FECOP

The Voice of Sport Fishing in Costa Rica

Our Mission

Through public and private partnerships, we support sustainable fishing practices to create jobs, policies and awareness through integrated marine biology, satellite data, economic and conservation science to educate, advocate and influence local and international policies.

Our Vision

We strive to insure vibrant and sustainable coastal communities where marine lovers, recreational, artisanal and commercial fisheries collaborate to ensure the ocean’s resources are protected from overfishing today and for future generations.

Restoring Costa Rica's Fisheries

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Supporting Coastal Communites

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Scientific studies that shape international policy

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Support FECOP Campaigns

Tourist and sport fishing is an option for the development of coastal communities and according to evidence, it contributes more than $520 million dollars annually to the Costa Rican economy, generates more than 33,000 direct and indirect jobs, and represents 13% of the country’s tourism revenue. We are active in campaigns to support this important tourism sector.

Operation Sailfish

Join our fight to stop the commercialization of sailfish for consumption. Sailfish are one of the main attractions to Costa Rica tourism and putting a target on them ...
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Tuna4Ticos

Success! We have pushed tuna purse seiners from 15 miles in 2007 to 80 miles this year reducing 20 tons of bycatch which include marlin, dolphins and sea turtles
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Mission Hammerhead

Help us make the #Hammerhead Shark the national shark to increase their protection in our territorial waters.
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Cleanning The Ocean

The Ocean Cleanup is developing cleanup systems that can clean up the floating plastics caught swirling in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch….

Operation Sailfish

The Ocean Cleanup has developed the first scalable solution to efficiently intercept plastic in rivers before it reaches the oceans…

Introduse Our Campains

We are Igniting a Global Revolution to End Plastic Waste

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Helping Today. Helping Tomorrow Charity

To complete one of the most ambitious engineering projects of this generation, we seek dedicated, focused and inventive minds to join our international team.

Thanks to our partners we
can clean the oceans.