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Recreational spearfishing is not specifically named or prohibited in Manx law and is generally lawful in the Isle of Man's coastal waters (as in the wider British Isles), but it is constrained by general sea-fisheries rules and marine conservation byelaws. No licence is required for recreational saltwater fishing/angling. However: bass may only be 'fished for and/or taken by recreational rod and line anglers only', which excludes spear-taking of bass; it is an offence to retain any salmon or sea-trout caught in the sea; statutory minimum landing sizes apply to all sea fish and shellfish; and the Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 impose significant restrictions inside the island's 10 Marine Nature Reserves, including a prohibition on taking scallops and queen scallops by diving in most reserves, protection of numerous listed species/habitats, and complete no-take Eelgrass Conservation Zones (with limited seasonal exceptions). Crab and lobster taken by recreational potting require a hobby potting licence. There is no DEFA document that names 'spearfishing' explicitly; the status is therefore inferred from the general framework and is best described as restricted.
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Khung pháp lý điều chỉnh
- §Fisheries Act 2012 (Isle of Man)
- §Wildlife Act 1990 (Isle of Man)
- §Recreational Sea Fishing (Bass) Regulations 2016 (SD)
- §Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 (SD 2018/0186)
- §Marine Nature Reserves (Designation) Order 2018
- §Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (as extended to the Isle of Man) and minimum landing size provisions
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Bass: recreational rod and line only
Recreational Sea Fishing (Bass) Regulations 2016 (as summarised on the official DEFA recreational fishing page)
Within the Isle of Man's territorial waters (12nm) bass may be fished for and/or taken by recreational rod and line anglers only. Anglers must abide by the following conditions: General restrictions: Only one bass may be retained in any period of 24 hours. An angler may continue to fish after keeping a bass, but must not keep another one for the following 24 hours. Size limits: A bass may be retained only if it is at least 50cm and no more than 60cm in length, as measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail. Taking and killing of bass: Retained bass must be removed in a whole state (i.e. not gutted or otherwise mutilated) from the foreshore, jetty or recreational fishing vessel from which it was caught.
Saltwater angling: no licence, minimum landing sizes, salmon/sea-trout retention prohibited
Isle of Man Government - Recreational Fishing (official guidance)
Although no licence is required for saltwater angling, please remember to observe the various minimum landing sizes. It is an offence to retain any salmon or sea-trout caught in the sea.
Protection of certain flora and fauna within the Marine Nature Reserves
Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 (SD 2018/0186), Wildlife Act 1990
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), within the Reserves no person may extract or damage any of the following - (a) Eelgrass; (b) European eel, except by a catch and release technique; (c) flame shell; (d) horse mussels; (e) Iceland clam; (f) kelp forest; (g) maerl; (h) rocky reef; (i) sea anemone; (j) sea caves; (k) spiny lobster, except for within Douglas Bay Marine Nature Reserve, Laxey Bay Marine Nature Reserve, Niarbyl Bay Marine Nature Reserve and the Port Erin Bay Marine Nature Reserve; (l) stalked jellyfish; and (m) scallops and queen scallops except - (i) under and in accordance with the conditions of a sea fishing licence; or (ii) as provided for by byelaw 10.
Restrictions on taking scallops and queen scallops by diving
Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 (SD 2018/0186), Wildlife Act 1990
(1) No person may take any scallops or queen scallops whilst diving within any of the Reserves, except within Langness Marine Nature Reserve and West Coast Marine Nature Reserve. (2) For the purpose of this byelaw "diving" means totally or partially submerged and breathing with the aid of breathing apparatus, or wearing a face visor, mask or goggles.
