Sudan
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Sudan has a Red Sea coastline regulated primarily by the Marine Fisheries Ordinance of 1937 and its 1975 amendment (Marine Fisheries Regulation). The 1975 by-law specifically prohibits the use of 'water guns' (spearguns) in fishing without an issued permit, and FAO's regional review describes the framework as banning dynamite, poisons and spearguns in fishing. As a result, spearfishing is not freely allowed: it requires an official permit and is effectively prohibited for unlicensed and recreational use. All fishing, including spearfishing, is entirely banned inside the no-take Sanganeb Marine National Park, and is restricted in the Dungonab Bay / Mukkawar Island Marine National Park. There is no evidence of a recreational spearfishing licensing scheme aimed at tourists; the licensing regime is built around fishing craft and artisanal/commercial fishers. Enforcement at sea is reported to be weak. No verbatim primary legal text could be retrieved (the official ordinance PDF is a scanned image), so confidence is low; the legal status is sourced from FAO and UNEP/ECOLEX secondary summaries.
Ultima actualizare Iunie 16, 2026
Cadrul de reglementare
- §Marine Fisheries Ordinance of 1937 (15 June 1937)
- §Marine Fisheries Regulation 1975 (by-law of 15 April 1975 amending the 1937 Ordinance; bans use of water guns/spearguns and collection of corals, molluscs and ornamental fish without a permit)
- §Federal Wildlife and Hunting (Conservation) Law 1986 (legal basis for marine national parks)
- Licență obligatorie
- Obligatorie
- Arbaletă
- Interzis
Legea, verbatim
Texte legale
Prevederile statutare și de reglementare exacte care guvernează pescuitul subacvatic aici, citate așa cum au fost publicate, cu un link la fiecare sursă oficială.
1975 by-law prohibition on water guns (spearguns) - excerpt as quoted in the FAO regional fisheries review (secondary source; not the gazette)
Marine Fisheries Regulation 1975 (by-law amending the Marine Fisheries Ordinance 1937)
The law prohibits the use of dynamite, poisons, and spear guns in fishing.
Penalty for fishing offences - excerpt as quoted in the FAO regional fisheries review (secondary source; not the gazette)
Marine Fisheries Ordinance of 1937 (Sudan), as amended 1975
liable to a fine not exceeding 50 pond or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three month or to both
Licensing discretion and close areas - editorial abstract from the UNEP LEAP / ECOLEX FAOLEX record (secondary source; not the gazette)
Marine Fisheries Ordinance of 1937 (Sudan)
The Ordinance regulates fishing in the Territorial Waters of Sudan. Fishing licences shall be issued by the Local Authority (defined in section 2). These authorities may at discretion refuse licences to non-residents and refuse licences to residents for a 'good cause' (sect. 5). The Minister may declare close areas (sect. 6). A Local Authority may amend or revoke the Schedules and may make regulations not inconsistent with the present Ordinance (sect. 9).
Când poți te scufunda
Sezoane și restricții de timp
Perioade închise, deschise și restricționate pe parcursul anului. Confirmă întotdeauna local închiderile specifice speciilor.
Nicio închidere sezonieră înregistrată — verifică local înainte de scufundare.
Permisiunea de a pescui
Licență
Ce ai nevoie pentru a fi permis în apă, cât costă și cum se obține.
Fishing licences are issued by the Local Authority under the Marine Fisheries Ordinance; speargun use requires a permit from the Fisheries Administration. Marine national park access is controlled by the Wildlife Conservation General Administration. Exact procedure for spearfishing permits is not documented online.
Obține licența taDeschide portalul oficial · fao.org
- Tip
- Fishing permit / fishing craft licence (no dedicated recreational spearfishing licence identified). A separate permit is required to use a 'water gun' (speargun) under the 1975 regulation.
- Cost
- unknown
- Valabilitate
- unknown
- Cum se obține
- Fishing licences are issued by the Local Authority under the Marine Fisheries Ordinance; speargun use requires a permit from the Fisheries Administration. Marine national park access is controlled by the Wildlife Conservation General Administration. Exact procedure for spearfishing permits is not documented online.
