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Spearfishing is banned but I think hand slings are allowed - not 100% sure though. Would be an awesome spot otherwise
grahamfoster said:
none of the above.. only line fishing...
there are fantastic liveaboards for fishing trips
Rani
Sultan of Madivaru (most recommended, their fishing hits the spots like a predator itself)
Sea Queen
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octopus
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No legal spearfishing in Maldives. Actually, it is treated very much like conservation area.
I think it would be stupid to take your guns. You'll be arriving on the plane. It is not easy to hide the guns and customs officials might not like it. Probably the easiest way is if you know local spearo.
Buy camera.
I think it would be stupid to take your guns. You'll be arriving on the plane. It is not easy to hide the guns and customs officials might not like it. Probably the easiest way is if you know local spearo.
Buy camera.
goldband said:
Try to enter Maldives with your speargun and it will be confiscated on the spot, you will be given a receipt and it will be returned to you on your way out. The same as if you try to take in a bottle of alcohol and they catch you with it.
Dont know who this Kirkconnel guy is but its possible he went with locals. If you get caught spearing in Maldives you will be deported, and if they are feeling mean they may jail you for a couple of weeks first. BELIEVE ME you do not want to experience Maldivian jails...
The Maldives is more than one atoll.. perhaps in the far north (2 days by boat) you may be able to get away with it.
Take the advice given to you. The maldivian authorities are not lenient in any way.
hi，we will go to maldives on March, we are looking for some ppl who can take us to spearfishing, can you help us?
we are from hongkong, we have all the gears , we had played once there , the police stopped us and took all the guns away
thank you very much!
keep in touch
we will send some parts of the spearguns to male and dismantle everything and have a try.
can we play spearfishing there together with u?
send email to me
13005475076@163.com
btw, where is your island?
I live in the capital city Male'. Yeah we can go hunting together[emoji106]
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that will be a lot of fun ! but the problem for me and my crew is how to bring spearguns to Maldives , I know it is very strict there.
we want to use our own spearguns , thanks a lot anyway , but I guess maybe some of my teammates may need rent yours
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This is a very confusing thread. I'm from South Africa and working in seychelles and it's totally illegal here.
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We Spearos from Maldives are in talk with the government on legalizing Spearfishing in the Maldives. You can follow this link on the latest updates
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It is not an easy matter. You as a local spearo in Maldives, would probably want to preserve your fishing grounds from swaths of spearos fishing coral reefs clean. It could be a huge impact on dive outfits. There is a saying, that fish around known dive spots worth more alive. I guess you know all that. If I was in Maldives, I would probably want to safeguard a few local ecosystems as a national park (don't touch-don't take-don't break). And I would probably secure my fishing grounds to local spearo's only, through licensing. I would also try to secure the business opportunity by allowing speafishing by visitors only through a select few boat charter outfits with set limits, fish size, species etc, and a government fee.
If you want to legalize spearfishing in Maldives, you will have to separate a trophy tourism spearfishing, from local spearos foraging for food. This will work both ways and serve good everybody.