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Central American Sportfishing Alliance Expands Drive for Marine Conservation

The Central American Sportfishing Alliance (CASA) announced new global partnerships during ICAST 2025, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show, strengthening its mission to use...

Fun and Free Costa Rica Culture: Halloween Masquerade Parades

This Halloween, be a part of Costa Rica’s fun and free costumed tradition — fling yourself into the contagious festivals and parades that flood the streets during Día Nacional de la Mascarada Costarricense.

Illegal Fishing: The Ghost that Haunts Costa Rican Waters

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is an enormous problem affecting Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. In particular, the marine protected areas that make...

Costa Rica’s President Signs Sawfish Protection Law

The President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, the Minister of Environment and Energy, Franz Tattenbach, and the Minister of Agriculture, Víctor Julio Carvajal...

Peter Gorinsky: Guyana Born Fishing Pioneer, Adventurer Dead at 80

Peter Gorinsky, a globally respected authority on tropical fly fishing who introduced countless friends, family and clients to the wonders of nature in Central...

Costa Rica Finally Passes Tuna Reform Law

After three years of being bounced around between two sets of representatives from congress, the Tuna reform law finally became law. There are two...

Costa Rica’s 2022 Presidential Flamingo Fishing Rodeo

The Presidential Challenge Charitable Foundation organized an unforgettable event: The 2022 Presidential Fishing Rodeo, specially designed for fishing enthusiasts. Based on this excellent fishing and...

Costa Rican government to conduct new studies on trawl fishing

The Minister of Environment and Energy, Franz Tattenbach, confirmed that the Government will carry out new studies on trawling. The Minister hopes these new...

Guatemala bans shellfish harvesting in the Pacific due to red tide

Guatemala temporarily banned the harvesting of mollusks in the Pacific coast from Friday due to a red tide that has caused the death of...

A Letter to the New Congress of Costa Rica

Ladies and Gentlemen, First congratulations on being selected to your new position. You have accepted a difficult and taxing job. But if not for your...

Wish List for Costa Rica’s New Government

I´m in my mid-thirties living in the Caribbean jungle of Costa Rica and I pass my days pulling on 100 pound plus tarpon, or...

A Tattoo called him to Costa Rica

While fishing at Scott Lake Lodge in Canada, Tom Olivo noticed a roosterfish tattoo on the leg of his guide, Cory Craig. "That fish...

Crocodile Attack Kills Costa Rica Fisherman

In a rare event in Costa Rica, a local fisherman was attacked by a crocodile, not once but twice, resulting in his death. The...

Todd Staley Of Costa Rica Wins IGFA Conservation Award

For the first time in its history, the International Game Fish Association’s (IGFA) top award for conservation goes to a Costa Rica citizen. Todd...
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Guanacaste Airport Outpaces Costa Rica’s Main Airport

Costa Rica welcomed more than 2 million international tourists during the first seven months of 2026, but the clearest sign of change was not...

What happened to Galeria Namu?

Founded in 1998, Galeria Namu had become a must-visit attraction for tourists visiting San Jose, as well as for many nationals, interested in seeing...

Costa Rica Flooding Forces 500 Into Shelters as Pacific Side Runs Dry

Two tropical waves in three days left the Caribbean and Northern Zone saturated while the Pacific sits in its driest stretch of the year. Here is what the next four weeks look like.

Why Spending US Dollars in Costa Rica Can Be Surprisingly Difficult

When money is the subject, I am as old school as anybody. Cash is king in my world. The thrill, the feel of a...