- Autoritate
- Fisheries Administration of Sudan / Local Authority (fishing); Wildlife Conservation General Administration (protected areas)
Echipament și tehnică
Reguli de echipament
Ce echipament este permis, cum poate fi utilizat și condițiile atașate.
Restricții
- Use of 'water guns' (spearguns) in fishing is prohibited without an issued permit (1975 by-law amending the Marine Fisheries Ordinance 1937).
- FAO regional review states the framework bans dynamite, poisons and spearguns in fishing.
- Collecting corals, molluscs or ornamental fish without a permit is prohibited (1975 by-law).
speargun_allowed set to false because spearguns ('water guns') may not be used without a specific permit and are listed among prohibited fishing methods; recreational/unlicensed speargun use is effectively banned. SCUBA-assisted fishing rules were not located.
Ce poți lua
Limite de captură și specii protejate
Cote zilnice, dimensiuni minime și specii care nu trebuie luate niciodată.
Limită zilnică
unknown
Specii protejate — nu lua
- ProtejatCorals (collection prohibited without permit)
- ProtejatMolluscs (collection prohibited without permit)
- ProtejatOrnamental fish (collection prohibited without permit)
- ProtejatSharks, marine turtles, marine mammals and manta rays (protected within Red Sea marine national parks)
No published numerical recreational catch or size limits were found. The 1975 by-law restricts collection of corals, molluscs and ornamental fish; commercial marine fishing was reportedly banned in 1978. Sharks, turtles, marine mammals and manta rays are protected within the marine national parks.
Cine poate pescui
Vizitatori și rezidenți
Cum diferă regulile pentru vizitatorii străini și rezidenții locali.
Vizitatori străini
Necesită licență specială
Cerințe
- Local Authorities may at their discretion refuse fishing licences to non-residents (Marine Fisheries Ordinance 1937).
- Foreign fishing vessels operate under permits specifying zones, seasons and target resources.
Restricții
- No-take marine national parks (Sanganeb, no-take zones of Dungonab Bay/Mukkawar Island) are closed to all fishing including spearfishing.
- Speargun use requires a permit and is otherwise prohibited.
There is no documented recreational spearfishing scheme for foreigners. Sudan also has significant practical access constraints (security situation, permits, restricted Red Sea State access). Status for foreign recreational spearfishers is effectively restricted/unclear.
Rezidenți
Fishing craft licence / fishing permit issued by the Local Authority; speargun use requires a separate permit.
Cerințe
- Hold a valid fishing craft licence and/or personal fishing permit to fish in territorial waters.
- Obtain a permit to use a 'water gun' (speargun).
Avantaje
- Local Authorities may give preference to residents over non-residents when issuing fishing licences.
The licensing regime is oriented toward artisanal and commercial fishers (open-access regime within territorial waters for licensed local fishermen), not recreational spearfishing.
Unde pe coastă
Zone permise și interzise
Zone denumite care sunt deschise sau închise pentru pescuitul subacvatic. Vezi imaginea completă pe harta interactivă.
Zone interzise
- Sanganeb Marine National Park (SMNP)marine national park (no-take zone)
Atoll/coral reef structure in the central Red Sea about 25-30 km north-east of Port Sudan. Gazetted in 1990 under the Federal Wildlife and Hunting Law of 1986 (order signed 1 April 1990); a UNESCO World Heritage site (2016). Described as a no-take zone where all types of fishing are prohibited; spearfishing is therefore banned here.
- Dungonab Bay and Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (DMNP)marine national park (with no-take zones)
Coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, beaches and islets situated about 125 km north of Port Sudan. Designated as a Federal Reserve in 2004 under the Federal Wildlife and Hunting Law of 1986; a UNESCO World Heritage site (2016). Managed by the Wildlife Conservation General Administration; small-scale subsistence/commercial fishing is generally permitted only outside designated no-take zones, and the area is protected by Wildlife Administration and Fisheries regulations. Spearfishing is restricted/effectively prohibited within the protected area.
