Bolivia
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Bolivia is a landlocked country, so there is no marine spearfishing; the only relevant context is freshwater (rivers, lakes such as Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon/Plata basins). Recreational/sports fishing ('pesca deportiva') is explicitly legal and recognised under Law No. 938 (Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables, 2017) and the earlier Reglamento de Pesca y Acuicultura (DS 22581, 1990). However, neither the law nor the regulation specifically names underwater spearfishing, harpoons ('arpón') or spearguns ('fusil submarino') — they are neither expressly authorised nor expressly prohibited. Law 938 Art. 17 prohibits explosives, firearms, toxic/chemical substances and bottom-trawling, and lets the competent authority (IPD-PACU) declare any other method 'noxious'. Sports fishing must use 'authorized fishing gear and methods', requires a licence, and IPD-PACU regulates specialized fishing activities. Because spearfishing is not addressed by name and its legality depends on IPD-PACU authorising it as a method, the specific status of spearfishing is unknown/restricted in practice.
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Kuadri qeverisës
- §Ley N° 938 - Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables (3 May 2017)
- §Decreto Supremo N° 22581 - Reglamento de Pesca y Acuicultura (14 August 1990)
- §Decreto Supremo N° 1922 - Creación de la IPD-PACU (13 March 2014)
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- Kërkohet
- Të huajt
- Mirësevini
Ligji, verbatim
Tekstet ligjore
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Definition of sports/recreational fishing (Pesca Deportiva)
Ley N° 938, Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables
18. Pesca Deportiva. Es la actividad pesquera que realizan personas, nacionales o extranjeras, con el fin de capturar con artes y métodos de pesca autorizados, recursos hidrobiológicos en aguas continentales, jurisdiccionales o en zona económica exclusiva, sin fines de lucro y con propósito de deporte, recreo, turismo o pasatiempo.
Prohibited fishing methods
Ley N° 938, Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables
ARTÍCULO 17. (MÉTODOS DE PESCA PROHIBIDOS). Quedan prohibidos los siguientes métodos de pesca: 1. Emplear dinamita y otros materiales explosivos, incluyendo armas de fuego o que pongan en riesgo el ecosistema acuático. 2. Emplear sustancias químicas orgánicas e inorgánicas que al contacto del agua, produzcan contaminación o disminuyan su calidad. 3. Pescar con métodos de arrastre de fondo u otros que modifiquen las condiciones del hábitat. 4. Usar redes con luz de malla inferiores a las especificadas por el Reglamento de la presente Ley. 5. Emplear cualquier otro procedimiento de pesca declarado como nocivo, de acuerdo a lo determinado por la entidad competente.
Closed seasons (vedas)
Ley N° 938, Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables
ARTÍCULO 16. (VEDAS). La IPD-"PACU", establecerá las siguientes medidas: 1. Prohibir pesca en época de veda, por factores que pongan en peligro una u otras especies. 2. Poner en práctica la veda de una especie determinada, previo establecimiento de criterios técnicos, requisitos y procedimientos administrativos y otros factores pertinentes. 3. Comunicar el establecimiento de la veda, con al menos treinta (30) días antes de su entrada en vigencia.
Specialized fishing activities include sports fishing; regulated by IPD-PACU
Ley N° 938, Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables
ARTÍCULO 18. (ACTIVIDADES DE PESCA ESPECIALIZADA). I. Se consideran actividades de pesca especializada: a) Pesca deportiva; b) Pesca científica; c) Pesca de recursos hidrobiológicos ornamentales. II. La IPD-"PACU" reglamentará el ejercicio de la pesca especializada, atendiendo debidamente a las características de cada una de las cuencas hidrográficas del país.
Licence required to legally practise fishing
Ley N° 938, Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables
ARTÍCULO 31. (AUTORIZACIONES Y LICENCIAS). I. Para el ordenamiento de la Pesca y Acuicultura se reconoce los siguientes instrumentos: 1. Licencia. Es el documento administrativo individual e intransferible, que otorga el derecho para practicar legalmente la Pesca y Acuicultura en las aguas continentales del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. [...] II. Los requisitos para la otorgación de autorizaciones y licencias, el plazo de vigencia de estos y sus formas de extinción serán establecidos en el reglamento de la presente Ley.
Right to practise sports/scientific fishing (1990 Regulation)
Decreto Supremo N° 22581, Reglamento de Pesca y Acuicultura
Las personas individuales o colectivas dedicadas a la pesca deportiva y/o científica, cumpliendo los requisitos exigidos, tienen pleno derecho para ejercer la actividad.
Prohibited (illicit) fishing methods (1990 Regulation)
Decreto Supremo N° 22581, Reglamento de Pesca y Acuicultura
La pesca con métodos ilícitos, en ríos, lagos y lagunas naturales o artificiales, tales como el empleo de materiales tóxicos, explosivos y otros cuya naturaleza causa daño o deterioro [...]; La construcción de trampas o cercas de materiales diversos, así como el uso de mallas en las desembocaduras de arroyos.
