For the first time all fishing sectors are working together on a common goal in Costa Rica. To have more fish so everyone can work in harmony. Nearly 100,000 people depend on commercial and sport fishing to maintain their families and each year there are less and less fish to go around. After years of throwing rocks at each other, the commercial and sport fishing began meeting to discuss ways to make and honest living while using the resources in a sustainable manner. What the meetings disclosed is there is a severe “Domino Effect” happening in Costa Rica waters. Costa Rica is a Central American country about the size of West Virginia, but its territorial waters are 11 times greater than its terrestrial boundaries. The commercial fishing fleet claims the root of the problem is the foreign tuna purse seine boats operating in Costa ...![Sport Fishing Mag]()