Restrictions within Eelgrass Conservation Zones (no-take)
Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 (SD 2018/0186), Wildlife Act 1990
(1) Within any Eelgrass Conservation Zone, no person may - (a) use a pot; (b) use towable fishing gear to trawl or dredge; or (c) anchor. (2) No person may undertake recreational rod and line angling within the Ramsey Bay Marine Nature Reserve Eelgrass Conservation Zone referred to in paragraph (d) of "Eelgrass Conservation Zone" in byelaw 3. (3) No person may collect any living animal or plant on the foreshore or in the sea from the shore of the Eelgrass Conservation Zone within Ramsey Bay Marine Nature Reserve by any means, including hand gathering, subject to paragraph (4). (4) Lugworms and razor clams may be taken from the foreshore of the Eelgrass Conservation Zone within Ramsey Bay Marine Nature Reserve between Spring High Water Mark and Spring Low Water Mark from 1 October to 31 March each year.
Protection of flora and physiographical features in certain Reserves (sand eels, Wart Bank)
Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 (SD 2018/0186), Wildlife Act 1990
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person may extract or damage - (a) the intertidal mud habitat of the Langness Marine Nature Reserve; (b) sand eels within the Calf of Man and Wart Bank Marine Nature Reserve except for by using a normal rod and line technique; or (c) the subtidal sand bank (known as Wart Bank) within the Calf of Man and Wart Bank Marine Nature Reserve.
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Mùa vụ & hạn chế thời gian
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- Hạn chếBass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Bass may be taken only by recreational rod and line (not by spear); only one bass per 24 hours; slot size 50-60 cm. No statutory closed season is published for recreational rod and line bass in Manx guidance, but commercial/recreational EU-style seasonal closures may apply via the general licence.
- CấmRamsey Bay Marine Nature Reserve - Eelgrass Conservation ZoneTh4 1 – Th9 30
No-take year-round in the Eelgrass Conservation Zone (no fishing or other removal of marine life), except collection of lugworm and razor clams (razorshells) is permitted from 1 October to 31 March. The closed window for collection is therefore 1 April to 30 September.
- MởRamsey Bay MNR Eelgrass Conservation Zone - lugworm and razor clam collection onlyTh10 1 – Th3 31
Lugworms and razor clams may be taken from the foreshore of the Eelgrass Conservation Zone within Ramsey Bay MNR between Spring High Water Mark and Spring Low Water Mark from 1 October to 31 March each year. All other taking/removal remains prohibited.
Quyền được đánh bắt
Giấy phép
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- Loại
- No licence required for recreational saltwater angling/fishing (including spearfishing). A separate hobby crab and lobster potting licence is required to use up to 5 pots; a recreational sea fishing licence regime exists under section 45 of the Fisheries Act 2012.
- Chi phí
- unknown
- Thời hạn hiệu lực
- unknown
- Cách lấy
- No licence needed for sea angling/spearfishing. For crab/lobster potting, application and catch-return forms are available from DEFA Fisheries (hobby crab and lobster potting page).
- Cơ quan cấp
- Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA), Fisheries Directorate
Trang thiết bị & kỹ thuật
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Loại trang thiết bị được phép, cách sử dụng, và các điều kiện đi kèm.
Hạn chế
- Spearfishing itself is not specifically named or banned in Manx legislation; spearguns are generally lawful for recreational sea fishing as in the wider British Isles.
- Bass may be taken only by 'recreational rod and line' - taking bass by spear is not permitted.
- Within Marine Nature Reserves, taking scallops and queen scallops 'whilst diving' (including while wearing a mask, visor or goggles, or using breathing apparatus) is prohibited except in Langness MNR and West Coast MNR (byelaw 10).
- Use of gill/specified nets to capture fish is prohibited in Ramsey Bay MNR; netting is prohibited from the beach to 750 m seawards in the Peel Bay-Point of Ayre-Ramsey migratory-fish protection zone.
- No statutory daily bag limit or speargun-specific equipment limits were located for recreational sea spearfishing outside the bass rules.
No DEFA equipment rule explicitly addresses spearguns. The 'diving' definition in byelaw 10 (which captures snorkelling/mask use) is the most directly relevant constraint on spear-taking of scallops within reserves. SCUBA use for spearfishing is not addressed in the located sources; treat as unknown.
