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Spear Gun fishing in Ireland?

  • 14-08-2009 8:47am
    #1
    Starfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭


    Hey folks,

    I was down at the beach yesterday with a friend and we met some people, they wernt Irish, east euro maybe anyway they had caught about 5 big pollack and a big 6-7 pound bass but they did this without fishing rods

    They swam out and down deep and spear gunned these fish, is this illegal in Ireland or?


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  • #2
    whosedaddy?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 940 ✭✭✭whosedaddy?


    do a search on boards.. there were multiple discussions about this in the past.
    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Spearfishing is legal in the Sea in Ireland, only exceptions are Salmonids, Trout etc, Bass have a size limit and 2 per day.
    Freshwater spearfishing is banned no exceptions.
    Scuba divers cannot take shellfish, because they use breathing apparatus that allows them to breathe below the surface.
    Snorkelers are not using apparatus that allow them to breathe below the surface, a snorkel does not count as apparatus.
    There is a byelaw from the 1960s signed by my namesake that details shellfish collecting.
    edit, Skindiving for shellfish #533 1966.


  • #3
    fmcc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 225 ✭✭fmcc


    Just to add probably the most sustainable form of fishing when done right.


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