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Recreational spearfishing (ψαροτούφεκο / υποβρύχια ερασιτεχνική αλιεία) is legal in Greece for personal recreation only (sale of catch is forbidden), but is tightly regulated by Presidential Decree 373/1985 (as amended). Only freediving with breath-hold is allowed: any form of compressed-air diving apparatus (SCUBA, hookah) is banned, as are pneumatic/explosive-propelled spearguns, underwater lights, nets and night fishing. Spearfishing is prohibited every May, after sunset to sunrise, for persons under 16, and within 200 m of swimmers, harbour works, navigational marks, vessels, anchored ships and marked nets, and in vessel transit lanes and harbour entrances/exits. A daily catch cap of 5 kg per person applies (one single fish above this weight is exempt; only one grouper/Epinephelus per day). A diver-down buoy with a yellow flag bearing a red diagonal stripe and the letters 'Υ.Δ.' is mandatory, and the diver must stay within 50 m of it. No special spearfishing licence is required since the old paper permit system was abolished (Law 4256/2014), but from 10 January 2026 the revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation requires recreational marine fishers (including spearfishers) to register and report daily catches of certain conservation-managed species via the national electronic system. Additional area bans apply inside marine protected areas (e.g. the National Marine Park of Alonissos Northern Sporades core zone) and military zones.
Son güncelleme Ocak 12, 2026
Düzenleyici çerçeve
- §Presidential Decree 373/1985 (ΠΔ 373/1985, ΦΕΚ Α' 131/22.07.1985) - Recreational/sport fishing
- §Presidential Decree 86/1998 (ΦΕΚ Α' 78/10.04.1998) - amends catch limit (Art. 2)
- §Presidential Decree 99/2003 (ΦΕΚ Α' 94/22.04.2003) - amends inland-waters fishing (Art. 4)
- §Presidential Decree 7/2014 (Art. 65, ΦΕΚ Α' 108/06.05.2014) - adds sea-urchin provisions
- §Law 4256/2014 (ΦΕΚ Α' 92) - abolishes the recreational boat-fishing licence fee regime (Art. 14§2)
- §Council Regulation (EC) 1967/2006 - Mediterranean fisheries (supersedes net rules in Art. 2)
- §Revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation - recreational fishing registration & catch reporting in force from 10 January 2026
- Ruhsat gerekli
- Gerekli değil
- Zıpkın tüfeği
- İzin veriliyor
- Scuba
- Yasak
- Yabancılar
- Serbest
Yasa, kelimesi kelimesine
Yasal metinler
Burada zıpkınla balık avını düzenleyen tam yasal ve düzenleyici hükümler, yayımlandığı şekliyle alıntılanmış olarak, her resmi kaynağa bir bağlantıyla birlikte.
Underwater recreational fishing - prohibitions (May, night, under-16, 200 m distances, transit lanes)
Presidential Decree 373/1985 (ΦΕΚ Α' 131/22.07.1985), codified
Αρθρ. 3.- 1. Απαγορεύεται η άσκηση της υποβρύχιας ερασιτεχνικής αλιείας: α) Κατά το μήνα Μάιο κάθε χρόνο. β) Αμέσως μετά τη δύση μέχρι την ανατολή του ηλίου. γ) Από άτομα, που δεν έχουν συμπληρώσει το 16ο έτος της ηλικίας τους. δ) Σε απόσταση 200 μέτρων από: (1) Το σημείο όπου συνήθως κολυμπώντας οι λουόμενοι. (2) Τα λιμενικά έργα ή ναυτιλιακές σημάνσεις ή σκάφη ή άλλα πλωτά μέσα αλιείας, καθώς και τα δίχτυα με εμφανή σήμανση. (3) Τα αγκυροβολημένα πλοία. ε) Σε θαλάσσιες ζώνες διέλευσης σκαφών, καθώς και εισόδους-εξόδους λιμανιών ή αγκυροβολίων.
