thanks again for finding out what you have so far. shame they got these rules, its going to make getting away from are girlsfriends harder :martialwere off the end of june! my mate who were going with went freediving when he was over there last year and seen some nice bass just need to get someone to take us out to get them now
Wow, just been contacted by one of the Turks on the
www.zipcinci.com thread who is Marmaris based. He himself is just a general Tourist Guide and not a qualified Amateur Fishing Tourist Guide which is what Ankara say we need.
This guy though does spearo as a hobby and is not a beginner whereas I am really. He reckons he can sort me out with an official guide through his local contacts and the 3-day fishing stamp no probs.
I've asked whether I could get any tuition, and whether this guide has to be in the water etc, but had no reply yet. He's actually on holiday in Italy (where coincidentally
www.medfish.com (click on local laws link in left-hand column) reckon you need no licence at all.) and said he'll be in contact when he gets back home to Marmaris to sort out the details.
This could work out really well with a supervised bit of spearo in June followed by doing it alone (legally) in Zakynthos in August.
Again will let you know the details.
Not sure how big a resort Altinkum is in this regard. Just looking at a map now and it's not really near any of the big resorts. Looks like Bodrum is the nearest. Maybe you could ask the local (Altinkum) tourist information office to put you in contact with a 'Amateur Fishing Tourism Guide' and take it from there.
Obviously have no idea of how much these guys wil charge, but my Turkish friend says that the prices charged by his contacts 'will be reasonable'.
turunc.
(P.S. I'm also awaiting confirmation of the Greek regs for foreign tourists from the Greek National Tourist Board who are contacting the Greek Port Authority on my behalf. At the moment it looks like EU citizens need to get a licence from the local Port Authority whilst over there and take a photocopy of the passport and two passport photos. Greeks have to do the same and also provide their Greek national tax number (AFM). One of the things that we're getting checked is to see if they need the equivalent of an AFM from us foreign tourists, but we suspect not.)
(P.P.S. As you can see Scottie. I go straight for the jugular to find these things out from those guys who actually 'make' the rules.. I generally read other contributors' views on regs in spearo forums with interest, but unless they can be formally backed up the way I do, then they are no more than just 'interesting'.)
