hi ihab,
from what i heard, technically it's illegal to spearfish in the red sea but not in the mediterranean. i don't know about new developments in this area and i know that a lot of people (such as yourself and most of my spearo friends) spear in the red sea. i have a friend who works with the ministry of environmental affairs and i'll be calling him to find out exactly what the situation is. i've been wondering, i don't think it makes sense to just ban spearfishing in the red sea altogether just because some people were irresponsible in the past few decades. why don't they allow it and regulate it, meaning educate spearos and fishermen about what they can catch and when. but of course, as with many regulations here, the key questions will be whether it would be feasible to implement this (manpower, corruption, etc.). any thoughts on lobbying for spearfishing rights in the red sea
?
and about spearing in alex and marina, i've never heard of any trouble in alex, but last weekend i was with friends in marina and we parked our car by the jetty and were gearing up when these two soldiers came and said we weren't allowed to dive and spear there. we just said no it
is allowed and just accepted it and let us go. we just told them it might be illegal if we were on scuba but we weren't so whatever rule they had in mind didn't apply. we were bullshitting but it worked. all this is to show that the law isn't clear, even for those who are sup[posed to be applying it. amma nshoof...
motaz
motaz
