SpearfishingMap

Paraguay

Americas · South America

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).

Prohibited
Veri güvenilirliğiOrta güvenilirlik

Son güncelleme Kasım 2, 2025

Düzenleyici çerçeve

  • §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)
Ruhsat gerekli
Gerekli
Zıpkın tüfeği
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.

01Artículo 19Paraguay · national

Definición de pesca deportiva

Ley Nº 3.556/2008 De Pesca y Acuicultura

ESOrijinal

La pesca deportiva, será considerada a la actividad pesquera que se realiza con fines de recreación, competición y turístico, y sin fines de lucro

02Artículo 36Paraguay · national

Prohibiciones - artes y métodos de pesca prohibidos

Ley Nº 3.556/2008 De Pesca y Acuicultura

ESOrijinal

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.

03Artículo 14Paraguay · national

Otorgamiento de licencias y canon

Ley Nº 3.556/2008 De Pesca y Acuicultura

ESOrijinal

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.

04Pesca deportivaParaguay · national

Artes de pesca permitidas para la pesca deportiva

MADES - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura (reglamentación de la pesca deportiva, Ley 3.556/08)

ESOrijinal

Las artes de pesca serán el uso de anzuelos y liñadas o caña con o sin reel.

Ne zaman dalabilirsiniz

Sezonlar ve zaman kısıtlamaları

Yıl boyunca kapalı, açık ve kısıtlı dönemler. Türe özgü kapanışları her zaman yerel olarak teyit edin.

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KapalıKısıtlıAçık
  • KapalıAll sport and commercial fishing in national and shared waters (Río Paraná, Río Paraguay, Río Pilcomayo, Río Apa and other water bodies under national jurisdiction)Kas 2 – Oca 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.

  • KapalıAll sport and commercial fishing in national and shared watersKas 4 – Oca 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.

Avlanma izni

Ruhsat

Suya girmenize izin verilmesi için neye ihtiyacınız olduğu, maliyeti ve nasıl alınacağı.

Ruhsat gerekliMinisterio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADES) - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura aracılığıyla

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).

Ruhsatınızı alın

Resmi portalı açar · mades.gov.py

Ruhsat gerekli
Tür
Licencia de pesca deportiva (annual, non-transferable)
Maliyet
G. 162,504 (Guaraní); legal maximum canon up to 20 minimum daily wages (jornales mínimos)
Geçerlilik
1 year
Nasıl alınır
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).
Yetkili makam
Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADES) - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura

Ekipman ve teknik

Ekipman kuralları

Hangi ekipmana izin verildiği, nasıl kullanılabileceği ve bağlı koşullar.

Zıpkın tüfeğiYasak

Kısıtlamalar

  • 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.

Neyi alabilirsiniz

Av limitleri ve korunan türler

Günlük kotalar, asgari boyutlar ve asla alınmaması gereken türler.

Günlük limit

unknown

Asgari boyutlar

  • Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis)en az 75 cm
  • Surubí (pintado)en az 85 cm
  • Surubí atigradoen az 80 cm
  • Manguruyúen az 100 cm
  • Patíen az 70 cm
  • Pacúen az 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.

Kimler avlanabilir

Ziyaretçiler ve ikamet edenler

Kuralların yabancı ziyaretçiler ve yerel ikamet edenler için nasıl farklılaştığı.

Yabancı ziyaretçiler

İzin veriliyor

Özel ruhsat gerekli

Gereksinimler

  • 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

Kısıtlamalar

  • 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).

İkamet edenler

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

Gereksinimler

  • 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.

Kime sormalı

Yetkili makamlar

Balıkçılık ve ruhsatlandırmadan sorumlu resmi kurumlar.

  • Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADES) - Dirección de Pesca y Acuicultura

    environment ministry / fisheries authority

    mades.gov.pyAvenida Madame Lynch Nº 3500, Asunción, Paraguay
  • Ministerio 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)

Bunlar nereden geliyor

Kaynaklar

Bu sayfadaki her iddia bu referanslardan birine dayanır.

  1. [01]

    Ley Nº 3556 De Pesca y Acuicultura - full text (Justia Paraguay)

    İkincil
    paraguay.justia.comErişim tarihi Haz 15
  2. [02]

    Ley Nº 3556 / DE PESCA Y ACUICULTURA - BACN (official legislation portal)

    Resmi
    bacn.gov.pyErişim tarihi Haz 15
  3. [03]

    MADES - Licencia de pesca es documento esencial (permitted gear, license cost)

    Resmi
    mades.gov.pyErişim tarihi Haz 15
  4. [04]

    MADES - Trámites: Pesca Deportiva

    Resmi
    mades.gov.pyErişim tarihi Haz 15
  5. [05]

    MADES - Veda pesquera 2024-2025 (Resolución Nº 463/2024)

    Resmi
    mades.gov.pyErişim tarihi Haz 15
  6. [06]

    Veda Pesquera 2025-2026 - Resolución Nº 523/2025 (RCC, secondary)

    İkincil
    rcc.com.pyErişim tarihi Haz 15
  7. [07]

    Reglamento de pesca en Paraguay 2025: veda, tallas (PescaPro Paraguay, secondary)

    İkincil
    pescaproparaguay.comErişim tarihi Haz 15

Araştırmacı notları

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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