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COSTA RICA'S ENVIRONMENTAL REPUTATION FOUNDERS ON FARCICAL FISHERIES LAW.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 21-JUL-05
Format: Online - approximately 618 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Costa Rica has created a new loophole for shark finning, the ostensibly illegal practice of cutting the valuable dorsal fins from certain species of the animals and discarding the rest of the carcass. The fins are used in Asian cookery and for a host of medicinal purposes in the Far East. According to Programa Restauracion de Tortugas Marinas (PRETOMA), a Costa Rican marine-conservation nongovernmental organization (NGO), the new fishery law passed April 25, 2005, requires shark fins to be landed attached to their respective bodies. But the Instituto Costarricense de Pesca...

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