Underwater recreational fishing - prohibited acts (scuba/air apparatus, explosive speargun, nets, undersize fish, underwater lights)
Presidential Decree 373/1985 (ΦΕΚ Α' 131/22.07.1985), codified
2. Απαγορεύεται στους ερασιτεχνικούς υποβρύχιους ψαράδες: α) Να αφαιρούν αλιεύματα από τα αλιευτικά εργαλεία άλλων ψαράδων. β) Να εξακολουθούν να έχουν οπλισμένα τα εργαλεία, που είναι ειδικά για την υποβρύχια αλιεία, όταν βρίσκονται έξω από το νερό ή στην ξηρά. γ) Να χρησιμοποιούν οποιαδήποτε μορφή καταδυτικής συσκευής παροχής αέρα από σκάφος ή φορητή αυτόνομη καταδυτική συσκευή. Επίσης, απαγορεύεται να υπάρχουν αναπνευστικές συσκευές στα σκάφη και, γενικά, τα πλωτά μέσα που χρησιμοποιούνται από αυτούς. Από την απαγόρευση αυτή εξαιρείται η περίπτωση διεξαγωγής ερευνών και άλλων δραστηριοτήτων, που έχουν σχέση με την αλιεία, για την οποία, ο Υπουργός Γεωργίας μπορεί να εγκρίνει τη χρησιμοποίηση καταδυτικών συσκευών παροχής αέρα για ορισμένο χρονικό διάστημα και συγκεκριμένες θαλάσσιες περιοχές. δ) Να χρησιμοποιούν καμάκι, που η προσωπική του δύναμη να προέρχεται από την εκπυρσοκρότηση εκρηκτικής ύλης ή άλλου χημικού μίγματος. ε) Να χρησιμοποιούν δίχτυα, σε οποιαδήποτε φάση της αλιείας. στ) Να αλιεύουν ψάρια βάρους μικρότερου από 150 γραμμάρια. ζ) Να χρησιμοποιούν υποβρύχιο φώς.
Underwater recreational fishing - diver-down buoy, flag and 50 m radius requirement
Presidential Decree 373/1985 (ΦΕΚ Α' 131/22.07.1985), codified
3. Οι ερασιτέχνες υποβρύχιοι ψαράδες, όταν είναι σε κατάδυση, υποχρεούνται να φέρουν έναν επιπλέοντα σημαντήρα (πλαστικό), χρώματος κίτρινου, ο οποίος να φέρει μία σημαία κίτρινη με διαγώνια κόκκινη γραμμή, στην οποία να αναγράφονται τα ψηφία Υ.Δ. (Υποβρύχια Δραστηριότητα) και ο οποίος πρέπει να είναι ορατός με κανονικές συνθήκες από απόσταση 300 τουλάχιστον μέτρων. Εάν ο υποβρύχιος ψαράς συνοδεύεται από πλωτό μέσο, η σημαία αυτή πρέπει να είναι στερεωμένη με εμφανές σημείο πάνω στο μέσο αυτό. [...] Ο υποβρύχιος ψαράς πρέπει να κινείται σε μία ακτίνα 50 μέτρων από τη σημαντήρα ή το πλωτό μέσο.
Daily catch limit (5 kg) and one grouper limit
Presidential Decree 373/1985 (ΦΕΚ Α' 131/22.07.1985), codified; Art. 2 para. 2(a) as replaced by PD 86/1998
2. Κάθε ερασιτέχνης ψαράς επιτρέπεται να ψαρεύει συνολικά: «α) Μέχρι πέντε (5) κιλά ψάρια ή κεφαλόποδα κατά 24ωρο, εφόσον αλιεύει με οποιοδήποτε από τα επιτρεπόμενα εργαλεία εκτός από δίχτυα ή παραγάδια με τα οποία επιτρέπεται να ψαρεύει μέχρι δέκα (10) κιλά. Εξαιρείται η περίπτωση που ένα ψάρι μόνο του έχει μεγαλύτερο βάρος.» β) Ένα μόνο άτομο του γένους των ροφοειδών (EPINEPHELUS).
General prohibitions - lights, sponge/coral harvest, sale of recreational catch
Presidential Decree 373/1985 (ΦΕΚ Α' 131/22.07.1985), codified
3. Απαγορεύεται η ερασιτεχνική αλιεία με την βοήθεια φωτεινών πηγών. Από την απαγόρευση αυτή εξαιρείται μόνον η περίπτωση αλιείας στη θάλασσα με καμάκι χεριού, που επιτρέπεται να ενεργείται με τη βοήθεια ενός λαμπτήρα με διάχυτο φώς (λούξ) χωρίς καταυγαστήρα, έντασης μέχρι 500 κεριά. [...] 6. Απαγορεύεται η ερασιτεχνική αλιεία σπόγγων και κοραλλιών. 7. Απαγορεύεται η πώληση και γενικά η εμπορία αλιευτικών προϊόντων, που προέρχονται από ερασιτεχνική αλιεία.
Ne zaman dalabilirsiniz
Sezonlar ve zaman kısıtlamaları
Yıl boyunca kapalı, açık ve kısıtlı dönemler. Türe özgü kapanışları her zaman yerel olarak teyit edin.
