The Dirty Business of Costa Rica Conservation……. Part two
Costa Rica sailfish conservation (Courtesy Public Security Ministry/FECOP)
(COSTA RICA, 6/16/2023)
FECOP’s first major accomplishment was the creation of the largest Marine Responsible Fishing Area in Central America, the Golfo Dulce. FECOP’s first President worked tirelessly in the effort and suggested that only inside the gulf, all treble hooks on lures be replaced with single hooks.
The Central American representative of an International Billfish NGO, who is also Costa Rican did not agree and talked his organization into supplying studies that could oppose the treble hook ruling even though they advertise as the only NGO dedicated solely to billfish.
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