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Amazing Tarpon Video from Costa Rica

Amazing Costa Rica Tarpon Captured on Video During a Fishing Trip in Costa Rica! Thanks to Captain Eddie Brown out of Tortuguero, Costa Rica for sharing this EPIC Tarpon footage.…

Sustainable Fishing Aids Economies

Sport Fishing and The Three Pillars of Sustainability- Economic Development, Social Development and Environmental Protection. By Alison Clark, University of Florida Environmentally sustainable fishing practices are often cast as a…

Costa Rica fishing sailfish
Costa Rica Sailfish Wanted Alive

Why a Costa Rica Sailfish is Worth More Alive than Dead Sailfish do much more than put a smile on the faces of anglers, they have a major impact on…

New Director of INCOPESCA
FECOPs Director of Science Appointed to Head INCOPESCA

From Coastal Angler Magazine: Costa Rica Edition – FECOP’s Director of Science Appointed to Head INCOPESCA What is surely a loss for FECOP is a gain for Costa Rica. President…

Roosterfish in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Chosen as Location of First Ever International Roosterfish Tournament

Costa Rica Chosen to Host International Roosterfish Tournament The PanAmerican Delegation recently sent representatives from the USA Angling team and the Mexican Sport Fishing Federation to choose a location for…

Costa Rica Fishing Tarpon
Tarpon in Costa Rica’s Pacific Focus of New FECOP Study – Sport Fishing Magazine

Are Tarpon Breeding on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast? FECOP, a Costa Rica sport fishing advocacy and conservation organization, has announced an unprecedented study to unlock secrets of Atlantic tarpon now…

FECOP Coastal Angler Magazine Costa Rica Edition

On The Water with FECOP From Coastal Angler Magazine Costa Rica Edition FECOP Submits Criteria to License Greenstick Fishing in Costa Rica Greenstick or “palo verde” as it is known…

Fishing as an Olympic Sport?

Fishing as an Olympic Sport? Recreational groups meet at Pan-American Delegation to discuss sport being added to Olympics and Pan-American Games By Devin Golden January 8, 2018 Could sport fishing…

Costa Rica Marine Protected Area
Costa Rica Fishing Groups Reject Proposed Marine Reserve

Eight sport-fishing associations and two fishing clubs represented by FECOP, the sport-fishing advocacy group in Costa Rica, voted unanimously against the Alvaro Ulgalde Marine Reserve even though its promoters claim…

Why I sometimes hate conservation – or, the ‘dolphin breeding ground’ debacle
Why I sometimes hate conservation – or, the Dolphin Breeding Ground Debacle

Costa Rica’s Dolphin Breeding Ground Debacle dolphins deserve our protection, an ongoing petition regarding a new development is misleading, according to the author Todd Staley This fisherman is about to…