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Beside its natural inhabitants, the fishes, the sea receives a multiplicity of other guests during the summer months:\u00a0 swimmers, divers, leisure boats from rowboats and dinghies to yachts and fishing boats for professionals and amateurs of all sizes…\u00a0 Sometimes the groups come together and sometimes this does not occur harmlessly.<\/p>\n
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Experience tells us that most of these untoward incidents could have been avoided.\u00a0 Each involved party has certain rights, but also has obligations.\u00a0 Very precise laws regulate living together near and on the sea, and just as on land:\u00a0 ignorance is not an excuse to avoid punishment.\u00a0 The maritime rules are very complex; their depth and breadth resembles the civil law, and thus we can not quote all regulations, but CapCreus will try to summarize the few that are\u00a0 particularly importanct to our community.<\/p>\n
The first principle is that the right of the weaker one is to be protected.\u00a0\u00a0 Example:\u00a0 If a motorboat and a swimmer meet, then the boat has to evade the swimmer, since the weaker, the swimmer cannot do much to avoid the boat.\u00a0 If a motorboat and a sailing boat meet, then likewise the motorboat has “to give way,” since the sailing boat is less manoeuvrable.<\/p>\n
Now to the details, and here we will begin with professional fishing boats.\u00a0 Registered fish trawlers may begin their work only at a minimum depth of 50 meters.\u00a0 This sounds vague, however, it is very precise. The sea is measured in every detail; and this is registered in sea charts or in electronic databases.\u00a0 The maritime authorities know at each point of the sea whether a fishing boat is within the legal zone.\u00a0 The small fishing boats must keep a distance of 3 nautical miles from the beach, before they may take up their work.\u00a0 A nautical mile corresponds to1852 meters.\u00a0 The same distance also applies to the amateur who is fishing from a boat.\u00a0 No matter, with which style one is fishing by boat, one must respect the THREE-MILE ZONE.\u00a0\u00a0 Anyone who fishes from a boat while near the shore, even a single line and a piece of bread, is breaking the law.\u00a0 While casual fishing is often tolerated, you are at risk.\u00a0 Fishing with nets or staggered arrays in the proximity of swimmers and divers, of course is both illegal and also very dangerous.\u00a0 But, be aware that even though it may be an illegal act, a citizen does not have the right to remove or harm nets or fishing gear, since they remain private property.<\/p>\n
In all cases, amateur fishers must respect a distance of 300 meters from professional fishing boats.<\/p>\n
The amateur fisher needs a fishing license.\u00a0 To get a fishing licence is easy, and can be had for a small fee at the “Confraria dels Pescadors”.\u00a0\u00a0 Three kinds of licenses are available: fishing licence type number 1 permits the leisure fishery from the surface of the sea.\u00a0 Fishing licence #2 permits divers to hunt for fish.\u00a0 An owner of license type #3 may fish both under water and from the surface.\u00a0 Licence #3 applies also to accompanying persons, which is not the case with license Numbers 1 and 2.<\/p>\n
Divers:\u00a0 In principle each diver, who is in the sea beyond the shoreline bathing zone must indicate his presence with a diving buoy:\u00a0 the buoy will be orange colour for divers without air bottles, and red with white strip for divers with breathing apparatus.\u00a0 The diver may move in an area that does not exceed 15 meters around his buoy (determined by the length of the line).\u00a0 Boats may approach no closer than 25 meters from such a buoy.\u00a0 If there is a service boat that is serving a number of divers — the boat must be marked with the alpha flag (white – blue) — other boats may not approach closer than 100 meters.<\/p>\n
It is forbidden for a diver to hunt with an air tank and a harpoon.\u00a0 It is also forbidden for a free diver (diver with snorkel) to enter the water from a boat.\u00a0 A snorkeler, determined to hunt for fish, must enter the water at the water\u2019s edge.<\/p>\n
Divers with air tanks must end their hunt by sunset.\u00a0 Hunting after sunset places the diver at risk of having his or her equipment confiscated.<\/p>\n
To navigate a boat with a motor require a valid boat driving licence.<\/p>\n
A boat may approach a beach, while under power, but at speeds less than 3 knots.\u00a0 And, the approach must be within the entry corridor characterized by a green and red buoy.\u00a0 The same maximum speed applies for starting and leaving from port.<\/p>\n
And, what about people bathing in the water?\u00a0 The municipalities are obligated to mark public beaches with yellow buoys to outline the secure area for swimming.\u00a0 Within these zones the bathers enjoy almost unlimited liberty, but there are always some restrictions; for example boats may intrude in the case of an emergency.\u00a0 Always be alert to others.<\/p>\n
Our article may be boring and may seem too restrictive, with so many “must” and\u00a0 “may” and “may not,\u201d but we to think that it is better to be safe than to be sorry.\u00a0 We wish everyone a beautiful vacation at the beach, on the sea, in a boat, while fishing\u00a0 . . . or in the disco.<\/p>\n
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