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Costa Rica’s Largest Catch and Release Kayak Fishing Tournament Draws Eighty Plus Anglers to Isla Venado

Making a Big Splash: Kayak Master Tournament on Isla Venado draws 80 anglers to enjoy catch and release fishing via kayak Puntarenas, April 14 (elmundo.cr) – This weekend, Isla Venado…

FECOP Uses NASA Tech to Help Coastal Communities Keep Fisheries Safe

Helping Coastal Communities Keep Fisheries Safe Dr. Marina Marrari Featured on Nasa’s Website as an  Early Adopter of  PACE technology to monitor ocean health Pictured – The paisley pattern of…

Dead Sailfish from Illegal Fishing in Guatemala
Guatemala Sets The Gold Standard For Sailfish Conservation – Costa Rica Should Do The Same

The consumption, trade and capture of sailfish are explicitly prohibited by law. / Photo: Army Setting the Gold Standard for Sailfish Conservation There is a reason anglers flock to Guatemala…

Costa Rica Celebrates International Women’s Day

The Rise of Women in Costa Rica’s Sport Fishing Industry Today is International Women’s Day and Costa Rica has a big reason to celebrate! Over the last several years FECOP…

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Costa Rica and NASA Unite Against Red Tides

Pulished for The Tico Times In a groundbreaking collaboration, Costa Rica has joined forces with NASA’s PACE space mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. The…

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16,000 Dead Sailfish in Costa Rica: Sport Fishermen can help change that

16,000 Dead Sailfish in Costa Rica: Sport Fishermen can help change that Published by The Tico Times Tuna like Yos Disan’s recent catch are common these days close to shore…

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Costa Rican Sport Fishing Group Asks for Ban on Sale of Sailfish

FECOP asks INCOPESCA for ban on the sale of Sailfish Published for The Tico Times September 23, 2021 The Federacion Costarricense de Pesca (FECOP), presented the case on September 22,…

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Costa Ricans Have Eyes on the Ocean and Congress

Double Jeopardy – Tuna reform and shrimp trawling bills could ease pressure on Costa Rica’s marine ecosystems –  but what will congress do? There are a couple of proposed bills…

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Meet The Osa Peinsula’s Surfing and Fishing Aquateen

The Osa Peninsula’s surfing and fishing teen – meet Tosh Tolbot Celebrate World Oceans Day June 8, 2021 If Tosh Talbot had gills, he would live full time in the…

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Costa Rica Sport Fishermen: We’re No Angels

Costa Rica sport fishermen: We’re no angels “Probably the number one thing sport fishermen and charter crews do illegally is pull large fish out of the water for a hero…