Friday June 10, 2022
The Tico Times —
The Minister of Environment and Energy, Franz Tattenbach, confirmed that the Government will carry out new studies on trawling. The Minister hopes these new studies will facilitate the revival of trawl fishing in Costa Rican seas. This was promised by President Rodrigo Chaves during the election campaign.
Tattenbach confirmed the information to local media (La Nacion), at the end of an official ceremony to commemorate the International Environment Day, an event that took place this Monday at the National Museum.
“Shrimp trawling is one more area that will have to go through more technical studies. And, if it can be demonstrated with technical studies that it can be made sustainable, we don’t see any problem,” said the Minister of Environment.
Carlos Alvarado had previously vetoed the Bill of Law. However, the Minister stated that the new studies would not focus on the use of the “AA Costa Rica” net, which caused said project to be rejected by the Alvarado administration.