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Giới hạn đánh bắt & loài được bảo vệ
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Giới hạn hằng ngày
Bass: only one (1) may be retained in any period of 24 hours. No general daily bag limit located for other recreationally caught sea fish.
Kích thước tối thiểu
- Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)tối thiểu 50 cm
- Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta)tối thiểu 43 cm
- Cod (Gadus morhua)tối thiểu 35 cm
- Pollack (Pollachius pollachius)tối thiểu 30 cm
- Saithe (Pollachius virens)tối thiểu 35 cm
- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)tối thiểu 30 cm
- Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)tối thiểu 27 cm
- Hake (Merluccius merluccius)tối thiểu 27 cm
- Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)tối thiểu 27 cm
- Sole (Solea vulgaris)tối thiểu 24 cm
- Megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.)tối thiểu 20 cm
- Mackerel (Scomber spp.)tối thiểu 20 cm
- Herring (Clupea harengus)tối thiểu 20 cm
- Horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.)tối thiểu 15 cm
- Ling (Molva molva)tối thiểu 63 cm
- Blue Ling (Molva dypterygia)tối thiểu 70 cm
- Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)tối thiểu 12 cm
Loài được bảo vệ — không được bắt
- Được bảo vệSalmon (it is an offence to retain any salmon caught in the sea)
- Được bảo vệSea-trout (it is an offence to retain any sea-trout caught in the sea)
- Được bảo vệEuropean eel (catch-and-release only within Marine Nature Reserves)
- Được bảo vệEelgrass (Zostera marina) - protected habitat within Reserves
- Được bảo vệFlame shell (Limaria hians) - protected within Reserves
- Được bảo vệHorse mussel (Modiolus modiolus) - protected within Reserves
- Được bảo vệIceland clam / ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) - protected within Reserves
- Được bảo vệMaerl - protected within Reserves
- Được bảo vệKelp forest - protected within Reserves
- Được bảo vệRocky reef / sea caves - protected within Reserves
- Được bảo vệSea anemone (Edwardsia timida) - protected within Reserves
- Được bảo vệSpiny lobster / crawfish (Palinurus elephas) - protected within most Reserves
- Được bảo vệStalked jellyfish (Calvadosia campanulata) - protected within Reserves
- Được bảo vệScallop (Pecten maximus) and queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) - protected within Reserves except under licence / permitted diving exceptions
Minimum landing sizes are statutory and apply island-wide to recovered fish/shellfish (measured tip of snout to end of tail fin; shellfish by carapace/shell as specified). Shellfish minima include: Edible crab 140 mm; Lobster 90 mm; Crawfish 110 mm; Scallop 110 mm; Queen scallop 55 mm; Velvet crab 65 mm; Spider crab cock 130 mm/hen 120 mm; Whelk 75 mm; Norway lobster (total) 70 mm. These are sizes in mm (carapace/shell), not cm length, so they are recorded here in notes rather than the cm-based size_limits array. Bass has a slot size of 50 cm minimum to 60 cm maximum.
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Khách du lịch & cư dân
Quy định khác nhau như thế nào đối với khách nước ngoài và cư dân địa phương.
Khách nước ngoài
Được phépHạn chế
- Same rules as residents for recreational sea angling/spearfishing: no licence required, but minimum landing sizes, bass rod-and-line-only rule, no salmon/sea-trout retention, and Marine Nature Reserve byelaws all apply.
- Commercial sea fishing (by vessel) requires a sea fishing licence and recent Manx rules restrict foreign crew/vessels; this does not affect non-commercial recreational spearfishing.
No residency requirement located for recreational sea fishing/spearfishing. Visitors are subject to the same conservation rules as residents.
Cư dân
No licence required for recreational saltwater angling/spearfishing; hobby crab and lobster potting licence required for potting (up to 5 pots).
Yêu cầu
- Observe statutory minimum landing sizes.
- Do not retain salmon or sea-trout caught in the sea.
- Take bass only by rod and line, max one per 24 hours, slot size 50-60 cm.
- Comply with Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 within reserves.
Rules for residents and visitors are effectively identical for recreational sea fishing/spearfishing.
