Spear Gun fishing in Ireland?

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#1 Post by **Striker** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:51 am

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 angling...

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

#2 Post by **The Austrian** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:58 am

Spearfishing is unregulated, basically there are not enough people doing it to make a law for it.
The only issue is related to the type of speargun. Pneumatic spearguns are classed as Firearms.
If you have a rubber powered gun you are fine. Scuba divers cannot collect shellfish according to Byelaw 533/1967 but its legal on freediving and snorkelling.

#3 Post by **dfella25** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:05 pm

Scuba divers cannot collect shellfish according to Byelaw 533/1967 but its legal on freediving and snorkelling.

And they are not allowed to say Jesus either :roll:

#4 Post by **concancook** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:45 pm

your not allowed to spearfish on scuba also in spain you need a licence to buy a speargun and to spearfish maybe we should follow suit

#5 Post by **nicefish** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:24 pm

there is a guy on you tube who spear fishes for wrasse in around Dalkey you see him catching them and brings them home for the barbie.

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