/08 de Pesca y Acuicultura) does not specifically name spearfishing (pesca subacuática/submarina), but it strictly defines the only permitted gear for recreational ('sport') fishing as hooks and lines or a rod with/without reel ('anzuelos y liñadas o caña con o sin reel'). Spearguns/harpoons are therefore not among the authorised sport-fishing methods, and the law generally prohibits non-selective and destructive fishing arts. Commercial sale of catch is forbidden under a sport licence. In practice recreational spearfishing is not a recognised or permitted modality in Paraguay. An annual, non-transferable fishing licence issued by MADES is mandatory for any sport fishing, and a nationwide closed season (veda) suspends all sport and commercial fishing for several weeks each year (typically early November to late December/January).
Ultimo aggiornamento Novembre 2, 2025
Quadro normativo di riferimento
- §Ley Nº 3.556/2008 ‘De Pesca y Acuicultura’ (7 August 2008)
- §Resolución MADES Nº 463/2024 (veda pesquera 2024–2025)
- §Resolución MADES Nº 523/2025 (veda pesquera 2025–2026)
- Licenza obbligatoria
- Obbligatoria
- Fucile subacqueo
- Vietato
- Stranieri
- Ammessi
La legge, integrale
Testi legali
Le esatte disposizioni di legge e regolamentari che disciplinano la pesca subacquea qui, citate come pubblicate, con un link a ogni fonte ufficiale.
Definición de pesca deportiva
Ley Nº 3.556/2008 De Pesca y Acuicultura
La pesca deportiva, será considerada a la actividad pesquera que se realiza con fines de recreación, competición y turístico, y sin fines de lucro
Prohibiciones - artes y métodos de pesca prohibidos
Ley Nº 3.556/2008 De Pesca y Acuicultura
Queda prohibido: ocupar con redes más de la mitad del ancho del cauce principal del río; el uso de trasmallo y espineles flotantes (pato o peine); el uso de ecosonda para la pesca comercial; la construcción o utilización de barreras, empalizadas, muros, estacadas, redes tubo; el empleo de sustancias tóxicas, descargas eléctricas; la utilización de explosivos o de gas con fines de pesca; utilizar aparatos auxiliares de luz artificial con fines de pesca; utilizar hilo de monofilamento para la confección de las redes de pesca; utilizar malla, mallón u otros tipos de redes en todos los riachos, arroyos, lagos.
Otorgamiento de licencias y canon
Ley Nº 3.556/2008 De Pesca y Acuicultura
El otorgamiento de licencias, concesiones y permisos estará sujeto al cumplimiento de los requisitos […] al pago de un canon según la modalidad de pesca […] El canon máximo que podrá establecerse para cada modalidad de pesca será de hasta 20 (veinte) jornales mínimos.
Artes de pesca permitidas para la pesca deportiva
MADES - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura (reglamentación de la pesca deportiva, Ley 3.556/08)
Las artes de pesca serán el uso de anzuelos y liñadas o caña con o sin reel.
Quando puoi immergerti
Stagioni e restrizioni temporali
Periodi di chiusura, apertura e restrizione nel corso dell'anno. Conferma sempre localmente le chiusure specifiche per specie.
- ChiusaAll sport and commercial fishing in national and shared waters (Río Paraná, Río Paraguay, Río Pilcomayo, Río Apa and other water bodies under national jurisdiction)Nov 2 – Gen 31
Veda pesquera 2025-2026 (Resolución MADES Nº 523/2025). Prohibits sport and commercial fishing, use of fishing gear, and transport/commercialisation of fishery products. Internal waters and waters shared with Argentina: 2 Nov 2025 - 20 Dec 2025; waters shared with Brazil: 2 Nov 2025 - 31 Jan 2026.
- ChiusaAll sport and commercial fishing in national and shared watersNov 4 – Gen 31
Veda pesquera 2024-2025 (Resolución MADES Nº 463/2024). Suspended both commercial and sport fishing. Waters shared with Argentina ended 20 Dec 2024; waters shared with Brazil ended 31 Jan 2025.
Permesso di pescare
Licenza
Cosa ti serve per poter entrare in acqua, quanto costa e come ottenerla.
Obtained from MADES - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura, Avenida Madame Lynch Nº 3500, Asunción, or regional offices (Pilar, Ayolas, Ciudad del Este, Encarnación, San Juan, Concepción).
Ottieni la tua licenzaApre il portale ufficiale · mades.gov.py
- Tipo
- Licencia de pesca deportiva (annual, non-transferable)
- Costo
- G. 162,504 (Guaraní); legal maximum canon up to 20 minimum daily wages (jornales mínimos)
- Validità
- 1 year
- Come ottenerla
- Obtained from MADES - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura, Avenida Madame Lynch Nº 3500, Asunción, or regional offices (Pilar, Ayolas, Ciudad del Este, Encarnación, San Juan, Concepción).
- Autorità
- Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADES) - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura
Attrezzatura e tecnica
Regole sull'attrezzatura
Quale attrezzatura è consentita, come può essere usata e le condizioni associate.
