Fate of Costa Rican sharks in the hands of the Congress
11 Conservation organization call for convening bill 21.754 to a Plenary Vote
Threatened Shark Species: The Main Target of Costa Rica’s longline fishery
Over 1,000,000 specimens landed from 2015 to 2019. (San José, Costa Rica – March 15, 2022). Threatened shark species sustain the economy of Costa Rica’s longline fishing industry, constituting the main product brought to shore (landed) from 2015 to 2019. ...
New report finds Costa Rica is Failing to Sustainably Govern Fisheries and Marine Biodiversity
The report is a multi-country sustainable fisheries project evaluation under the Global Marine Commodities for Sustainable Fisheries (GMC).
Costa Rica is still in the scene of countries that do not protect sharks
Hammerhead sharks are Critically Endangered, and Costa Rica lands 10,000 specimens per year, with the joint blessing of the Costa Rican Fisheries Institute INCOPESCA the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission IATTC and the Central American Regional Fisheries Body Sica Ospesca.
