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		<title>Puntarenas, Costa Rica Fishing Tournament Closed to Longliners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agreement yields longline closure for this weekend&#8217;s Costa Rica fishing tournament&#160; 40-mile area commercial closure during Presidential Challenge, March 1 &#8211; 4 &#160;PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica &#8212; (Feb. 27, 2012) &#8211; Recreational sportfishing and billfish conservation have made a huge impact on Costa Rica&#8217;s tourism and economy.&#160; In a groundbreaking move and through a joint effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Fishing License – Fishing and Boat Fees Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past, tourist and nonresident anglers could pick whether or not they wanted a monthly ($13 USD) and/or yearly fishing license ($25 USD). Considering that most anglers come to fish once a year (about 98%) they’d pick the cheaper.  Fishermen who don&#8217;t know this in advance have been known to get a little upset [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Sashimi – You Can Not Get It Fresher Than This</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the bad things about growing up in a beach community and fishing since you can remember, you know what fresh fish is. So when a friend invited me to this new trendy sushi place in San Diego that boasted it had the freshest fish in town, I balked. She continued saying, “The Ahi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hilton Hotel &amp; Restaurants Stops Serving Marlin &amp; Sailfish Meat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a bold move, Hilton Hotels and Resorts in Costa Rica&#8217;s restaurants set example for others in promoting sportfishing ecotourism by taking sailfish and marlin off their menus. They adopted the stance after working with The Billfish Foundation and  the Costa Rica Sport Fishing Federation (FECOPT). FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. USA. – The Billfish Foundation (TBF) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bobby McGuinness – IGFA World&#8217;s Top Captain in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 22:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Captain Bobby McGuinness has done it again! For the second time in his illustrious 30 years as a sportfishing captain in Costa Rica, Bobby McGuinness was named the year&#8217;s (2010) top captain in the world by the prestigious International Game Fish Association (IGFA). The IGFA also presented Bobby with its 2010 Lifetime Achievement award. See [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Seizes Sailfish Meat From Seafood Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. USA. &#8211; Costa Rican government officials released information to The Billfish Foundation (TBF) of the seizure from a seafood exporter, of over 7,000 kilos of sailfish meat bound for Peru. Sailfish are protected species in the popular Costa Rican fishery. Tico Times Editor Note: Costa Rica&#39;s ban of exporting billfish meat was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panama Launches Sportfishing Tourism Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Billfish Foundation tapped to conduct 18 month long socio-economic research&#8230; PANAMA CITY, Panama and FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., USA – Panama’s minister of science, technology and innovation has announced a socio-economic research study on the impact of sportfishing tourism. The Billfish Foundation in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., will conduct the research. In a conference call, Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean’s Dead Zones Increase &#8211;  Billfish More Exposed to Capture In Costa Rica and Other Places</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. USA. – With the New Year comes new challenges to fish in our world’s oceans and one of the major concerns is the expansion of hypoxic zones. That’s the scientific name but more recreational anglers are becoming aware of them as “dead zones.” They are areas in the oceans with low or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panama, First Central American Country, Restricts Longlining</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAMA CITY, Panama and FT.  LAUDERDALE, Fla., USA  – After banning commercial purse seining from its waters in July, the Republic  of Panama has taken  further steps adding restrictions on longlining for the conservation of  its marine life and its socio-economic growth. In letters to Panamanian  officials, Ellen Peel, President of  The Billfish Foundation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica&#8217;s 2010 Sportfishing Season Ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The anglers were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of roosterfish danced in their heads&#8221;. Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore, who wrote &#8216;Twas the Night before Christmas&#8217; almost 200 years ago, for this bit of poetic license. Of course, had he been a fisherman — and we can&#8217;t rule that out — he [...]]]></description>
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