The fine for lifting a billfish from the water in Costa Rica is $3390 a today’s exchange rate. In Costa Rica it’s the law: Leave Billfish in the Water. Billfish PROMO ENGLISH, https://youtu.be/uf9iTNqEbj8.
Ticotimes, It is that time of the year again. The ocean from the Golfo Nicoya to the Panama border will get flat and calm. Many of the trees on the hillsides along the Pacific will bloom bright yellow and the schools of sailfish will arrive and the number of tourists that come to chase these aerobatic ballerinas will increase 10-fold.
Handroanthus chrysanthus (Araguaney or yellow ipê), formerly classified as Tabebuia chrysantha, also known as Araguaney in Venezuela, as guayacán in Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, as tajibo in Bolivia, and as ipê-amarelo in Brazil, is a native tree of the intertropical broadleaf deciduous forests of South America above the Tropic of Capricorn. On May 29, 1948, Handroanthus chrysanthus was declared the National Tree of Venezuela due to its status as an emblematic native species of extraordinary beauty. Its deep yellow resembles that of the Venezuelan flag. In Costa Rica, Handroanthus ochraceus Known as (common name) yellow bark tree or yellow bark (the second is given by grammatical contraction when pronouncing it quickly) is a timber tree, native to America, in the vegetation of the Cerrado, Pantanal, in Brazil.
It is against the law to remove billfish and tarpon as well from the water in Costa Rica for the purpose of a photo as all these fish are released by sport anglers. The commercial fisherman is a different story which we will take up in another article. The fine for lifting a billfish from the water is 2 million colones ($3390 at today’s exchange rate).
The law has been in place since 2009 and even today the majority of websites selling fishing charters on the Pacific have photos of billfish pulled up over the gunnel. If the government chose to prosecute using the photos posted as evidence, they could but like many of the fishing laws for both commercial and sport, they are actively not enforced.
I strongly encourage charter captains and anglers to follow this law, talk to your crews about educating the clients before they leave the dock, and change the photos of fish on the gunnels on your websites for action jump shots. Your own clients can supply them for you.
The government is trying to make the same rule apply for roosterfish which doesn´t make sense to me except for maybe really large roosters. A photo of a 100 lb sailfish in the water next to the boat is still pretty impressive but the same doesn’t apply to a 20 lb roosterfish.
It is against the law to remove billfish and tarpon as well from the water in Costa Rica for the purpose of a photo as all these fish are released by sport anglers. The commercial fisherman is a different story which we will take up in another article. The fine for lifting a billfish from the water is 2 million colones ($3390 at today’s exchange rate).
The law has been in place since 2009 and even today the majority of websites selling fishing charters on the Pacific have photos of billfish pulled up over the gunnel. If the government chose to prosecute using the photos posted as evidence, they could but like many of the fishing laws for both commercial and sport, they are actively not enforced.
I strongly encourage charter captains and anglers to follow this law, talk to your crews about educating the clients before they leave the dock, and change the photos of fish on the gunnels on your websites for action jump shots. Your own clients can supply them for you.
The government is trying to make the same rule apply for roosterfish which doesn´t make sense to me except for maybe really large roosters. A photo of a 100 lb sailfish in the water next to the boat is still pretty impressive but the same doesn’t apply to a 20 lb roosterfish.
Meanwhile, Croatia has knocked tournament favorites Brazil out of the World Cup, beating the five-time champions 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals following a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes.
Costa Rica Fishing: The Evolution of the Hero Shot: (ticotimes.net), https://ticotimes.net/2022/12/09/in-costa-rica-its-the-law-leave-billfish-in-the-water.
San Jose Costa Rica, Friday, December 9, 2022.
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