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Daron
09-10-2008, 22:37
Just saw this on you tube is this legal....?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwwSCh5tvo
ChristianG
10-10-2008, 09:39
Just saw this on you tube is this legal....?]
Probably not. Last time I heard SCUBA spear fishing was only allowed (in a major country) in parts of the US of A.

D'you think it could perhaps be a spoof? Have another, and critical, look at the clip.
ozone1
10-10-2008, 10:19
Just saw this on you tube is this legal....?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwwSCh5tvo


I did not realise it was illegal!!

I knew it was frowned upon to use a spear gun
with scuba but I did not think it was illegal.

Cheers ozone

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Tony Dwyer
10-10-2008, 10:55
Probably not. Last time I heard SCUBA spear fishing was only allowed (in a major country) in parts of the US of A.

D'you think it could perhaps be a spoof? Have another, and critical, look at the clip.

The crew looked a bit latin or perhaps Philipino to me.

Not good killing immature fish for fun. Creeps.
Steve in Sharm
10-10-2008, 11:05
Just saw this on you tube is this legal....?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwwSCh5tvo

Well,

The boat is flying a Saudi Flag and has the name 'Jeddah' painted across the back (you can see it at the start of the clip). Soooo, I'm guessing that it wasn't what you would call 'traditional' Red Sea.

Steve
bakerstreet
10-10-2008, 14:55
I've been in a few dive shops and there was loads of kit on the walls wall to do with spear fishing. Cant be ileagal in Jersey then!
Nigel Hewitt
10-10-2008, 15:02
I've been in a few dive shops and there was loads of kit on the walls wall to do with spear fishing. Cant be ileagal in Jersey then!
I know Jersey has some extra laws but it's legal in the UK.
ChristianG
11-10-2008, 10:34
I know Jersey has some extra laws but it's legal in the UK.
Jersey/Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm, they invoke wonderful memories early 1970s style.

Here in Oz the rules on this are pretty strict, and succinct: spearing fish on SCUBA is illegal Australia-wide with varying, mostly very draconian (and rightly so) penalties. Some States allow the taking of crays (Victoria, Tasmania, South and Western Australia and some allow very restricted take of abalone, including NSW. In all, it's rigidly controlled.

Rightly so.

PS Pedants, please line up to the right of my shoulder. :rolleyes:
Chris aka divingchef
11-10-2008, 17:23
I know Jersey has some extra laws but it's legal in the UK.


I though it was outlawed in the UK not long ago.

There was a thread on this but don't seem to be able to find it :confused:

It is banned in Spain, even to have a spear gun and SCUBA in the same boat is an offence.

I found a bran new state of the art spear-gun, minus harpoon, last year and the skipper wouldn't let me on board with it.
ChrisW1
11-10-2008, 21:33
When in the red sea in August there were many signs up saying an number of things which were prohibited. Dropping anchor and SCUBA Spear shooting being just a few. Wether it is punishable by law or ot is another matter