Antonio Porras Porras, Technical Director General and Coordinator of the Comisión Nacional de Vedas, and the recommendation made by Mr. Berny Marín Alpízar, Coordinator of the Comisión de Coordinación Científico Técnica, under the following terms and conditions:
a- To establish a closed season for semi-industrial sardine purse-seine (bolichera/cerco) fishing, in the area encompassed by an imaginary line running from Punta Agujas (84°38´57´´ West Longitude, 09°43´46´´ North Latitude) to the Faro de la Isla Negritos seaward (84°49´35´´ West Longitude, 09°49´14´´ North Latitude) and from there to the eastern part of Punta Cuchillo on the Península de Nicoya, and from these lines inshore to the mouth of the río Tempisque; from March 1 to May 31, 2016, both dates inclusive. b- To allow the semi-industrial sardine sector to enter the closed area to fish one day per week, for the purpose of enabling them to supply sardine for bait to the national fishing fleet.