Nice to meet you!

[spyros_iasonas]

Good evening to all,

My name is Spyros - Iasonas and I'm from Greece!
I'm an environmental biologist and a month ago i just moved to Norway (Hordaland) because of a job opportunity in aquaculture industry. I'm also moderator on the "GreekDivers.com" forum and of course i do spearfishing! So, now i'm living in a place in the country-side called Ljones and i was just wondering if there is anyone that can enlighten me about norwegian legislation in speaerfishing, diving spots, fish species, and equipment tips, because until now i was used in differen type of environment (Mediterranean) ...

Thank you in advance!
Nice to meet you all!

 

[Apneaddict]

Welcome!

I assume the water is colder where you are now! Thicker wetsuit?

I have tremendous respect for Greek spearos. The shallows have been overfished so all of your decent fish are so deep!

 

[foxfish]

Welcome to the forum

 

[spyros_iasonas]

Welcome!

I assume the water is colder where you are now! Thicker wetsuit?

I have tremendous respect for Greek spearos. The shallows have been overfished so all of your decent fish are so deep!

The truth is that shallow waters are indeed overfished reffering to some species (dusky/white/goldbloch groupers, dentex) but, there are still a lot of other fish such as sea bass, sea bream, white seabream, bluefish etc. that can be found in the right place at the right time in depth less than 1m..!
And also luck!! If someone is able to go often for spearfishing the more the probability to find and catch fish, right?
But yes, fish today in Greece are considered to be relatively deep.

About Norway, i'm sure that i'm gonna need a thicker wetsuit but i was wondering if someone can tell me the sea temperature fluctuations around here during the year at first and then a little course about the legal size of the fish, or the places that i can dive... And the best would be if someone needs a dive buddy!

 

[BatRay]

Welcome to Deeperblue. What fish species do you raise at your aquaculture facility? I work at a conservation hatchery. Raising captive fish is an interesting experience.

 

[Apneaddict]

GREAT spearing at a hatchery!!! How can you miss!!!

You have to shoot a lot of them tho - they're small.

 

[BatRay]

Oh god, my blood pressure went up in terror when I read that. Those fish are a protected species and harming them gets you jail time and a hefty fine.

On certain occasions, the enhancement hatcheries hold kids' events and allow kids to fish out of the raceways. It's like a dream come true for them.

 

[Apneaddict]

How do they taste?

 

[spyros_iasonas]

Welcome to Deeperblue. What fish species do you raise at your aquaculture facility? I work at a conservation hatchery. Raising captive fish is an interesting experience.

Conservation hatchery?? Sounds very intresting really!! What species do you hatch? For sea or fresh water??
Here, we have atlantik salmon smolts in inland facility.
Also, the events that you discribed for kids... Respect!!

 

[BatRay]

We raise Chinook salmon. For the time being, the fish are broodstock and will stay in the hatchery for their entire lives. The hatchery water is freshwater.

The kids' events are a lot of fun and a lot of work. I think they are a great community outreach strategy.

 

[Apneaddict]

We're teaming with them here on Lake Ontario. Some hatchery and some naturally reproducing (50/50), but they aren't native and were introduced to eat the invasive Alewifes, whose population exploded when the ALSO invasive Sea Lampray was killing off the native Lake Trout that WAS previously keeping the population in check.

Spearing prohibited, just hook and line.

 

[spyros_iasonas]

Nice fish!!!

 

[Rios]

Good evening to all,

My name is Spyros - Iasonas and I'm from Greece!
I'm an environmental biologist and a month ago i just moved to Norway (Hordaland) because of a job opportunity in aquaculture industry. I'm also moderator on the "GreekDivers.com" forum and of course i do spearfishing! So, now i'm living in a place in the country-side called Ljones and i was just wondering if there is anyone that can enlighten me about norwegian legislation in speaerfishing, diving spots, fish species, and equipment tips, because until now i was used in differen type of environment (Mediterranean) ...

Thank you in advance!
Nice to meet you all!

Hi, spyros_iasonas!
About Norway- most common species for spearfishing are Atlantic cod, lyr or pollock, coalfish, steinbit or wolf-fish all kinds of flounder, angler or monkfish and of course Atlantic halibut.
Temperatures depends on season and depth. In winter and spring t* can drop to few degree C*, but in summer there can be +17* C on the surface and only 8-12* in the depth.

 

[spyros_iasonas]

Hi, spyros_iasonas!
About Norway- most common species for spearfishing are Atlantic cod, lyr or pollock, coalfish, steinbit or wolf-fish all kinds of flounder, angler or monkfish and of course Atlantic halibut.
Temperatures depends on season and depth. In winter and spring t* can drop to few degree C*, but in summer there can be +17* C on the surface and only 8-12* in the depth.

Thank you Rios..! Thats a good start to gather basic informations..!!
I am in the Hardangerfjord. Do u have any suggestions or directions that u could give me about this part of Norway?
And also, are anywhere in the internet regulations about sperafishing that i could informed about..?

 

[Rios]

I have never been in the west part of Norway. I prefer northern part. I checked a map and I would recommend to check Stord bridge (both pieces) and inlets around them as well as Fyksesund bridge. However always there are good places near the pylons of the bridges, even if its too deep to dive to the bottom. Around those pylons usually are schools of small sei or mackerel and using some kind of bluewater technic, You can spear large cod and lyr when they are swimming up to shallow water to attack small fish. If there are no bridges- look for narrow inlets and straits with strong current( check tidal level charts- to catch a moment when current switch sides).
About regulations- You can hunt any fish in the sea without any permit. I suppose that its forbidden to hunt eal (not conger) and collect lobsters (hummer). More info You might get on frivannsliv.no
Inform me about Your success after spearfishing