President Carlos Alvarado on Friday announced that he has vetoed a project that would have authorized trawl fishing in Costa Rican waters
Above – A shrimp trawler off the coast of the Osa Peninsula, in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific, as pictured in 2014. (Lindsay Fendt/The Tico Times)
“It is my responsibility to promote common good, to honor the Costa Rican tradition of protecting the environment, and to guarantee the right balance between economy vs sustainability. Consequently, I have vetoed the law that would reactivate trawling in Costa Rica,” President Alvarado wrote on social media.
En mi deber de promover el bien común y asegurar el equilibrio entre actividad productiva y sostenibilidad, y además, en cumplimiento de mi palabra, hoy he vetado totalmente el decreto de ley 9909 sobre la pesca de camarón.
— Carlos Alvarado Quesada (@CarlosAlvQ) October 31, 2020
The law project, which had been approved earlier this month in two debates by the Legislative Assembly, was criticized by scientists, environmentalists and small-scale fishermen, among others, who feared the destruction of marine life.
“Costa Rica represents for many a beacon of hope for peace, for the environment, for climate change, for health, for human rights and for democracy,” President Alvarado said Friday night.
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