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#1 Weesh

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Posted 17 July 2021 - 01:32 PM

Hi y'all.

 

Will we be able to hunt for lion fish on the boat?  If so, will they provide lion fish pole spears or should we make arrangements on our own?

 

Looking forward to the trip.

 

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Posted 17 July 2021 - 02:34 PM

Hi y'all.

 

Will we be able to hunt for lion fish on the boat?  If so, will they provide lion fish pole spears or should we make arrangements on our own?

 

Looking forward to the trip.

 

->Weesh

Bonaire has been all over the map on lionfish hunting. Initially NO only guides could hunt. Then NO the guides no longer hunted and the YES if you have a BONAIRE Lionfish Specialty License and now...??? I do not know the current requirements. I will find out for you and let you know. Tks for the question!



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Posted 25 July 2021 - 08:04 PM

If we need a license, it would be handy to know where/how to get one if the dive shop doesn't have them.

 

Thanks WreckWench!



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Posted 29 July 2021 - 12:37 PM

If we need a license, it would be handy to know where/how to get one if the dive shop doesn't have them.

 

Thanks WreckWench!

Here is what I have found out. I have contacted Stinapa regarding procedure for lionfish hunting.
 

Only residents are allowed to apply for the permit called ELF.

 

Tourists/guests can only join 1 of 3 Dive shops which have an ELF. The guest will have to do a short course before he/she can go on the hunt.

However they must always be together with someone from the Dive shop with the permit, tourists are not allowed to go on the hunt on their own.

The dive shops who have the permits are: VIP Diving, Buddy Dive and Plaza Resort.

In reference to your question about spears: please contact the Dive shop where you wish to attend the course and the lionfish hunt. They can advise you further.

 

 

I had hoped that Divi would be one of the shops offering lionfish hunting but we are not so lucky. I am sorry this has ended up this way. You can look at some of our other trips that are either more receptive to lionfish hunting OR we already have the relationships in place. They include  Roatan where we will go next year....Cozumel where we are going in Sept of this year AND July of 2022 as well as Dominica where we will be this Nov and sometime next year. And of course Florida where we will be next year as well. There are other venues such as North Carolina but these are the main ones.



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