Ở đâu trên bờ biển
Khu vực được phép & bị cấm
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Khu vực được phép
One of two reserves where taking scallops and queen scallops by diving is explicitly permitted under byelaw 10 (the intertidal mud habitat remains protected under byelaw 11). General sea-fish minimum landing sizes and species protections still apply.
Diving for scallops/queen scallops allowed (exception to byelaw 10). Intertidal mud habitat protected; eelgrass and other byelaw 8 species protected; Eelgrass Conservation Zone within the reserve is no-take.
One of two reserves where taking scallops and queen scallops by diving is explicitly permitted under byelaw 10. General minimum landing sizes and byelaw 8 species protections still apply.
Diving for scallops/queen scallops allowed (exception to byelaw 10). Byelaw 8 protected species still protected.
Recreational saltwater fishing is open with no licence required. Spearfishing is not specifically prohibited. Anglers/spearfishers must observe statutory minimum landing sizes, must not retain salmon or sea-trout, and must not take bass by spear (bass is rod-and-line only).
Observe minimum landing sizes; no retention of salmon/sea-trout; bass rod-and-line only; respect species protections.
Khu vực bị cấm
- Ramsey Bay Marine Nature Reserve - Eelgrass Conservation Zone (Zone 3)marine nature reserve (no-take eelgrass zone)
Most highly protected, no-take zone. No fishing or other removal of marine life is permitted, except collection of lugworm and razor clams from 1 October to 31 March. Recreational rod and line angling is also prohibited here; collecting any living animal or plant from the shore or sea by any means (including hand gathering) is prohibited. Spearfishing would be prohibited.
- Baie ny Carrickey MNR - Eelgrass Conservation Zonemarine nature reserve (eelgrass conservation zone)
Eelgrass Conservation Zone bounded by coordinates A 54 04.7166N 04 43.6166W; B 54 04.7166N 04 43.5166W; C 54 04.6332N 04 43.5166W; D 54 04.6332N 04 43.6166W. No potting, no towable gear, no anchoring; eelgrass protected (byelaw 8).
- Langness MNR - Eelgrass Conservation Zonemarine nature reserve (eelgrass conservation zone)
Eelgrass Conservation Zone bounded by Fort Island Road and a line between A 54 04.2870N 04 36.4656W and B 54 04.3698N 04 36.3108W. No potting, no towable gear, no anchoring; eelgrass protected.
- Laxey Bay MNR - Eelgrass Conservation Zonemarine nature reserve (eelgrass conservation zone)
Eelgrass Conservation Zone bounded by A 54 12.7668N 04 23.8002W; B 54 12.7668N 04 23.3333W; C 54 12.3666N 04 23.3333W; D 54 12.3666N 04 23.8002W. No potting, no towable gear, no anchoring; eelgrass protected.
- Ramsey Bay MNR - Horse Mussel Conservation Zone (Zone 2)marine nature reserve (horse mussel conservation zone)
No use of a pot and no extraction of scallops or queen scallops by any means; horse mussel reefs protected under byelaw 8. Use of gill or other specified nets to capture fish is prohibited in the whole Ramsey Bay MNR (except a landing net auxiliary to rod and line, or under a migratory-fish licence).
- Marine Nature Reserves (all 10) - protected species / scallop diving banmarine nature reserve network
Across all Manx Marine Nature Reserves, taking scallops and queen scallops by diving is prohibited except within Langness MNR and West Coast MNR (byelaw 10). Byelaw 8 prohibits extracting or damaging eelgrass, European eel (except catch-and-release), flame shell, horse mussels, Iceland clam, kelp forest, maerl, rocky reef, sea anemone, sea caves, spiny lobster (with named exceptions), stalked jellyfish, and scallops/queen scallops. The 10 reserves are: Ramsey Bay, Douglas Bay, Langness, Laxey Bay, Little Ness, Niarbyl Bay, Port Erin Bay, Baie ny Carrickey, Calf of Man and Wart Bank, and West Coast.
