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Costa Rican government approves greenstick licenses for commercial, charter fishing fleets

Greenstick fishing, or palo verde as it is known in Spanish, is not a new technique.

Baseball legend, all-star fisherman: Wade Boggs in Costa Rica

I have never been inside a NFL locker room, but I can image what it sounds like. I sat in the restaurant area of...

FECOP represents Costa Rica in Panamerican Sportfishing Delegation

The purpose of the group is to promote sport fishing as a competitive sport and have a common front on fisheries conservation.

Amateur Costa Rica Fishing Club names 2017 Tarpon Champion

The goosebump-inducing sound of a tarpon going airborne is like listening to a pair of maracas on steroids. Once you hear it, you never forget it.

Fishing in Costa Rica: Catching roosterfish in a washing machine

When we arrived at Matapalo Rock, I thought about renaming the famous landmark – at least for this one day – either Whirlpool or Maytag: it was like the spindle of a washing machine, and the water was on the agitate cycle.

Why I sometimes hate conservation – or, the ‘dolphin breeding ground’ debacle

"I have never given an opinion pro or con. What I have defended against many times is fabricated statements from environmental zealots."
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Costa Rica’s Declining Press Freedom Highlighted in US Report

The U.S. Department of State published the 2023 Human Rights Report. The document analyzed the state of human rights in Costa Rica and reported...

US Family Finds New Life in Costa Rican Blue Zone

CNN published the story of a U.S. family that moved to Costa Rica, and it changed their lives completely. Kema Ward-Hopper and Nicholas Hopper...

Alcaraz Hopeful for Madrid Masters 1000 Return

The Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz, world number three, did not want to fully confirm his participation in the Madrid Masters 1000, but stated that...