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Fishing
Period To Be Regulated In the Gulf of Nicoya
(InfoWebPress) The Costarrican Fish and
Aquaculture Institute (INCOPESCA for its
abbreviation in Spanish), regulates the
fishing in the Gulf of Nicoya between
October 1st and Nobember 15th of the present
year.
During the closed period, there is total
prohibition to perform with any type of
fishing practice, fishing in the area
comprised of the straight imaginary line
that goes from Punta Torres, also known as
Peñon, to the beacon on the Negritos Islands
and from that line, going inward up until
the mouth of the Tempisque River.
The fishermen with a license who can operate
in the closed zone, can fish in other
waters, as long as they have expressed it in
writing to INCOPESCA, so that they are
authorized by the means of an exception,
fuel at a preferential price.
Notwithstanding these fishermen will not be
subject of the economic aid (175 thousand
colones), that will be granted by the
Government of the Republic by means of the
Mixed Social Aid Institute (IMAS for its
abbreviation in Spanish) to the fishermen
and aids, that desist from fishing during
the closed period. To receive this benefit
they will have to meet with what was
stipulated in the Community Work Service
Program, an indispensable requirement to
receive this economic aid.
Outside of the prohibition zone, fishermen
and semi-industrial vessels that capture
shrimp and sardine with drag and fence nets,
will be able to utilize the means to fish
authorized in their respective licenses,
such as gillnets (trammels), hand lines and
a flat line per vessel.
The establishment of periods and prohibition
areas is one fo the ways to protect the
fishing resources and guarantee their
sustainable use, specially in the Gulf of
Nicoya, one of the most important fishing
zones of the country. Also, this measure
contributes to the protection of a peak
reproduction period for white shrimp and the
main species of fishing interest such as
croakers, snappers and sardines, amongst
others.
INCOPESCA will coordinate with the local
police force and the National Coastguard
Service, operations by sea and land, to
abide with Article 133 of the law of Fish
and Aquaculture, No. 8436, that points out
that this is the ultimate authority
responsible of verifying the respect for the
prohibition and seizing of assets such as
goods, equipment, fishing products, utilized
to commit said crimes. |
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