During 2018 the Costa Rican Fishing Federation conducted two research projects on the impact of the activity at macroeconomic and local levels. Both were possible thanks to the support of the sector (marinas, captains, hotels, first mate, among others) in the data collection process. The first part of this document presents a compilation and analysis of some macroeconomic data on sport and charter fishing in Costa Rica. The second part presents an analysis derived from the investigation of seven communities of importance for this activity, where the focus of the analysis is on the quality and livelihood of the population working in this economic sector. We appreciate the participation of those who were involved, both in the collection of data in the communities by our interviewers Mariano Barrantes and Yerling Villalobos, as well as all the people in the sport and charter fishing sector who provided us with valuable information.