<![CDATA[Sport fishing or recreational fishing has grown rapidly in Indonesia as a maritime tourism sector, yet it remains inadequately regulated from the perspectives of animal welfare and Islamic environmental jurisprudence. This study employs a normative legal research method with statute, conceptual, and comparative. The findings reveal that Indonesian law, primarily the Fisheries Act No. 45/2009 and Ministerial Regulation No. 27/2021, remains anthropocentric and administratively limited, failing to address the ethical dimension of fish suffering as sentient beings. From the Islamic jurisprudential perspective, the principle of la dharar wa la dhirar and the maqashid al-syariah framework indicate that sport fishing conducted purely for recreation, without proportionate benefit (maslahah), is ethically problematic. Furthermore, the principles of fiqh al-bahr including hima (protected zones), prohibition of israf (excess), and ihya’ al-mawat (ecosystem rehabilitation) alongside fatwas from MUI, Majma’ al-Fiqh al-Islami, and Dar al-Ifta’ al-Mishriyyah, collectively provide a robust normative basis for integrating Islamic values into fisheries regulation. This study recommends revising Ministerial Regulation No. 27/2021 to incorporate humane handling standards, enacting specific animal welfare regulations for recreational fisheries, and formally integrating Islamic environmental jurisprudence as an ethical foundation for national fisheries policy.]]>
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