Spear Fishing

[MikeB]

Yea, I missed the scuba part - http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2013/05/27/divers-checking-kontiki-wall-catch-man-spear-fishing-284364

[Dave Hounddriver]

If memory serves, and this is anecdotal:

 

There is no law that I know of against sport fishing in the Philippines provided you are with a filipino who is authorized to fish and in a legal fishing area.  Reason is that there are laws about what you can do with the fish, For example, foreigners cannot catch and eat their own fish.  You catch the fish, give it to the filipino, he sells or eats the fish.  Or you can buy it back from him.

 

I cannot find a reference to it now but such is what I have heard.

[i am bob]

And for gawd's sake, don't go spear fishing in a protected habitat area!

 

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[lyno 47]

Just as well I don't like fish.i carry a spear gun when scuba diving just in case the fish likes me.{you know the ones with the big teeth} :cheersty:

Edited June 11, 2013 by lyno 47

[samatm]

Yea, I missed the scuba part - http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2013/05/27/divers-checking-kontiki-wall-catch-man-spear-fishing-284364

 

 

Yea, I missed the scuba part - http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2013/05/27/divers-checking-kontiki-wall-catch-man-spear-fishing-284364

 

 

Not clear if its ok to spear fish without scuba equipment.    But it is certainly more sporting

[Old55]

The only large harvestable fish I have encountered were 90 feet or deeper. Large being over a kilo or more. I have seen Cuttlefish fairly sallow but would not eat one myself.