Legislation for spearfishing - help needed
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What i am trying to do is to put together a draft legislation that would govern spearfishing in Romania.
At the moment, there is practically no legislation specifically for underwater hunting/spearfishing, only a Fishing Law which applies to all public bodies of water in Romania. In this law there is only a reference under banned practices that "spearing, harpooning or any other pointed device used to kills aquatic life is not allowed" and it's punishable by law. It is unclear if the intention of this paragraph was to outlaw only spearing/harpooning while on land only, or it would extend to being underwater.
In any case, the country clearly needs a specific piece of legislation to regulate underwater hunting.
What i need as first line of action is similar laws from other countries, to use as model. If you have any such documents, in English, it would be great, please let me know the website of send me the documents. Any other feedback or legal advice will be much appreciated.
It's going to be a long process but I have some contacts at legislative level and with a good draft law and sustained lobby, eventually the legislation will be in place.
for the record, I do this voluntarely as i try to promote both sustainable spearfishing as well as freediving in Romania. So, no cash involved but one day, hopefully soon enough, you may be able to land a few turbots on the Romanian coastline.
Serge
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April 25th, 2007
