Tourism and Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim announced that the Maldives government will amend regulations to allow spearfishing, ending a ban of four decades, as part of efforts to diversify the tourism sector. He said rules are being formulated to introduce spearfishing alongside technical recreational diving, which would extend the current 30-metre diving depth limit to 40 metres, with a planned rollout next month.
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Spearfishing has been banned in the Maldives for 40 years, but we will try to allow it
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“Spearfishing has been banned in the Maldives for 40 years, but we will try to allow it,” he said.
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At present, recreational divers are allowed to dive to depths of up to 30 metres.
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With the introduction of technical recreational diving, this limit will be extended to 40 metres.
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