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Costa Rica Celebrates World Oceans Day 2022

Costa Rica Celebrates World Oceans Day 2022 Revitalization: collective action for the ocean The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and…

Sustainable Fishing Checklist

Costa Rica Sustainable Fishing Check List Help FECOP keep Costa Rica’s fisheries healthy! Ask your fishing lodge or charter if they employ the following sustainable fishing practices. One of our…

NASA Data Fecop
FECOP Plans to Integrate New NASA Satellite Technology in Smart Fishing App

FECOP Marine Biologist Marina Marrari plans to integrate new NASA PACE satellite technology into FECOP’s Smart Fishing App PezCA FECOP already uses NASA satellite data in it’s new Smart Fishing…

Costa Rica Roosterfish with kids
Costa Rica Celebrates Día del Niño

Celebrating Día del Niño and Getting Kids Involved in Fishing It’s time to put down the cell phones and get the kids out fishing By FECOP Staff Today is Día…

Tuna Purse Seine Fishing
Call for Commercial Fishing Changes in Costa Rican Waters

FECOP Lobbies to Push Tuna Purse Seine Fishing 200 Miles Off Costa Rica’s Coast The proposed law calls for moving tuna fishing from 40 to 60 miles offshore in Costa…

Sign Our Petition
Protect Our Dolphins, Turtles and Sailfish – Sign the Petition

Sign Our Petition to Save the Dolphins! Let’s support bill file #21.316! This initiative will help Costa Rica protect our turtles, dolphins, sails and other marine resources from the international…

Stop Illegal Fishing in Costa Rica

Stop Illegal Fishing in Costa Rica SIGN THE OFFICIAL PETITION BELOW! Read the complete Petition Dear representatives, Presidency of the Republic Legislative Assembly Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock National Institute…

Official Video – FECOP Costa Rica

 About FECOP – (NGO) More than 60,000 direct and indirect jobs, as well as a contribution of 330 million dollars to Costa Rica’s gross domestic product, are among the…

Why I sometimes hate conservation – or, the ‘dolphin breeding ground’ debacle
Why I sometimes hate conservation – or, the Dolphin Breeding Ground Debacle

Costa Rica’s Dolphin Breeding Ground Debacle dolphins deserve our protection, an ongoing petition regarding a new development is misleading, according to the author Todd Staley This fisherman is about to…

Costa Rica fishing reports
FECOP KIDS – Educational Programs for Costa Rican Youth

Educational programs for Costa Rican youth. Through training workshops, and Fun Kids and Family fishing tournaments, FECOP is bringing together Costa Rica’s youth while teaching about conservation of our waterways…