- KapalıAll underwater/spear fishing (υποβρύχια ερασιτεχνική αλιεία)May 1 – May 31
Underwater recreational fishing is prohibited every May (PD 373/1985, Art. 3 para. 1a), a spawning-season closure.
- KapalıAll underwater/spear fishing (daily night closure)sunset – sunrise
Spearfishing is prohibited from immediately after sunset until sunrise (PD 373/1985, Art. 3 para. 1b). Underwater lights are also banned.
Avlanma izni
Ruhsat
Suya girmenize izin verilmesi için neye ihtiyacınız olduğu, maliyeti ve nasıl alınacağı.
- Tür
- No dedicated spearfishing licence. The old recreational boat-fishing permit fee regime under PD 373/1985 Art. 6 was abolished by Law 4256/2014. From 10 January 2026, recreational marine fishers (including spearfishers) must instead register and report daily catches of certain EU conservation-managed species via the national electronic reporting system under the revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation.
- Maliyet
- No licence fee. Registration/reporting under the 2026 EU rule is free.
- Geçerlilik
- n/a (no licence). 2026 reporting obligation is ongoing while fishing.
- Nasıl alınır
- No licence to obtain for spearfishing itself. From 2026, register and report catches through the Greek national recreational-fishing electronic system as required by EU rules.
- Yetkili makam
- Ministry of Rural Development and Food (General Directorate of Fisheries) / Hellenic Coast Guard
Ekipman ve teknik
Ekipman kuralları
Hangi ekipmana izin verildiği, nasıl kullanılabileceği ve bağlı koşullar.
Kısıtlamalar
- Any form of compressed-air diving apparatus is banned: no SCUBA, no portable autonomous breathing apparatus, no air-supply from a boat (hookah); such apparatus may not even be present on the boat used (PD 373/1985, Art. 3 para. 2c)
- Spearguns whose propulsion comes from detonation of explosive material or a chemical mixture are prohibited (PD 373/1985, Art. 3 para. 2d); only band/elastic-powered (and mechanical) spearguns are allowed
- Underwater lights are prohibited (Art. 3 para. 2g); recreational fishing with light sources is banned generally except a hand harpoon with a diffuse <=500-candle lamp (Art. 1 para. 3)
- Nets may not be used at any phase of spearfishing (Art. 3 para. 2e)
- Speargun must be unloaded/unarmed when out of the water or on land (Art. 3 para. 2b)
- Mandatory floating diver-down buoy (yellow) with a yellow flag bearing a red diagonal stripe and the letters 'Υ.Δ.', visible from at least 300 m; diver must stay within a 50 m radius of it (Art. 3 para. 3)
Spearfishing in Greece is freediving-only; breath-hold required. Commonly reported best practice (and Coast Guard guidance) is to notify the nearest Port Authority before diving.
Neyi alabilirsiniz
Av limitleri ve korunan türler
Günlük kotalar, asgari boyutlar ve asla alınmaması gereken türler.
Günlük limit
5 kg of fish or cephalopods per person per 24 hours across all permitted gear (10 kg only with nets/longlines, which are not allowed for spearfishing). A single fish that alone exceeds the limit is exempt. Underwater fishers may not take fish weighing less than 150 g.
Asgari boyutlar
- Dusky grouper / grouper (Epinephelus spp.)en az 45 cm
Korunan türler — alınmamalı
- KorunanMediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
- KorunanSea turtles incl. loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
- KorunanCetaceans (dolphins)
- KorunanDate mussel / Lithophaga lithophaga (harvest banned)
- KorunanSponges and corals (recreational harvest banned, PD 373/1985 Art. 1 para. 6)
- KorunanSharks and rays subject to EU/Mediterranean protection
- KorunanBerried (egg-bearing) female lobsters/crawfish
Only one grouper (Epinephelus) may be taken per person per day (PD 373/1985 Art. 2 para. 2b). The 45 cm grouper minimum and other species minimum sizes follow Greek/EU minimum-landing-size rules. Sale or trade of any recreationally caught fish is prohibited (Art. 1 para. 7). Penalties for violations are severe (reported fines exceeding 3,000 EUR plus confiscation of catch and equipment).
Kimler avlanabilir
Ziyaretçiler ve ikamet edenler
Kuralların yabancı ziyaretçiler ve yerel ikamet edenler için nasıl farklılaştığı.
