It comes to being that while many boat owners have special licenses, neither spear-fishers from shore nor low powered ocean going light dingy require a license hence no training either !
I am a bow fisher apart fly fisher, and i share my legal saltwater regionwith all spear-fishers,however,most spear fishersuse a hand spear or spear-gunbut the essence , they are "DIVERS".
One of the things i saw from the rocks i was waiting on was a person move in swimming and he pointed to a flag on a buoy that was obviously not as large and distracting as the type of flag in the following about spear fishing safety.
DID YOU KNOW (and how many didn't) ,there is a type of"international standard" safety flagfor spear fishing pairscalled atype-A or Alpha flag !Transport safety PDF document for spear fishers
maritimemanagement.transport.nsw.gov.au/documents/mmc-dive-safe-strategy-2014.pdf
URL: section: "Safe spearfishing".
.."Avoid propeller strike. To alert other vessels in the vicinity that there are divers on the surface ensure your safety vessel clearly displays the international diver-down flag "A" and that all divers in the water are towing a highly visible float with a safety flag attached."...
www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/fishing-skills/fishing-safely
"what does severley know of" mean?
Is there something that is severe that I need to know, or do I need to know of something when I am in a severe mood, or is there something that only people named Severely need to know.
I haven't understood any of your posts.
I'm going to keep a lookout for the yellow flag, now that I know. Suspect most just use the blue/white dive flag.
What's the red flag?
The red flag can be used instead of the code A (blue and white flag). You would not use both flags at the same time. The yellow flag is a recommendation or option, used in conjunction with either the red or white and blue flag in order to improve visibility.
I do know the little blue and white flag means divers below- keep clear.
I'm pretty sure spear fishermen need a normal fishing licence!
I did believe that if you drove a boat under 8 knots and kept close to shore (400 meters) you didn't need any form of license.
Could be severely wrong.
those yanks crack me up. I look at the odd youtube fiishing video and there'll be four blokes fishing with buffs, sunglasses, hats full sleeves and long pants and a bird in a tiny bikini getting roasted. If i want to look at women ii'll look at women, but don't take a bikini girl and put a bow or a fishing rod or an ak47 in their hand and make them shoot it. If they genuinely do these activities then show the vid with them dressed normally ffs. Its like lingere footbal. Sounds great but is just the lesser of both past times. I mean how long does it take to duck over to tumblr or youporn and crank one out and then get back to watching videos of your favourite pastime by people that actually do it well.