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Costa Rica Sport Fishing Season in the South Pacific

Businesses in the popular destinations of Puerto Jiménez, Golfito and Quepos are hoping for a spike in visits, primarily from U.S. and Canadian tourists, which would help increase demand for local goods and services.

Solís signs tuna fishing decree, but will it help Costa Rica’s oceans?

President Luis Guillermo Solís signed a decree Tuesday restricting industrial tuna fishing in Costa Rican waters.The decree is one of the first attempts to establish fishing zones in Costa Rica’s massive ocean territory and regulate the international super fleets that currently pull in the vast majority of the country’s tuna catch.

Costa Rica’s dolphin-safe tuna designation under scrutiny

As the Costa Rican government stalls on the publication of new tuna fishing regulations, one environmental group has taken matters into its own hands.

The Foxi Lady is on fire! 5 US boaters rescued at sea after onboard fire sinks ship

The Costa Rican Coast Guard and firefighters from Puntarenas rescued five U.S. boaters off the coast of Playa Hermosa, Garabito, after a fire broke out on board the sport fishing vessel Foxi Lady on Monday.

Tuna company, fishermen and environmental groups squabble over unpublished fishing decree

Expected restrictions on industrial tuna fishing have been stalled pending the publication of a decree signed by former President Laura Chinchilla.

Offshore World Championship begins with 764 billfish releases

A fleet of 64 international teams from 24 countries paraded out of Marina Pez Vela and into the sailfish-rich Costa Rican waters yesterday for the start of the 15th annual Offshore World Championship sport fishing tournament. By the end of the first day, anglers had released an impressive 761 sailfish, three blue marlin and 27 dorado by the time the “lines in” call was made.

Here are photos of a rare white marlin caught off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast

Fishermen out of the Los Sueños Marina in Herradura, Puntarenas, caught (and later released) a rare white blue marlin this week, reported The Billfish Report Tuesday.

Costa Rica reels in tuna fishermen with tighter regulations

President Laura Chinchilla announced new, stricter tuna fishing rules during her opening remarks at the Fourth Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop in Playa Herradura on Monday.

Los Sueños Triple Crown Billfish Series is a record-breaking first tourney

First place went to the Hatteras Xta Sea, captained by John Lagrone and angled by Alexis Chamorro, Julio Chamorro and Emilio Munkel.

Conservation groups tell Costa Rica’s Chinchilla: Throw out the Fisheries Institute board

A new campaign hopes to pressure a move by President Laura Chinchilla to fire the board of directors of the Costa Rican Fisheries Institute, which is loaded with fishing industry insiders.

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