Yabancı ziyaretçiler
İzin veriliyorGereksinimler
- From 10 Jan 2026, like residents, register and report daily catches of certain EU conservation-managed species via the Greek national recreational-fishing electronic system
- Comply with all PD 373/1985 rules (freediving only, buoy, distances, May/night closures, catch limits)
Kısıtlamalar
- No spearfishing inside marine protected areas (e.g. Alonissos Marine Park core zone) or military zones
Tourists and non-residents are subject to the same rules as Greek nationals; no separate foreigner permit exists for spearfishing. The EU 2026 reporting requirement applies regardless of the fisher's nationality.
İkamet edenler
No dedicated spearfishing licence; subject to the 2026 EU recreational-fishing registration/catch-reporting obligation via the national electronic system.
Gereksinimler
- Be at least 16 years old to spearfish (PD 373/1985 Art. 3 para. 1c)
- Freediving only; carry mandatory diver-down buoy and flag
- From 2026, register and report daily catches of certain species electronically
Same substantive rules apply to residents and visitors. Catch may not be sold.
Kıyıda nerede
İzin verilen ve yasak bölgeler
Zıpkınla balık avına açık veya kapalı adlandırılmış alanlar. Tüm tabloyu etkileşimli haritada görün.
İzin verilen alanlar
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.
Yasak alanlar
- 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.
- 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).
- 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)).
- 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.
Sudaki koşullar
Canlı koşullar
Open-Meteo'dan, Greece ülkesindeki bir kıyı referans noktasının yakınındaki canlı deniz ve hava durumu görüntüsü. Koşullar kıyı boyunca değişir — gösterge niteliğinde değerlendirin.
National Marine Park of Alonissos Northern Sporades (core Zone A, incl. Piperi island) yakınında canlı deniz ve hava durumu.
Sahada
Yerel dükkânlar ve tekneler
Greece çevresindeki ekipman dükkânları, tekneler, kurslar ve kulüpler. Gerçek işletmecileri doğrularken örnek kayıtlar açıkça işaretlenir.
Topluluktan
Topluluk dalış noktaları
Greece çevresindeki dalgıçlar tarafından paylaşılan noktalar. Topluluk tarafından gönderilmiştir ve yerel kuralları ve koşulları kontrol etmenin yerini tutmaz.
Cape Sounion
Rocky drop-offs near the Temple of Poseidon, Attica coast.
37.650°N, 24.020°E
Kime sormalı
Yetkili makamlar
Balıkçılık ve ruhsatlandırmadan sorumlu resmi kurumlar.
Hellenic Coast Guard (Λιμενικό Σώμα - Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή)
maritime authority / fisheries enforcement
alieia.hcg.grEmergency at sea: 108; local Port Authority (Λιμεναρχείο)Ministry of Rural Development and Food - General Directorate of Fisheries (Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων, Γενική Διεύθυνση Αλιείας)
fisheries authority
alieia.minagric.grunknownNECCA - Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (Management Unit of Alonissos Northern Sporades National Park)
environment / protected-areas authority
necca.gov.grunknown
Bunlar nereden geliyor
Kaynaklar
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Araştırmacı notları
Primary legal source is the codified Presidential Decree 373/1985 obtained verbatim from the official Hellenic Coast Guard fisheries portal (alieia.hcg.gr); all law_texts entries are exact Greek excerpts from that document (Articles 1, 2 and 3). Key points: spearfishing is freediving-only (scuba/air apparatus and pneumatic-explosive spearguns banned); prohibited every May and at night; minimum age 16; 200 m buffers from swimmers/harbours/vessels/nets; mandatory yellow 'Υ.Δ.' diver-down buoy with 50 m radius; 5 kg/day catch cap and only one grouper/day; sale of catch banned. The old recreational permit fee regime (PD 373/85 Art. 6) was repealed by Law 4256/2014, so no spearfishing licence is needed; however from 10 January 2026 the revised EU Fisheries Control Regulation requires recreational marine fishers (explicitly including underwater/spear fishing) in all EU coastal states, Greece included, to register and report daily catches of certain conservation-managed species via the national electronic system - verify current Greek implementation before fishing. Area bans apply in marine protected areas (notably the Alonissos Northern Sporades National Marine Park core zone, centred on Piperi; coordinates are approximate park-centroid values) and military zones; the Natura 2000 entry coordinates are intentionally omitted as they cover many sites. data_confidence is high for the national PD 373/1985 provisions (official primary source) but the precise list and minimum sizes of all protected/regulated species, and the exact current 2026 Greek e-reporting workflow, should be re-checked against the General Directorate of Fisheries before relying on them operationally.
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