Permit· La Paz (city and bay)· Mexico

FONMAR Fishing Licence Office (La Paz)

24° 9.3′ N · 110° 18.5′ W · approximate

Everyone on a boat carrying fishing gear in Mexican waters needs a sport-fishing licence; FONMAR, the Baja California Sur fisheries trust, sells them online and from its La Paz office.

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Coordinate is approximate: placed in Centro from the address Isabel la Católica at Melchor Ocampo (CP 23000); tel (612) 123-3807, permisos.fonmar@gmail.com. Buy online at sportfishingbcs.gob.mx (licence per person, by day/week/month/year). Limits: 10 fish per angler per day with max 5 of a species; marlin, sailfish, swordfish and shark - one, counting as five; dorado, roosterfish and bluefin tuna - two; squid 5; no shellfish or crustaceans; spearfishing only free-diving. Turtles, marine mammals and totoaba are fully protected. Fishing is restricted inside the Espíritu Santo park zones and banned in Balandra.

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Getting legal to fish