AGREES:
1- To approve the establishment and the Creation of the Responsible Fishing Marine Area of Puerto Níspero and the Fisheries Management Plan for the establishment of this Marine Area in accordance with the eight thematic axes, as well as the conditions indicated in official communication DDI/0028-2012, dated March 26, sent by Lic. Hubert Araya Umaña, Head of the Development and Research Department.
2- The total area encompassed by this Marine Area for Responsible Fishing (AMPR) corresponds to 2.6 km², running from Vuelta de Los Perros toward La Tigra, from the Puerto Níspero landing site toward the southern tip of Isla del Toro, and from this same point toward Punta Panamá (Figure 1); the geographical points are detailed in Table No. 3. This area borders exactly on the established boundaries of the Cipancí Wildlife Refuge.
Table No. 3: Geographical points of the zone requested as a Responsible Fishing Area in the Community of Puerto Níspero, Guanacaste. (As amended by AJDIP/245-2012).
| Name | Point | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
| Vuelta El Perro | 1 | 85° 14´ 45" | 10° 11´ 44" |
| La Tigra | 2 | 85° 14´ 45" | 10° 11´ 28" |
| Punta Panamá | 3 | 85° 14´ 50" | 10° 12´ 18" |
| South side Isla Toro | 4 | 85° 14´16" | 10° 12´ 11" |
| Puerto Níspero | 5 | 85° 11´ 44" | 10° 12´ 41" |
Source: Participatory Management Strategy Project for the Fisheries of the Gulf of Nicoya 2010. UNA.
(As amended by AJDIP/245-2012).
On the other hand, the Association considers that the areas within the Cipancí Wildlife Refuge, located around Isla Toro in the northern part (0.4 km²) and at Vuelta El Flor (0.18 km²), are important zones for the reproduction and breeding of commercial species (Figure 1). For this reason, the Association commits from now on to care for and protect the area defined in Figure 1, since fishing is currently carried out with gear not permitted within the refuge, particularly within those zones, as well as at Isla Verde, El Reventado, La Necesidad, and El Venado.
Figure 1: Location of the points marking the geographical vertices of the zone requested by the Association of Fishers of Puerto Níspero.
In this zone, fishing takes place along the rocky margins, a detail observed in Figure 2, but not in the center of the area; however, it has been proposed to include the center to protect the species that move from one area to another and thus reduce habitat fragmentation.
Commercial fishing is intended, it is agreed, as the only permitted fishing gear, although small-scale aquaculture activities are proposed in the medium term. On the other hand, as the area is a transit zone, there will be free passage for fishers from other areas.
Figure 2: Bathymetry of the zone requested by the Association of Fishers of Puerto Níspero.
3- Firm agreement.
4- Effective as of its publication.