- Salmon and sea-trout netting restricted zone (Peel Bay to Ramsey)fisheries restricted zone (migratory fish protection)
Byelaws prohibit all netting activity from the beach and to 750 metres seawards in a restricted zone consisting of the beaches from the north end of Peel Bay, round the Point of Ayre, to the northern side of Ramsey Harbour, to protect salmon and sea trout. (Relates to netting, not spear, but indicates a protected migratory-fish corridor; retaining salmon/sea-trout caught at sea is an offence island-wide.)
Điều kiện trên mặt nước
Điều kiện trực tiếp
Ảnh chụp điều kiện biển và thời tiết trực tiếp gần một điểm tham chiếu ven biển ở Isle of Man, từ Open-Meteo. Điều kiện thay đổi dọc theo bờ biển — hãy xem như mang tính tham khảo.
Điều kiện biển & thời tiết trực tiếp gần Langness Marine Nature Reserve.
Hỏi ai
Cơ quan chức năng
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Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) - Fisheries Directorate
fisheries authority
gov.imFisheries Directorate, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St John's, Isle of Man IM4 3AS; Tel +44 1624 685884DEFA Ecosystem Policy Team / Wildlife, Biodiversity and Protected Sites (Marine Nature Reserves)
environment authority
gov.imDEFA, Isle of Man Government
Thông tin này từ đâu
Nguồn
Mọi khẳng định trên trang này đều truy ngược về một trong các tài liệu tham khảo này.
- [01]
Isle of Man Government - Recreational Fishing (saltwater angling, bass rules, potting, minimum landing sizes)
Chính thứcgov.imTruy cập Th6 15 - [02]
Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 (SD 2018/0186) - full text
Chính thứcgov.imTruy cập Th6 15 - [03]
Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 - FAOLEX copy
Chính thứcfaolex.fao.orgTruy cập Th6 15 - [04]
Isle of Man Minimum Landing Sizes of Sea Fish (DEFA, 2022)
Chính thứcgov.imTruy cập Th6 15 - [05]
Ramsey Marine Nature Reserve Zones (DEFA) - eelgrass no-take zone, zone descriptions
Chính thứcgov.imTruy cập Th6 15 - [06]
Isle of Man Government - Marine Nature Reserves overview
Chính thứcgov.imTruy cập Th6 15 - [07]
Isle of Man Government - Isle of Man Sea Fishing Licence (commercial)
Chính thứcgov.imTruy cập Th6 15
Ghi chú của người nghiên cứu
Spearfishing is not explicitly named in Isle of Man legislation; no DEFA page or byelaw uses the word 'spearfishing'. The legal position is inferred from the general recreational sea-fisheries framework (Fisheries Act 2012; Wildlife Act 1990) and confirmed verbatim sources. Status set to 'restricted' because: (a) recreational sea fishing is open and unlicensed and spearguns are not banned, but (b) bass must be taken by rod and line only (excluding spearing), (c) salmon/sea-trout retention is prohibited, (d) statutory minimum landing sizes apply island-wide, and (e) the Manx Marine Nature Reserves Byelaws 2018 impose strong restrictions inside the 10 MNRs, including a ban on taking scallops/queen scallops by diving (mask/snorkel/scuba) in most reserves and complete no-take Eelgrass Conservation Zones. The byelaw text and minimum landing sizes were extracted verbatim from the official DEFA PDFs (the gov.im HTML pages block automated fetching; the recreational fishing page text was captured via the Internet Archive snapshot of 2023-05-28, and PDFs were extracted directly). data_confidence is 'medium': the conservation byelaws and bass/angling rules are precise and well-sourced, but there is no explicit statement that recreational spearfishing as such is permitted or prohibited, and SCUBA-assisted spearfishing legality outside reserves could not be confirmed. Coordinates for Eelgrass Conservation Zones are taken from the byelaw schedule (decimal-converted centroids); other reserve centroids are approximate. Recommend a direct enquiry to DEFA Fisheries to confirm spearfishing-specific guidance.
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