Restrizioni
- Only permitted sport-fishing gear is hooks and lines or a rod with/without reel ('anzuelos y liñadas o caña con o sin reel') - spearguns/harpoons are not an authorised method
- Prohibited: toxic substances, electric discharges, explosives or gas (Art. 36, Ley 3.556/08)
- Prohibited: monofilament-thread nets, trasmallo, floating espineles, light-attraction devices, river-barrier structures (Art. 36)
The national law does not explicitly name spearfishing (pesca subacuática/submarina). Because recreational fishing is restricted by regulation to hook-and-line/rod gear, spear/harpoon underwater fishing falls outside the permitted recreational modality and is effectively not allowed.
Cosa puoi prelevare
Limiti di cattura e specie protette
Quote giornaliere, taglie minime e specie che non devono mai essere prelevate.
Limite giornaliero
unknown
Taglie minime
- Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis)min 75 cm
- Surubí (pintado)min 85 cm
- Surubí atigradomin 80 cm
- Manguruyúmin 100 cm
- Patímin 70 cm
- Pacúmin 45 cm
Minimum total-length sizes reported in Paraguay fishing regulations summaries (secondary source). Commercial sale of fish caught under a sport licence is prohibited; catch may be released or kept for personal consumption only.
Chi può pescare
Visitatori e residenti
Come le regole differiscono per i visitatori stranieri e i residenti locali.
Visitatori stranieri
ConsentitoLicenza speciale obbligatoria
Requisiti
- Must hold a valid sport fishing licence (licencia de pesca deportiva) issued by MADES
- Must comply with closed-season (veda) periods, permitted gear, and minimum size limits
Restrizioni
- Same gear restrictions apply: only hook-and-line/rod permitted; spearguns/harpoons not authorised
No public source indicates a separate foreigner-specific spearfishing regime; tourism is an explicit purpose of the sport fishing licence. Marine/coastal spearfishing is not applicable (landlocked country).
Residenti
Licencia de pesca deportiva (same regime as for all sport anglers); subsistence fishing for riverside dwellers (pobladores ribereños) is treated separately under Ley 3.556/08
Requisiti
- Annual MADES sport fishing licence for recreational fishing
Subsistence fishing by riverside communities is permitted under specific conditions distinct from recreational sport fishing; it is not spearfishing-specific.
A chi rivolgersi
Autorità
Gli enti ufficiali responsabili della pesca e delle licenze.
Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADES) - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura
environment ministry / fisheries authority
mades.gov.pyAvenida Madame Lynch Nº 3500, Asunción, ParaguayMinisterio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG) - Viceministerio de Ganadería
agriculture/livestock ministry (co-application authority under Ley 3.556/08)
Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Salud Animal (SENACSA)
animal quality and health service (co-application authority)
Da dove provengono
Fonti
Ogni affermazione su questa pagina risale a uno di questi riferimenti.
- [01]
Ley Nº 3556 De Pesca y Acuicultura - full text (Justia Paraguay)
Secondariaparaguay.justia.comConsultato il Giu 15 - [02]
Ley Nº 3556 / DE PESCA Y ACUICULTURA - BACN (official legislation portal)
Ufficialebacn.gov.pyConsultato il Giu 15 - [03]
MADES - Licencia de pesca es documento esencial (permitted gear, license cost)
Ufficialemades.gov.pyConsultato il Giu 15 - [04]
MADES - Trámites: Pesca Deportiva
Ufficialemades.gov.pyConsultato il Giu 15 - [05]
MADES - Veda pesquera 2024-2025 (Resolución Nº 463/2024)
Ufficialemades.gov.pyConsultato il Giu 15 - [06]
Veda Pesquera 2025-2026 - Resolución Nº 523/2025 (RCC, secondary)
Secondariarcc.com.pyConsultato il Giu 15 - [07]
Reglamento de pesca en Paraguay 2025: veda, tallas (PescaPro Paraguay, secondary)
Secondariapescaproparaguay.comConsultato il Giu 15
Note dei ricercatori
Paraguay is landlocked (no marine coastline); only inland/freshwater fishing exists. National fisheries law (Ley Nº 3.556/2008) does NOT explicitly mention spearfishing, harpoons or pneumatic spearguns ('arpón'/'fusil'/'pesca subacuática'). The conclusion that recreational spearfishing is not permitted is inferred from the MADES regulation that restricts sport-fishing gear to hooks and lines or rod ('anzuelos y liñadas o caña con o sin reel') plus Art. 36 prohibitions on non-selective/destructive methods. No source explicitly authorises or explicitly bans underwater spearfishing by name. The BACN official law page returned HTTP 403 on automated fetch; verbatim article text was therefore captured from the Justia Paraguay reproduction of the same law and cross-checked against MADES summaries. No designated spearfishing zones exist; zones left empty. Daily catch limit not published in consulted sources. Confidence is medium: the legal framework and gear/license/season facts are well sourced, but the spearfishing-specific status is interpretive (absence of explicit provision) rather than a named prohibition.
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