Mandate to issue Law 938's implementing regulation within 120 days
Ley N° 938, Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables
DISPOSICIÓN TRANSITORIA. ÚNICA. El Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras, elaborará la reglamentación a la presente Ley en un plazo de ciento veinte (120) días, la misma que será aprobada mediante Decreto Supremo. [The reglamento that Law 938 leaves to set licensing requirements, authorized sports-fishing methods, catch limits and per-basin rules was to be issued within 120 days by Supreme Decree; no such dedicated reglamento for Law 938 could be located in official sources, so the 1990 Reglamento de Pesca y Acuicultura (DS 22581) remains the operative regulation.]
Kur mund të zhyteni
Sezoni & kufizimet kohore
Periudhat e mbyllura, të hapura dhe të kufizuara gjatë vitit. Gjithmonë konfirmoni mbylljen specifike të llojeve lokalisht.
- MbyllurSpecies determined by IPD-PACU (vedas are set per species by technical criteria; no fixed national calendar in the law)unknown – unknown
Law 938 Art. 16 empowers IPD-PACU to declare closed seasons (vedas) on a per-species basis, communicated at least 30 days before they take effect. No general fixed-date national veda is specified in the statute itself; specific vedas are issued by administrative resolution.
Leja për të peshkuar
Licenca
Çfarë ju nevojitet për të qenë i lejuar në ujë, çfarë kushton dhe si ta merrni.
Through the IPD-PACU (Institución Pública Desconcentrada de Pesca y Acuicultura) under the Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras; Art. 31 of Law 938 makes the licence the document that grants the right to legally practise fishing. Specific procedural requirements are set in IPD-PACU regulations.
Merr licencën tuajHap portalin zyrtar · gob.bo
- Lloji
- Licencia de pesca (individual, non-transferable administrative document); sports fishing is a 'pesca especializada' regulated by IPD-PACU
- Kostoja
- unknown
- Vlefshmëria
- unknown
- Si të merret
- Through the IPD-PACU (Institución Pública Desconcentrada de Pesca y Acuicultura) under the Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras; Art. 31 of Law 938 makes the licence the document that grants the right to legally practise fishing. Specific procedural requirements are set in IPD-PACU regulations.
- Autoriteti
- IPD-PACU (Institución Pública Desconcentrada de Pesca y Acuicultura)
Pajisjet & teknika
Rregullat e pajisjeve
Çfarë pajisje lejohet, si mund të përdoren dhe kushtet e bashkangjitura.
Kufizimet
- Explosives, firearms and any gear that endangers the aquatic ecosystem are prohibited (Law 938 Art. 17.1) - note 'armas de fuego' covers firearm-type devices, not pneumatic/elastic spearguns specifically
- Toxic/chemical substances prohibited (Law 938 Art. 17.2)
- Bottom-trawling and habitat-altering methods prohibited (Law 938 Art. 17.3)
- Nets below regulated mesh size prohibited (Law 938 Art. 17.4)
- Any method declared 'noxious' by IPD-PACU is prohibited (Law 938 Art. 17.5)
Spearguns/harpoons ('fusil submarino', 'arpón') and underwater spearfishing are not mentioned by name in Law 938 or in the 1990 Regulation. They are neither expressly authorised nor expressly banned. Whether they qualify as an 'authorized method' for sports fishing is for IPD-PACU to determine; absent explicit authorisation their legality is unknown.
Çfarë mund të merrni
Kufijtë e kapjes & llojet e mbrojtura
Kuotat ditore, madhësitë minimale dhe llojet që nuk duhet marrë kurrë.
Limiti ditor
unknown
Law 938 leaves catch quotas, size limits and protected-species lists to be fixed by IPD-PACU regulation and per-basin management plans rather than in the statute. No specific recreational catch limits were retrieved from official sources.
Kush mund të peshkojë
Vizitorët & rezidentët
Si ndryshojnë rregullat për vizitorët e huaj dhe banorët lokalë.
Vizitorët e huaj
LejuarLaw 938 Art. 5 explicitly includes 'personas, nacionales o extranjeras' in the definition of pesca deportiva, so foreigners may engage in recreational fishing under the same licensing framework. No foreigner-specific licence requirement was found in the retrieved official texts.
Rezidentët
Licencia de pesca (general fishing licence; sports fishing as pesca especializada)
The law does not distinguish residents from non-residents for sports fishing; both nationals and foreigners are covered. Note that indigenous/originario communities have special recognised customary fishing rights and practices under Law 938 and its regulation.
Ku në bregdet
Zonat e lejuara & të ndaluara
Zonat e emëruara që janë të hapura ose të mbyllura për peshkimin nënujor. Shikoni pamjen e plotë në hartën interaktive.
Zonat e ndaluara
Creation decree Art. 7 expressly forbids granting any 'autorización de caza y pesca deportiva o comercial' (sport or commercial hunting/fishing authorization) within the park's limits, i.e. both recreational and commercial fishing — spearfishing is 'pesca deportiva' under Bolivian law (Ley 938 Art. 5.18).
- Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercadonational park
Creation/expansion decree Art. 5 flatly prohibits 'caza y pesca' (hunting and fishing, no sport/commercial qualifier) within the park's new limits along the Bolivia–Brazil border on the Río Iténez (Guaporé); a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.
Kushtet mbi ujë
Kushtet e drejtpërdrejta
Pamja e drejtpërdrejtë detare dhe meteorologjike afër një pike reference bregdetare në Bolivia, nga Open-Meteo. Kushtet ndryshojnë përgjatë bregdetit — trajtojini si treguese.
Kushtet detare & meteorologjike afër Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi (Madidi National Park).
Kë të pyesni
Autoritetet
Organet zyrtare përgjegjëse për peshkimin dhe licencimin.
IPD-PACU - Institución Pública Desconcentrada de Pesca y Acuicultura
fisheries authority
gob.boMinisterio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras (MDRyT), Viceministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Agropecuario; central tel. (591-2) 2204446 / 2200430Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras (MDRyT)
environment/agriculture ministry
ruralytierras.gob.boLa Paz, Bolivia
Ku vjen kjo
Burimet
Çdo pretendim në këtë faqe gjurmohet deri te njëra nga këto referenca.
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Bolivia: Ley de pesca y acuicultura sustentables (Ley N° 938), 3 de mayo de 2017 - LexiVox (official legislation portal)
Zyrtarelexivox.orgAksesuar Qer 14 - [02]
Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentable (938) - Infoleyes Bolivia (full text, articles 16, 17)
Dytësorebolivia.infoleyes.comAksesuar Qer 14 - [03]
ARTÍCULO 5, Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentable (938) - Infoleyes Bolivia (definition of pesca deportiva)
Dytësorebolivia.infoleyes.comAksesuar Qer 14 - [04]
LEY N° 938 - texto Gaceta Oficial (PDF) - Tribunal Agroambiental de Bolivia
Zyrtaretribunalagroambiental.boAksesuar Qer 14 - [05]
Ley N° 938 (Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura Sustentables) - full text PDF (FAOLEX, FAO Legal Database) - verbatim source for Arts. 5(18), 16, 17, 18, 31 and Disposición Transitoria Única
Zyrtarefaolex.fao.orgAksesuar Qer 23 - [06]
Ley Nº 938 – Ley de Pesca y Acuacultura Sustentables - UNEP Law and Environment Assistance Platform (LEAP/InforMEA record: 48 articles, 10 chapters, enacted 3 May 2017; no spearfishing/harpoon provision)
Zyrtareleap.unep.orgAksesuar Qer 23 - [07]
Bolivia: Reglamento de pesca y acuicultura (DS 22581), 14 de agosto de 1990 - LexiVox
Zyrtarelexivox.orgAksesuar Qer 14 - [08]
Bolivia: Creación de la IPD-PACU (DS N° 1922), 13 de marzo de 2014 - LexiVox
Zyrtarelexivox.orgAksesuar Qer 14 - [09]
Institución Pública Desconcentrada de Pesca y Acuicultura (IPD-PACU) - Portal gob.bo
Zyrtaregob.boAksesuar Qer 14
Shënime të hulumtuesit
Bolivia is landlocked (no sea coastline); marine spearfishing is not applicable. Relevant context is freshwater fishing in rivers, the Amazon and La Plata basins, and high-altitude lakes (notably Lake Titicaca, shared with Peru, where trout, pejerrey, ispi and carache are caught). Recreational/sports fishing ('pesca deportiva') is explicitly legal under Law 938 (2017) for both nationals and foreigners (Art. 5 numeral 18) and is classed as a regulated 'specialized fishing activity' under IPD-PACU (Art. 18). CRITICAL: the FULL official text of Law 938 (verified against the FAOLEX PDF bol166379.pdf, 12 pages / 48 articles / 10 chapters) was searched and the words 'pesca submarina', 'arpón', 'fusil submarino', 'buceo', 'inmersión' and 'áreas protegidas' do NOT appear anywhere; the same is true of the 1990 Reglamento (DS 22581). Underwater spearfishing is therefore neither expressly authorised nor expressly prohibited. Law 938 Art. 17 bans explosives, firearms ('armas de fuego'), poisons, bottom-trawling and undersized nets, and empowers IPD-PACU to declare any other method 'noxious' (Art. 17.5) and to set vedas per species (Art. 16). Whether spearfishing counts as an 'authorized method' for pesca deportiva is for IPD-PACU to decide; that authorisation could not be confirmed, so spearfishing_allowed stays 'unknown'. Law 938's Disposición Transitoria Única ordered a dedicated implementing reglamento within 120 days (by Supreme Decree); no such Law-938 reglamento could be located in official sources, so the 1990 Reglamento (DS 22581) remains operative. The Reserva Nacional del Titicaca is a protected area on the PERUVIAN side of the lake (est. 1978); no equivalent fishing-prohibition reserve specific to the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca was confirmed. No spearfishing-specific zones, seasons, catch limits or licence fees could be confirmed from official sources. Confidence raised low->medium: the statutory framework is now fully verified against the official text, but the spearfishing-by-name question is genuinely unaddressed in Bolivian law.
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