- Suakin Archipelago National Parknational park / marine protected area
A group of coral islands and reefs in the Red Sea south-east of Port Sudan and east of the town of Suakin, covering about 1,500 km2. Designated/proposed as an IUCN category II national park and an Important Bird Area, hosting breeding tern colonies, sea turtles (hawksbill, green) and dugongs. It forms the south-eastern quarter of the larger Suakin-Gulf of Agig Ramsar site (designated 2 Feb 2009). As a national-park-status marine area protected for sensitive coral-reef and turtle/dugong habitat, fishing including spearfishing is restricted/effectively prohibited; verify directly with Sudanese wildlife/fisheries authorities. Note: park designation is described in sources as proposed for IUCN II.
Condiții pe apă
Condiții live
Instantaneu live marin și meteorologic lângă un punct de referință costier din Sudan, de la Open-Meteo. Condițiile variază de-a lungul coastei — tratează ca indicator.
Condiții live marine și meteo lângă Sanganeb Marine National Park (SMNP).
Pe cine să întrebi
Autorități
Organismele oficiale responsabile de pescuit și licențiere.
Fisheries Administration of Sudan (Marine Fisheries Administration, Red Sea State)
fisheries authority
fao.orgunknownWildlife Conservation General Administration (WCGA), Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife
wildlife / protected areas authority
Red Sea State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
state natural resources authority
De unde provine
Surse
Fiecare afirmație de pe această pagină se regăsește în una dintre aceste referințe.
- [01]
FAO - Review of the state of world marine capture fisheries management: Indian Ocean (Sudan section)
Oficialfao.orgAccesat Iun 16 - [02]
ECOLEX - Marine Fisheries Ordinance of 1937 (Sudan)
Oficialecolex.orgAccesat Iun 16 - [03]
UNEP Law and Environment Assistance Platform (LEAP) - Marine Fisheries Ordinance of 1937 (Sudan)
Oficialleap.unep.orgAccesat Iun 16 - [04]
FAOLEX - full-text record of the Marine Fisheries Ordinance 1937 (scanned PDF, not machine-readable)
Oficialfaolex.fao.orgAccesat Iun 16 - [05]
UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
Oficialwhc.unesco.orgAccesat Iun 15 - [06]
IUCN World Heritage Outlook - Sanganeb / Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
Oficialworldheritageoutlook.iucn.orgAccesat Iun 15 - [07]
WorldAtlas - Sanganeb Marine National Park, Sudan
Secundarworldatlas.comAccesat Iun 15 - [08]
MedCrave - Current status and sustainability issues of marine resources and biodiversity in Sudanese national Red Sea water
Secundarmedcraveonline.comAccesat Iun 15
Note cercetător
Sudan's marine fisheries are governed by the Marine Fisheries Ordinance of 1937 and its 1975 amendment (Marine Fisheries Regulation). The 1975 by-law explicitly bans the use of 'water guns' (spearguns) in fishing without an issued permit, and FAO's regional review lists spearguns alongside dynamite and poisons as prohibited fishing methods - hence spearfishing is classified as 'restricted' (permit-gated, effectively prohibited for unlicensed/recreational use). No primary verbatim statutory text could be retrieved: the official ordinance is published only as a scanned, non-machine-readable PDF on FAOLEX (https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/sud2152.pdf) and the 1975 amending by-law is not available in primary digital form, so the law_texts entries are NOT gazette quotations - they reproduce only what the cited secondary records actually state (two short fragments quoted inside the FAO regional fisheries review, and the editorial abstract published by UNEP LEAP / ECOLEX, which gives the parenthetical section references 2/5/6/9). The underlying clause numbers could not be verified against the primary text - this is why data_confidence is 'low'. The two marine national parks (Sanganeb, declared 1990; Dungonab Bay/Mukkawar Island, 2004), both UNESCO World Heritage and managed by the Wildlife Conservation General Administration, prohibit fishing in their no-take zones. Coordinates given are approximate (Sanganeb derived from N19 42' E37 26'; Dungonab Bay approximate). No closed/open seasons specific to spearfishing, no numeric recreational catch/size limits, and no recreational spearfishing licence scheme were found. Enforcement at sea is reported by FAO/UNESCO sources to be weak. Anyone planning to dive should also factor in Sudan's security situation and Red Sea State access permits. Verify directly with the Fisheries Administration and the Wildlife Conservation General Administration before diving.
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