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Costa Rica Billfish
Having a Successful Fishing Trip in Costa Rica

Getting The Most Out of Your Fishing Trip Thinking about sport fishing in Costa Rica? Costa Rica is known for some of the best billfishing (sailfish and marlin) in the…

Commericial Tuna Boat
Can a Fish Bring a Country Together?

Three Billboards Outside San José, Costa Rica: Can fish bring a country together? By Todd Staley for the Tico Times November 14, 2018 A tuna-fishing boat launching speed boats. (Courtesy…

Costa Rica offshore fishing
The Science of Offshore Fishing

Effective management of offshore fisheries helps pelagic species become hard-fighting machines By Jason Schratwieser, Conservation Director, IGFA December 19, 2017 published by Marlin Magazine Our favorite offshore species are some…

Three Billboards Warn of Illegal Fishing in Costa Rica

Three Billboards Outside San José, Costa Rica: Can a fish bring a country together Published by Sport Fishing Magazine Online Edition     These billboards, modeled after the movie Three…

High Tech Albatross
Curbing Illegal Fishing With High Tech Albatross

Tech-tagged albatrosses bode ill for rogue trawlers as French Navy battles illegal fishing Published by https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Mariners of old believed that an albatross following their ship signified good luck, but…

Costa Rica Fishing Illegal
10 Steps to Reduce Illegal Fishing Globally

Ten Principles for Global Transparency in the Fishing Industry Out of the Shadows: Improving Transparency in Global Fisheriesfrom Environmental Justice Foundation By MarEx 2018-10-27 18:36:02 The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)…

FECOP Featured On Channel 7 – Tuna for Ticos

FECOP’s Tuna for Ticos Campaign Against Illegal Fishing Featured Today on Channel 7 News Watch the Video Below to see the impact of illegal fishing first hand FECOP’s Tuna for…

Costa Rica Snook Fishing
Meet The Snook King of Costa Rica’s Pacific

FECOP Featured Sport Fishing Captain: Roy Zapata – Snook King of Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast Published for the Tico Times by Todd Staley Roy Zapata thinks like a fish. A…

3 Costa Rican Teams to Participate in Black Bass World Fishing Tournament

Three Costa Rican teams will participate in the Black Bass World Tournament, in Nuevo León, Mexico from October 29 to November 4. Black-bass is a well-known fish in the sport…

Costa Rica’s Marine Resources – Sport Fishing Isn’t The Problem

Reader Not Fond of ‘Torturing Fish’ — but Sport Fishing in Costa Rica isn’t The Problem By Todd Staley from the Tico Times – Sport Fishing in Costa Rica I…