Spearfishing Ban

[spearfishinglog]

Hi guys,
Its May and here in Cyprus spearfishing is prohibited by Law during May. Goverment says its the month when fish reproduce so they pass this law to protect fish. Funny thing though, this law only applies to spearos. Professional trawlers, nets and other fishing methods are allowed to fish non stop. Obviously they had to “show” that they were doing something for the environment so they choose to hit the group of spearos since we are not organised in a solid group with powerful voice. Honestly i wouldn’t mind if the ban had some professional research behind it, because its extremely difficult to believe that all fish species reproduce only during May. A more scientific approach would have been more welcomed ie Sea Bass reproduce during December and January so ban Seabass fishing in that period and so on.

Anyway the only good thing out of this Ban is that it gave me time to convert some of my spearfishing footage into digital format for youtube
The clip below is the first of this batch, lots more will follow, keep watching and for those who can still spearfish in May, Safe Dives always with a buddy!!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6SZuK29Gqw]YouTube - ? Big Grouper | Grandes Mero | Grande Cernia | Gros Mérous ?[/ame]

 

[foxfish]

Its a strange old world - nice vid!

 

[AcedUp]

lol, the spearos there must be quite good, semi auto band guns too?

cool vid!

 

[Mr. X]

Nice video - such clear water. Good to see the smooth dispatching and context (boat) included.

Hi guys,
It's May and here in Cyprus spearfishing is prohibited by Law during May. Goverment says its the month when fish reproduce so they pass this law to protect fish. Funny thing though, this law only applies to spearos. Professional trawlers, nets and other fishing methods are allowed to fish non stop. Obviously they had to “show” that they were doing something for the environment so they choose to hit the group of spearos since we are not organised in a solid group with powerful voice. Honestly i wouldn’t mind if the ban had some professional research behind it, because its extremely difficult to believe that all fish species reproduce only during May. A more scientific approach would have been more welcomed ie Sea Bass reproduce during December and January so ban Seabass fishing in that period and so on.

How pathetic. Americans refer this sort of illogical legislation "symbolism over substance" or "Tokenism" back in the days of Clinton/B'liar. Sustainable fishing is in everybody's best interests. So I'm not against stopping fishing during breeding periods and/or in "dormitory" areas (the UK bans bass fishing in many river estuaries, to allow young bass to develop) but to not include commercial fishermen is to ignore entirely the real problem - and may make things worse.

The commercial fishermen clearly have political clout. Write to your politicians & if they don't respond sensibly - campaign against them.

 

[spudguncat]

Very nice vid indeed

 

[ashly122]

Thats a great video george, definately look forward to seeing some more.