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FISHING IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS
SPEAR FISHING is not permitted in
the BVI. The use of SCUBA equipment to capture or remove any
marine animal or coral is against the law. Fishing within the
boundaries of any marine park is strictly forbidden.
It
is a legal requirement that anyone putting a line
in the BVI
waters must have a fishing license.
EACH MEMBER FISHING MUST
HAVE A LICENSE, except person under 18 years of age. Fines
range to 6 figures, confiscation of fishing equipment and the
boat.
The license will be valid for
1 month and cost $45.
A photocopy of a valid photo
ID must accompany the application.
Last Stop Sports can process
the application for you before your arrival for a $10 fee, or
you can obtain it directly from the Government Administration
building in Road Town.
The government office closes early on Friday
afternoons and doesn’t reopen until Monday morning
(closed weekend and public holidays).
If you want Last Stop Sports
to process it for you, please fill up those forms:
Fax to: (284) 494 0593
or
e-mail them to us at:
info@laststopsports.com
Please
email a copy of your
passport or driver’s license, do not send a fax, as the quality
isn’t good enough to process the application. The best is to
take a digital photo of your ID or scan it as a JPEG photo.
All documents must
be emailed/faxed:
-2 weeks
before arrival for delivery to your Charter Company
-1 week
before arrival for pick up at our office
If you are renting some
equipment from us, we will deliver the license at the same time
For pick up, we are
open 8:00am to 5:00pm, 7 days per week except Xmas day, and New Years day.
Some instruction on how to fill up the
application form
Name of vessel:
Leave it blank if you don’t know it
Description of
vessel: Enter the charter company name
Registration number of
vessel: Enter “N/A”
Port of registration:
Enter “N/A”
Type and description of gear
to be used in fishing: Enter “spinning and trolling
rods”
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