• Welcome to the DeeperBlue.com Forums, the largest online community dedicated to Freediving, Scuba Diving and Spearfishing. To gain full access to the DeeperBlue.com Forums you must register for a free account. As a registered member you will be able to:

    • Join over 44,280+ fellow diving enthusiasts from around the world on this forum
    • Participate in and browse from over 516,210+ posts.
    • Communicate privately with other divers from around the world.
    • Post your own photos or view from 7,441+ user submitted images.
    • All this and much more...

    You can gain access to all this absolutely free when you register for an account, so sign up today!

Is Baja legal?

Thread Status: Hello , There was no answer in this thread for more than 60 days.
It can take a long time to get an up-to-date response or contact with relevant users.

iPirate

New Member
Apr 15, 2008
45
7
0
while down in Baja last year i was told that muti-band guns were illegal and considered weapons. i thought otherwise. and some people say it's a gray zone in the law. so what i want to know is are they legal or not?
 
Multiband guns are legal in Baja, but spearfishing on scuba is not.

People, especially fisherman, will tell you all kinds of things to discourage you. And of course the law in Mexico can be whatever a policeman or warden says it is, and he might hope you will just give him a bribe rather than go to the trouble to prove him wrong.
 
Baja is funny because there is only one three man team in all of Southern baja in charge of game fishing. So it is very hard to figure out what is legal and what isn't. It is my understanding that all sport spearfishing is perfectly legal and the amount of fish you can take spearing is the same as fishing. I havn't checked how much that is (i don't take very much) but i'm sure a lot more people know the facts about angling than spearing.

Most of the "laws" you hear about are rumors like bill said. many times they are started because someone hears something that pertains to commercial fishing and mistakes it for a law about sport fishing.

I like the advice of my friend Milton Sanders,
"Always assume that what you are doing is illegal. So don't get caught."
 
irtrogdor said:
It is my understanding that all sport spearfishing is perfectly legal and the amount of fish you can take spearing is the same as fishing.
Click to expand...

But don't take lobster. That is clearly illegal for gringos.
 
Ok Guys, it is in the law and it is like this

1. Spearfishing is legal only with band guns
2. Pneumatic guns are not legal (i jus don't know the reason)
3. Only freediving spearfishing is legal
4. You need a sport fishing licence
5. You can only shoot 5 fishes per person per day (anglers can take 10, again I don't know the reason for this)
6. You can only take fish with that licence, not crustaceans nor moluscs (Bill, it is for everybody not only for gringos)

Enjoy your spearfishing !!!

Carlos
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Menu
Log in
Register
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn more…